Training

Richard David-Caine trained at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts.

Theatre

For the National Theatre: Roald Dahl’s The Witches

Other theatre includes: The Tempest, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Shakespeare Live! with the RSC; Horrible Histories at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall; Alice in Wonderland at Wales Millennium Centre; Peter Pan at the Lowry; A Christmas Carol at Sheffield Crucible; Taming of the Shrew at Derby Theatre; Elder Latimer is in Love at the Arcola; Jihad! The Musical at Jermyn Street; NewsRevue at Canal Cafe and Pleasance; his own one-man show Tall, Dark and Anxious at Underbelly and Soho Theatre; and Soho Cinders at the Sondheim (also original cast recording)

TV

Horrible Histories, Swashbuckle, Class Dismissed, People Just Do Nothing, Doctors, Big Field, Finding Alice, Midsomer Murders, Better Things, Murder, They Hope and Avenue 5

As writer and creator: Big Fat Like

Film

Cruella, Desert Dancer and Horrible Histories: The Movie

(Published November 2023. Photo: Michael Shelford)