Press
What people who write stuff have written about David
‘outstanding choreography and co-direction from Conrad Murray and David Cumming’
- ★★★★ The Scotsman on Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster
‘This is an old story made electrically alive. Let it take your breath away.’
- ★★★★★ The Stage on Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster
‘Glows with theatrical invention and delivers laughs by the gallon. Unmissable.’
- ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage on Operation Mincemeat
‘A masterclass of macabre musical comedy, masterfully performed.’
- ★★★★★ The Stage on Operation Mincemeat
‘Its whip-crack rhymes are fast and funny. The script is well-seasoned with smart, silly asides.’
- ★★★★ Time Out on Operation Mincemeat
‘A finely varied score, and lyrics that shame most big musicals by their dexterousness and ingenuity.’
- ★★★★ The Observer on Operation Mincemeat
‘David Cumming plays the brains behind the idea as the endearingly anxious Cholmondeley, his face so expressive that his eyebrows threaten to pop off his forehead’
- ★★★ The Guardian on Operation Mincemeat
‘David Cumming makes Terry a time bomb of nervous tics’
- ★★★★ British Theatre Guide on Don’t Wake The Damp
‘Kill the Beast delivers their best show yet – a neon drenched nightmare that’s as sharp as a needle made of lasers’
- ★★★★★ The Stage on Don’t Wake The Damp
‘David Cumming must have been a council employee in a former life, so recognisably dogged and dark is jobsworth Terry.’
- Cultural Shenanigans on Don’t Wake The Damp
‘Quicker, funnier, more brilliant and more daring than ever before’
– Exeunt Magazine on Don’t Wake The Damp
‘David Cumming as Hansel is the most expressive and enthralling actor I have seen this season’
- ★★★★ Isle of Thanet Gazette on Hansel & Gretel
FEATURE INTERVIEW
The Stage, Dec 2019
‘Everything is coming together at the same time for in-demand performer and theatre-maker David Cumming. Tom Wicker talks to him about developing his skills, being a comedy ‘nerd’ and the freedom to have fun’
‘David Cumming excels as a creepy therapist with mother issues’
-★★★★ The Stage on How To Catch A Krampus
‘Then there’s David Cumming, a veritable tour de force on stage, his terrifically tortured and sexually twisted performance of ‘The Masochism Tango’ (Tom Lehrer) worth the ticket price alone.’
-★★★★ Musical Theatre Review on How To Catch A Krampus
‘David Cumming is hilarious in his various roles as Vivienne/Laura/others, driving the play forwards’
- ★★★★ The Skinny on Director’s Cut
‘CUMMING GIVES A BOUNCING-OFF-THE-WALLS PERFORMANCE’
- ★★★★ WhatsOnStage on Escape From Planet Trash
THE CAST ARE QUALITY WITH DAVID CUMMING AND MAHATMA KHANDI DESERVING SPECIAL MENTION
- ★★★★★ The Londonist on Escape From Planet Trash
‘Unbelievably, indescribably funny’
-★★★★★ The List on He Had Hairy Hands
‘Inventive, clever, gruesome and hilarious, The Boy Who Kicked Pigs is a twisted triumph and an unmissable debut production’
- ★★★★★ WhatsOnStage on The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
‘David Cumming is superb as Robert Caligari’
- ★★★★ TimeOut on The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
‘David Cumming as the boy himself was just fantastic. His physicality was brilliant and the pure kind of chaos of him was great.
- Exeunt Magazine on The Boy Who Kicked Pigs
‘Executed with a boldness and wit that more established companies would kill for.’
- ★★★★ WhatsOnStage on He Had Hairy Hands
‘A deliciously macabre affair, rich and witty in its references, brilliantly detailed.’
- ★★★★ The Stage on He Had Hairy Hands
‘David Cumming brought depth and individuality to the role of Hansel’
- ★★★★ Stagecorner.com on Hansel & Gretel