David Cumming is an award-winning writer-performer and co-writer and star of Operation Mincemeat which won Best New Musical at the 2024 Olivier Awards, and which also saw him nominated for Best Actor in a Musical for originating the role of Charles Cholmondeley.
Outside of Operation Mincemeat, David is a part of the award-winning dark-comedy theatre troupe Kill the Beast and a freelance actor/writer/director/composer in his own right. His multi-award-winning beatbox retelling of Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster, co-created with the BAC Beatbox Academy, was one of The Guardian’s Top 10 Shows of 2018 and was later adapted for TV by David and the team for BBC Four.
Further credits include
Theatre: Operation Mincemeat (Fortune Theatre), Saint Jude (Swamp Motel: Composer/ Sound Design), Dog Show (Pleasance Theatre: Co-creator/Composer/Performer)
Film and TV: Hex Vet (Nickelodeon: Voiceover), The Amazing Mr Blunden (Sky Arts: Actor)
Radio/Podcast: The Sink (BBC Sounds: Composer), Who Exploded Vivien Stone? (Fremantle/ Kill the Beast: Co-Writer/Performer)
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
David Cumming, Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical
David Cumming has appeared on Broadway in 1 shows.
David Cumming has appeared on London's West End in 1 shows.
David Cumming's first West End show was Operation Mincemeat which opened in 2023
Outstanding Book of a Musical (Drama Desk Awards) for Operation Mincemeat, Outstanding Lyrics (Drama Desk Awards) for Operation Mincemeat, Outstanding Book of a Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Operation Mincemeat, Outstanding Score (Broadway or Off-Broadway) (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for Operation Mincemeat, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical, Best Book of a Musical (Tony Awards) for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE (Music and/or Lyrics) (Tony Awards) for Operation Mincemeat: A New Musical.
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