Projects

Stuff what David did

cult (in development)

Writer/Composer/Director/Performer

Equal parts uplifting, brutal, euphoric, terrifying, ecstatic and crazed, CULT will be the rave you wish you’d never stumbled upon but just can’t bring yourself to leave.

Frankenstein: TV VERSION (2020)

Writer/Creator

Shortened version of Frankenstein: How To Make A Monster stage show intercut with documentary interviews with the cast. Released on BBC4 in Oct 2020.

director’s cut (2018)

Writer/Performer

Noises Off meets The Exorcist, Carrie meets Singin’ In The Rain, Kill the Beast’s fast-paced, utterly silly, spine-tingling adventure of haunted Hollywood hilarity.

don’t wake the damp (2016)

Writer/Performer

Kill the Beast’s third show, a neon-drenched roller-coaster that’s “as sharp as a needle made of lasers” ★★★★★ The Stage. WINNER Stage Edinburgh Award 2016

the boy who kicked pigs (2012)

Writer/Performer

Kill the Beast’s “unmissable” debut show; a gloriously grisly tale which set them out as “a scorchingly talented young company” ★★★★ Time Out

The marathon project (2020 - present)

Writer/Composer/Producer/Performer

A new surreal, chaotic musical choose-your-own adventure. Grab a number, join the race, and try to stay on track when everything around you stops making sense.

Operation mincemeat (2019-present)

Writer/Composer/Director/Actor

SpitLip’s 5-star smash-hit WW2 musical about that time Britain dressed-up a stolen corpse to fool Hitler. In development for possible West End transfer in 2021.

Who exploded vivien stone? (2019)

Writer/Director/Performer

Kill the Beast’s 8-part comedy murder-mystery podcast which ‘batters you into laughter.’ The Guardian Pick of the Week. Out on Fremantle’s StoryGlass label

How to Catch a Krampus (2018)

Performer

Sink the Pink’s alt-drag horror panto. “David Cumming invokes his inner German fuhrer to give a Krampus fit for a night with Max Mosely.” ★★★★★ The Londonist

don’t wake the damp soundtrack (2016)

Composer

The pulsing, electro-synth soundtrack to Kill the Beast’s third hit-show, the neon-drenched roller-coaster 'Don't Wake The Damp'. 80s-inspired futuro-synth-pop.

cheryl Dole: The Erudite Prole (2012-Present)

Writer/Performer

On-going alt-drag performance poetry project. Loud-mouthed. Long-nailed. Teller of uncomfortable truths. Iconic bitch.

THE SINk: A Sleep aid, BBC Sounds (2020)

Composer

Beats for a brand new BBC 6-part comedy-horror podcast from Natasha Hodgson. “We’ll play your dreams back to you, so you can see yourself clearly. Sleep clean.”

ESCAPE FROM PLANET TRASH (2019)

Performer/Writer (additional material)

Sink the Pink’s alt-queer, sci-fi show at Pleasance Theatre Xmas 2019. Written & directed by Ginger Johnson with additional material from David, who took the lead role.

FRANKENSTEIN: HOW TO MAKE A MONSTER (2018 - present)

Co-Director/Co-Writer

The multi-award-winning, smash-hit beatbox retelling of Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, co-written/composed and co-directed by David.

EGLANTINE WHITECHAPEL: SUPERNATURAL DETECTIVE (2018)

Writer/Director/Performer

Kill the Beast’s self-produced comedy podcast. “An incredibly funny….offbeat cult classic” Irish Times Podcast of the Week

He had hairy hands (2014)

Writer/Performer

Kill the Beast’s multi-award-winning second show; “manages to make blood and guts seem as delightful as a homemade cake.”  ★★★★ The Scotsman