David Lake

David Lake was born in Rochford, UK and began taking piano and guitar lessons at the age of 6. He attended dance classes after having problems with coordination and was encouraged by his ballet teacher to consider a career in the arts. David sang with the Southend Boys Choir for 6 years and despite being discouraged by his parents, both engineers by trade, he defiantly pursued his love for being on stage. At age 16 David went on tour with childrens 90's TV star Timmey Mallet and a year later worked as an assistant stage manager for Felgate Theater Productions. David returned to professional training at 20 under Wendy Headford and Angela Allport at Masters Performing Arts College in Rayleigh, Essex and completed a 3 year Diploma in Musical Theare. Shorty after graduation, working on American cruise ships and then for the Helsinki based 'Hot Club Dance Company', David spent less time in London and many years teaching and performing in Stockholm, Cape Town, New York and Los Angeles. David moved to Berlin, Germany in 2004 after working on a German speaking European tour of Falco meets Amadeus. There he continued Choreographic and directing work alongside his Stage Management and Musical Theatre engagements. David played the lead in the first Music Video from synth-pop band Schattenherz made up of Marianne Rosenberg and Dirk Riegner and was Michael Buble's stand in 2018 for his world premier of the song 'Forever now' aired on the German TV network VOX.