David Thomas WALTON (equity)
4 Dilston Terrace
South Gosforth
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 1XX
07734871406
waltbot@hotmail.com
website: www.thomasdavidwalton.co.uk
Height: 5’ 11” Eyes: Blue Hair: Brown Build: Slim
THEATRE
ROLE PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR/ VENUE
COMPANY
Dad/Thief/Buster the Penguin SHHH… A CHRISTMAS STORY Mark Calvert Northern Stage
(puppet)
Elliot LUCY AND THE HAWK Phil Ormrod/ ARC
Switchback
Tom TEA PARTY Northern Stage GIFT Festival
Tom (Puppet) THE NIGHT PIRATES Theatre Hullabaloo National Tour
Stuart TRAMPLED Tess Denman- Live Theatre
(rehearsed reading) Cleaver
Phoenix(Puppet)/Merchant SILK Zendeh Dance City
Ensemble/Puppeteer WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT Rabbit Damage Theatre Royal/Arc/Maltings
Solo Performer/Puppeteer THE TREETOP RESTAURANT Wild Boor Ideas Outdoors- Tynemouth Park
Assistant designer BUILDING PALACES (SITE Annie Rigby- Rhumba Palace
SPECIFIC) Unfolding Theatre
Ensemble/Puppeteer IN:GRAINED IN THE MEMORY Kazuko Hohki & The Live theatre
(site specific) Empty Space
Narrator/Gooseherder/Puppeteer TATTERCOATS Annie Rigby Northern Stage
Ensemble/Puppeteer THE OPEN ENDED CLOSING goosestrokegeese Greenroom (Manchester)
STAGES OF SHE
Suicide Man WINGS OF DESIRE Alan Lyddiard Northern Stage
TRAINING
TRAINED BY QUALIFICATION COMPLETED
Bretton Hall CLASS I ACTING (BA HONS) June 2007
Miranda Tufnell & Chris Crickmay BODY SPACE IMAGE MASTERCLASS March 2007
Steve Tiplady PUPPET MANIPULATION MASTERCLASS February 2008
Norbert Gotz THE LANGUAGE OF THE SHADOW MASTERCLASS February 2009
Plutot la Vie PLAYING WITH THE AUDIENCE MASTERCLASS February 2009
Forkbeard Fantasy DIGITAL MEDIA AND ANIMATION IN PERFORMANCE July 2009
John Roberts MASTERCLASS IN WOODCARVING A PUPPET August 2009
Compagnie Philipe Genty MASTERCLASS IN VISUAL LANGUAGE January 2011
Gecko Theatre GECKO MASTERCLASS June 2011
THEATRE WHILST TRAINING
ROLE PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR VENUE
Ensemble MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER Tony Gardner Bretton Hall
Solo Performer/Puppeteer/Puppet maker AND NO MORE SHALL WE PART Self Devised Bretton Hall
Kenny ERPINGHAM CAMP Mike Casey Bretton Hall
Hamm PLAY Mike Gordon Bretton Hall
Dafydd Ap Llewellyn A CHORUS OF DISAPROVAL Barry Wilmott First Act Theatre
Chief Weasel WIND IN THE WILLOWS Barry Wilmott First Act Theatre
PUPPET MAKING & DESIGN
PUPPETS PERFORMANCE COMPANY VENUE
Life cycle of the Phoenix. SILK Zendeh Dance city
6 puppets
Esteban (woodcarved) WHEREVER I LAY MY HAT Rabbit Damage Theatre Royal/Arc/Maltings
3x Cake puppets MATILDA’s LUNCHBOX Alison McGowan& Touring North-East
8x vegetable puppets Emma Boor
Windswept puppet UNTITLED INSTALLATION Thom Freeth Dance City
(site specific)
Ghost IN:GRAINED IN THE Kazuko Hohki/ Live Theatre
MEMORY (site specific) The Empty Space
3 Geese/Butcher/Baker TATTERCOATS Annie Rigby Northern Stage
She/She(hospital)/Doctor THE OPEN ENDED CLOSING Devised by Greenroom (Manchester)
STAGES OF SHE goosestrokegeese
ANIMATION & FILM
ROLE PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR
Puppeteer/maker/animator ‘Rocky Elliott’ (shadow puppets) Writer’s Block NE
Puppeteer/designer/maker/animator ‘SORTED’ VIDEO Tom Walton & Tom Madge
Animator/Designer ‘TRIFLE SONG’ Tom Walton
INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
ROLE PERFORMANCE DIRECTOR VENUE
Rehearsal Process LA TERRA Dir. Annie Rigby Northern Stage
Ensemble EMBRACING STRANGERS Dir. Kathleen McCreery Berlin
SPECIALIST SKILLS
ACCENTS: Newcastle (NATIVE), R.P, Welsh, Yorkshire, Edinburgh, South African, American, Scouse.
OTHER: Northern Stage Associate Artist, Full Equity Membership, Puppet Maker & Puppeteer, Rhythm Guitar, Clean Driving
License, Competent Athlete.
REFERENCES
MIRANDA THAIN MARK CALVERT
miranda@theatrehullabaloo.org.uk mcalvert@northernstage.co.uk
Theatre Hullabaloo Creative Producer Creative Associate for Northern Stage