David Toole
David studied dance at the Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, receiving a Professional Diploma in Community Dance in 1993. Six years of national and international touring with CandoCo followed, until 1999, when he decided to try new experiences. In 1995, David had his first taste of theatre when he played the part of Puck in Benjamin Britten’s opera of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. This was followed a year later with an appearance in the Sally Potter film The Tango Lesson. David has also performed with Graeae Theatre Company, playing the parts of Edgar in The Fall of the House of Usher and Deflores in The Changeling. He has worked with DV8, creating and performing the piece Can We Afford This for the Sydney Arts Festival prior to the 2000 Olympics.
This show was revived in 2003 and also led to the film version of the show being made that year. Since then, David has done more theatre work, notably with the RSC and most recently working on three separate site-specific pieces
with the Leeds-based company Slung Low. He worked with Cape Town based Remix Dance Company, Lucy Hind and Dom Coyote creating a new work for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad and also performed in the London Paralympics Opening Ceremony.
IN MEMORIAM
Read his obituary here.