Alistair David

Choreographer

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Alistair David

Photograph: Thomas Cato

Film, TV & Theatre

Assistant: Phoebe O'Donnell

Film, TV & Theatre

 

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
there is something particularly thrilling about seeing Alistair David’s tightly drilled yet playful choreography performed in the round

The Times on Singin’ in the Rain (Royal Exchange) 

★ ★ ★ ★ ★
The choreography is crisp without feeling mechanical, the ensemble tight-knit and exuberant

WhatsOnStage on Singin’ in the Rain

★ ★ ★ ★ 
There’s vintage movie pizzazz in the flapper costumes and tap dance routines. Alistair David’s Charleston-inflected choreography sends dancers skating across the stage, arms outstretched like wings or jabbing down like lightning bolts

The Stage on Singin’ in the Rain

★ ★ ★ ★
the universally talented, impeccably costumed cast sing and dance, their fine acting matched by Alistair David’s wistful choreography

The Telegraph on Singin’ in the Rain

★ ★ ★ ★
With relatively little set, the action is carried along by the excellent ensemble and Alistair David’s high-energy choreography

The Guardian on Singin’ in the Rain

Forthcoming work includes Malory Towers (Emma Rice Company/UK Tour); I Can Die Too (Pitlochry Festival Theatre).

In the West End work includes Sister Act (Dominion Theatre/Eventim Apollo/UK Tour/German Tour/Amsterdam/Australian Tour. Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); The Addams Family (London Palladium/UK Tour); Curtains (Wyndham’s Theatre/UK Tour); Show Boat (New London Theatre/Sheffield Crucible. Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); If/Then (Savoy Theatre).

Work elsewhere in the UK includes Singin' in the Rain, The Producers (Royal Exchange); Anne Boleyn (Hever Castle); Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Sound of Music (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre. Both nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival); Me and My Girl, Fiddler on the Roof (Chichester Festival Theatre); Ghost the Musical (UK Tour/Dubai/Moscow/Paris); White Christmas, My Fair Lady, The Way of the World, Annie Get Your Gun, Oliver! (Sheffield Theatres); Sweet Charity (Nottingham Playhouse); Bull (59E59/Sheffield Crucible); Rough Crossing (Theatre Royal Windsor/UK Tour); Anything Goes (UK Tour/Sheffield Crucible); The Two Noble Kinsmen (Royal Shakespeare Company); Only the Brave (Wales Millennium Centre); Tipping the Velvet (Lyric Hammersmith); A Man of No Importance (Salisbury Playhouse); Paper Dolls (Tricycle Theatre); Some Like It Hotter (UK Tour).

International work includes The Book of Mormon, Dance of the Vampires (Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen); My Fair Lady (Aarhus Teater, Denmark).

Concerts and Events include Oklahoma!, Kiss Me Kate (BBC Proms/Royal Albert Hall); Charlotte Olympia SS17 Fashion Show (Sheraton Park Lane Hotel); 42nd Street (London Palladium); Swing When You’re Winning (director and choreographer for Robbie Williams’ worldwide concert tour).

Television includes choreography for Channel 4, Nickelodeon and MTV.

Theatre

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IF / THEN

2025

SAVOY THEATRE

Choreographer

ANNE BOLEYN

2025

Hever Castle

Choreographer

GHOST THE MUSICAL

2024

UK Tour/Dubai/Moscow/Paris

Choreographer

SISTER ACT

2024

Dominion Theatre/Eventim Apollo/UK Tour/German Tour/Amsterdam/Australian Tour

Choreographer
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

WHITE CHRISTMAS

2023

Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

THE ADDAMS FAMILY

2023

London Palladium/UK Tour

Choreographer

DANCE OF THE VAMPIRES

2020

Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen

Choreographer

CURTAINS

2019 - 2020

Wyndham’s Theatre/UK Tour

Choreographer

ROUGH CROSSING

2019

Theatre Royal Windsor / UK Tour

Choreographer

MALORY TOWERS

2019

Wise Children / UK Tour

Choreographer

THE BOOK OF MORMON

2018

Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen

Choreographer

SWEET CHARITY

2018

Nottingham Playhouse

Choreographer

ME AND MY GIRL

2018

Chichester Festival Theatre

Choreographer

THE PRODUCERS

2018

Royal Exchange Manchester

Choreographer

42ND STREET

2017

London Palladium

Choreographer

CHARLOTTE OLYMPIA SS17 FASHION SHOW

2017

LFW / Sheraton Park Lane Hotel

Choreographer

OKLAHOMA!

2017

BBC Proms / Royal Albert Hall

Choreographer

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF

2017

Chichester Festival Theatre

Choreographer

ONLY THE BRAVE

2016

Wales Millennium Centre

Choreographer

ANNIE GET YOUR GUN

2016

Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

SHOW BOAT

2016

New London Theatre/Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival.

TIPPING THE VELVET

2015

Lyric Hammersmith

Choreographer

MY FAIR LADY

2015

Aarhus Teater, Denmark

Choreographer

SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS

2015

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Choreographer
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

KISS ME KATE

2014

BBC Proms / Royal Albert Hall

Choreographer

A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE

2013

Salisbury Playhouse

Choreographer

BULL

2013

59E59 / Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

PAPER DOLLS

2013

Tricycle Theatre

Choreographer

OLIVER!

2013

Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

THE SOUND OF MUSIC

2013

Regent's Park Open Air Theatre

Choreographer
Nominated for Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival

SOME LIKE IT HOTTER

2012

UK Tour

Choreographer

MY FAIR LADY

2012

Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

THE WAY OF THE WORLD

2012

Sheffield Crucible

Choreographer

THE TWO NOBEL KINSMEN

2006 - 2007

Royal Shakespeare Company

Choreographer

SWING WHEN YOU'RE WINNING

Robbie Williams’ Worldwide Concert Tour

Director and Choreographer.