David Mitchell:

Magnormos credits:  'OzMade Musicals 2008',  'Better Than Broadway (Workshop)'.

David co-wrote SHOUT! THE LEGEND OF THE WILD ONE, in 2000 when it broke box-office records around Australia, also the musical BETTER KNOWN AS BEE, about Sydney eccentric Bee Miles starring Jan Adele and then Toni Lamond which proved one of Penrith’s Q Theatre’s most popular and enduring hits.

Most recently, David was co-writer of the successful musical production, DUSTY: THE ORIGINAL POP DIVA which grossed over twenty million dollars and won four Helpmann Awards at last year’s ceremony and Melbourne’s Green Room Award for Best New Australian Production. Plans are afoot for a London season.

David wrote and directed TROPICAL NIGHTS starring Chelsea Brown at Conrad Jupiters, where his spectacular JEWEL OF THE ORIENT EXPRESS ran for 14 months.

He has written for Barbra Streisand, Bob Hope, Michael Parkinson, Barry Humphries, Clive James, Gerry Connolly, Geraldine Turner, Maggie Kirkpatrick, Ronnie Corbett and Danny la Rue.

A prolific freelance television producer, his shows include, THE MIKE WALSH SHOW, PARKINSON, SATURDAY NIGHT CLIVE, THE DAME EDNA EXPERIENCE, BARRY HUMPHRIES' FLASHBACKS and THIS IS YOUR LIFE which won top ratings for the Nine Network for twelve years. He is currently Executive Producer of THE PAM ANN SHOW, a comedy/interview program to be seen on The Comedy Channel in 2009.

David has co-written the annual Helpmann Awards since their inception. Most recently he produced Kookaburra’s AN AUDIENCE WITH STEPHEN SONDHEIM, hosted by Jonathan Biggins and EVER AFTER EVER, the farewell concert for Sydney Dance company Director, Graeme Murphy, and AN AUDIENCE WITH THE CAST OF WICKED, hosted by Rob Guest.

David and Melvyn Morrow are currently working with British composer Tony Hatch on a musical based on Truman Capote’s legendary Black and White Ball.