David Gooderson: Playwright, Actor
Director
Drama Tutor
Comedy with the Cambridge
Footlights, playing the scariest monster in Dr Who, penning searing drama
about the Great War and the Holocaust –
London-based David Gooderson has combined all these and much more in his career as playwright, actor, director, and
drama tutor.
David's recent work (below)
David’s stage plays (summaries) tell true stories that are powerful and resonant for today, receiving critical acclaim such as:
Excellent
Alan Bennett on The Killing of Mr Toad.
For children (stage play summaries), adaptations of Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows have particularly pleased audiences:
David has also written a number of plays broadcast on BBC Radio 4.
Best known as Davros in Dr Who and Simpkins the Pathologist in A Touch of Frost, David is one of the most versatile character actors in the UK. His credits range from playing a “parcel” in a TV commercial to King Lear …more.
David started by directing J.M.Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World at Salisbury Playhouse, starring Stephanie Cole. More recently he has directed Oliver Gray's version of Robin Hood (Farnham Maltings) and his own play So Great a Crime (Finborough Theatre, London) …more.
David has directed courses in acting for radio and voice-over technique at the City Literary Institute in London since 2001. For twenty-one years he was the Radio Tutor at Guildford School of Acting and prepared students for the prestigious BBC Carleton Hobbs Radio Drama Award.
In 2015 David's play Hector (aka So Great a Crime) went on a UK tour, ending at the Ambassadors Theatre, London.
In 2016 his play Quarry was premiered in Hertfordshire, UK.
In 2017 he played the lead in the award-winning short film Cicatrix and, on stage, Willie Gregson in A Day by the Sea at Southwark Playhouse. In November his new play Sherlock the Traitor was given a staged reading at the Tristan Bates Theatre, London.
In 2018 David recorded an extended biographical interview for the Dr Who Myth Makers series, produced by Keith Barnfather for Reeltime Pictures. In November, to commemorate the end of the Great War, he gave a one-man performance of his play War, Lies and a Packet of Fags at St Paul’s Church, Wimbledon Park.
In 2019 David has twice played the leading part of Henri in Heroes by Gerald Sibleyras (translated by Tom Stoppard) in staged readings at the Ivy Club, Farnham and the Phoenix Theatre, Bordon.
In 2020 David played Stan Holloway (a grateful patient bringing an unusual present) in A Good Friend, episode 133 of Doctors on BBC1.
Plays co-written with David Conville:
Fuller descriptions, and links to booksellers
e-Mail: david@david-gooderson.co.uk