Casting

David founded David Grindrod Associates, with Stephen Crockett, in 1998, after 20 years’ experience in the theatre in various roles ranging from assistant stage manager to general manager.

Theatre includes: current West End: Chicago (and UK tour), Fiddler on the Roof, Hairspray, Mamma Mia!, Spamalot, The Lord of the Rings and The Sound of Music. Casting consultants: On the Town and Kismet (English National Opera), The Silver Lake (Wexford Festival), The Ground Beneath Her Feet (Manchester International Festival) and Mamma Mia! (worldwide). West End/other casting includes: Evita, The Woman in White, Jerry Springer – The Opera (four Best Musical 2004 Awards), Bombay Dreams, Our House (2003 Olivier Best Musical Award), Ragtime, The Beautiful Game, Whistle Down the Wind, Starlight Express, Jesus Christ Superstar (and UK tour), Sunset Boulevard (and UK tour and Frankfurt), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (and UK tour), Aspects of Love, The Full Monty (2002 Evening Standard Best Musical Award and UK tour), Kiss Me, Kate (2001 Evening Standard Best Musical Award), Notre Dame de Paris, Closer to Heaven, Saturday Night Fever, West Side Story, Spend Spend Spend (1999 Evening Standard Best Musical Award), International Festival of Music Theatre (Cardiff 2002), The Phantom of the Opera (Basel, Switzerland), Hair (Gate), Brighton Rock (Almeida), Bad Girls – The Musical (West Yorkshire Playhouse), Divorce Me, Darling!, Pal Joey (Chichester Festival Theatre), Cinderella (Bristol Old Vic), Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity (2002 TMA Best Musical Award), A Chorus Line, Ain’t Misbehavin’ and Fiddler on the Roof (Sheffield Crucible).

Film includes: The Phantom of the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher, and ensemble casting Mamma Mia! directed by Phyllida Lloyd.

Television includes: How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria? (BBC1), Kombat Opera presents… (BBC2) and Any Dream Will Do (BBC1). DVD: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Silver Rose Montreux Award Music Category), Jesus Christ Superstar (2001 Emmy Award), Kiss Me, Kate, Our House and Jerry Springer – The Opera.

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