David Fick

David Fick graduated with a Master of Arts in Theatre and Performance from the University of Cape Town in 2005, having previously graduated from the same university with a First Class Honours in Drama in 2002. Since graduating, he has performed in Benj Pasek and Justin Paul’s EDGES, the Stephen Sondheim musical, MARRY ME A LITTLE, original South African musicals like YOU BET YOUR LIFE, Cape Town Opera’s Lloyd Webber and Rice Spring Bouquet and in cabarets like AFFIRMATION, SEASONS OF LOVE and A (SORTA) LOVE STORY.

Behind the scenes, he has worked as an assistant director to acclaimed theatre-makers Geoffrey Hyland (THE FANTASTICKS) and Janice Honeyman (HANSEL AND GRETEL). David has also has written and directed two musicals, OVER THE RAINBOW and HOUSE OF SHADOWS as well as several musicals for young audiences and performers, including THE SHOW QUEEN and NOAH'S ARK. Other productions he has helmed include ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, THE CRUCIBLE, INTO THE WOODS and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. David also places great value on academic writing and research and won the Keswick Prize for his paper "Homosexual Representation in the Broadway Musical: the development of homosexual identities and relationships from PATIENCE to RENT."

David is passionate about his work in the education sector, having established the Drama Departments at Springfield Convent High School and South Peninsula High School. He has also run scriptwriting workshops for PANSA Eastern Cape’s Youth Theatre Project and saw the launch of two volumes of Junkets Publishers’ "Now I Am Alone" South African monologue books, of which he is one of the compilers.