Billy Elliot The Musical

DAVID NELLIST

Dave was born in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Training: Rose Bruford.

Theatre: Nicholas Nickleby (Chichester, National Tour, West End and Toronto); You REALLY Couldn’t Make it Up (the Newcastle Utd story), Searching for Tom, Toast, You Couldn’t Make it Up, Smack Family Robinson – all at Live Theatre Newcastle; Likely Lads, Alf Ramsey Knew My Grandfather, The Far Corner (Gala Durham); Taming of the Shrew (Salisbury); Up ‘n’ Under (Watermill); Jumping the Waves (Arc), Up on the Roof (Colchester); Hey Hey Good Looking (Soho Theatre); Romeo and Juliet, Cherry Orchard, My Breakfasts with the Author (Durham Theatre Co); Comedians (Comedy Actors Co), Elton John’s Glasses (Watford, National Tour and West End); Love of the Nightingale, Ugly Sister (Lillian Baylis, Erpingham Camp) Man in the Moon, The Warp (Ken Campbell).

TV: Sherlock, M.I High, Omid Djalili Show, You REALLY Couldn’t Make it Up, Ghostboat, Northern Lights, 55 degrees North (Mr Humby 2 series) Breezeblock, The Bill, The Student Prince, Rhona, Badger, Rough justice, Grease Monkeys, Sorry About Last Night, The Place of the Dead, The Gambling Man, Spender.

Films: My Boy Lollipop, Leda, Bad Dads.

Dave would like to dedicate his performance to the memory of Brian Poyser and Ken Campbell – two of the best.