David Phipps-Davis is an actor, director, writer and musicologist who is no stranger to the works of Sondheim. Roles he has played in the cannon include Zangara (Assassins), Harry (Company), the Narrator (Into the Woods), Pirelli and Judge Turpin (Sweeney Todd) and Lieutenant Schrank (West Side Story). He has also directed productions of Follies, Gypsy, Side by Side by Sondheim and Sweeney Todd. Trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, other work includes Gastone in Jonathan Miller’s production of La Traviata, Bunthorne in Patience at the International G & S Festival in Harrogate, Mr. Bumble in Daniel Evans’ production of Oliver! at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, and several roles in The Phantom of the Opera. Recently at the Upstairs at the Gatehouse Theatre, he was John Harrison in Longitude. He has also lectured at various drama schools and internationally aboard cruise ships. Previously at HLSI he gave a lecture on The Golden Age of the West End.
David Phipps-Davis
