David Austin-Barnes

Spotlight

Digital showcase

In place of our regular live showcase, we have brought together a Digital Showcase to feature the skills and talents of our graduating year.

Here you can explore David Austin-Barnes’s digital showreel, which includes theatrical and screen scenes, self-created work made during the Covid-19 lockdown, audio reel and a short film written and directed by professional film-makers.

Theatrical scene

Screen scene

Self-created work

Across the 12-week period of lockdown, all graduating students on the two year and three year acting courses collaborated with a dramaturg to develop and create their own self-created piece.

The MFA Acting students created pieces that ranged from Mockumentaries, monologues to drag shows. These were personal responses to the prompt of why you, why now, who for? Dramaturged and creatively supported by Lauren Mooney and Laura Bridgeman.

Audio reel

Click the link below to listen to David Austin-Barnes’s audio reel.

Check back soon as we’ll be adding a link to our series of audio-drama pilots made with our creative partner Audible. You can read more about our audio work during the Covid-19 lockdown here.

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Short film

LAMDA productions

Martin
Love Stories (short film)
Directed by A J Quinn

Satan
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
Directed by Sam Curtis Lindsay

Bo Lafayette
Appropriate
Directed by Gretchen Egolf

Andrew Aguecheek
Twelfth Night
Directed by Robert Price

Michael
Valparaiso
Directed by Theodora Taverner

Vershinin
Three Sisters
Directed by Caroline Leslie

Morgan
Big Little Worlds
Directed by Moji Kareem & Zodwa Nyoni

Pinchwife
The Country Wife
Directed by Beth Vyse

Deflores
The Changeling
Directed by Helena Lymbery

Joe
Chimerica
Directed by Penny Cherns

Professional theatre, TV, film & radio

Ensemble/ Price & McKinley Understudy
The Book of Mormon
US (National Tour)

Mark
Altar Boyz
Directed by Jason Sparks (Cape Playhouse)

Professor
South Pacific
Directed by Linda Goodrich (Pittsburgh CLO)

Curly
Oklahoma!
Directed by M Scott Tatum (Zilker Theatre)

Other experience

Tybalt
Romeo and Juliet
University of Michigan

Signor Naccarelli
The Light in the Piazza
University of Michigan

Bud Frump
How to Succeed…
University of Michigan

John
John and Jen
University of Michigan

Eligibility

Eligible to work in US. UK Visa pending.

Dialects

General American (Native), RP, Modern RP, Southern States

Dance

Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Contemporary, Spanish Dance, Historical Dance

Stage combat

BGSC Level Three (Advanced) Sabre and Staff: Merit

Sport

Swimming

Music

Singing (Grade 8)

Driving

Full clean driving licence (USA)

Training and awards

LAMDA (MFA Professional Acting, 2018-2020)
University of Michigan (BFA Musical Theatre 2012-2016)