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David Cumming
David Cumming

David Cumming

David Cumming is Co-Artistic Director of SpitLip and comedy-horror troupe Kill the Beast – and a freelance theatre-maker/musician in his own right. He works as an actor, writer, director and composer, smashing comedy, drama and music together to create award-winning shows that break the mold.

His theatre credits include: composer/sound designer on Saint Jude (Swamp Motel immersive), co-writer/co-director/composer on Dog Show (Pleasance Theatre), co-writer/co-director/co-composer on Frankenstein: How to Make A Monster (Battersea Arts Centre, Traverse Edinburgh, World Tour), Director’s Cut and Don’t Wake the Damp (Kill the Beast), co-writer/co-director on Ramping Up! (Battersea Arts Centre), and co-writer on He Had Hairy Hands and The Boy Who Kicked Pigs (Kill the Beast).

Film and TV credits include: co-writer/co-creator/co-composer on Frankenstein: How to Make a Monster (BBC Four). Radio and Podcast credits include: composer on The Sink (BBC Sounds), co-writer on Who Exploded Vivien Stone? (Fremantle/Kill the Beast), and co-writer/composer on Eglantine Whitechapel: Supernatural Detective (Kill the Beast).

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