David Reed

David started his acting career with multi-award winning sketch trio The Penny Dreadfuls, with whom he performed in five stage shows at the Edinburgh Festival receiving over thirty five-star reviews. They found their home on BBC Radio 4 with their own series and a run of nine radio plays. In 2011 David performed his debut solo show Shamblehouse, a one man sketch comedy for the Edinburgh Fringe, to great critical acclaim. Television credits include Endeavour, Father Brown, Siblings, Drifters, Badults, Damned, Frankie Howerd: Rather You Than Me, It's Kevin and three series of Scottish cult hit Gary: Tank Commander. David is also a talented improviser. Starting at Edinburgh's prestigious Stand Comedy Club in 2003, he is regularly seen at The Comedy Store in London performing alongside the legendary Comedy Store Players. He's been in Olivier Award winning West End hit Showstopper!: The Improvised Musical, coached the team of Austentatious: an Improvised Jane Austen Novel and was a regular on BBC Two's Fast and Loose.