British English-Speaking Theatre Slovenia

David Hampshire trained at London's Italia Conti Academy. As a juvenile actor he played the title role in the popular 1966 BBC TV series Jennings. Since then he has played everything; from Ugly Sister in British pantomime to the leading role of Jean Valjean in the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les Miserables at the Palace Theatre, London.

David's many television credits include The Bill, Midsomer Murders, Family Affairs, Footballers Wives, Doctors, Trevor's World of Sport, New Tricks, Love for Lydia, Dodgem, the Emmy award winning Tom Brown's Schooldays, The Royal Variety Performance, and his personal highlight, twice working with the legendary English comedians Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise on The Morecambe and Wise Show.

Feature films include, Goodbye Mr Chips, Oliver, The Pirates of Penzance, The Hunger, Fiddler on the Roof and Mr Bootle in the Alice Lowe scripted film, Out of Water. For two years he was a member of the BBC Radio Schools Repertory.

David directed BEST's 2007 and 2008 Theatre in Education tours of John Osborne's Look Back In Anger and he will direct and play Colonel Redfern in their 2009 production.

His theatre roles include Diesel in West Side Story, the Narrator in Blood Brothers and the Police Sergeant in The Pirates of Penzance. Other West End credits include Evita, Kismet, Billy, and Aladdin at the London Palladium.

David has featured in over 50 UK and foreign commercials and has extensive experience as a presenter/facilitator in the corporate market.

David appeared in BEST's production of Graham Swannells's A State of Affairs at the Hen & Chickens theatre, London. He will perform in this play at the Alcalali Theatre, Costa Blanca, in BESTSpain's production in November 2008.

(Click here for photographs and reviews of BEST's London production of

A State of Affairs )

In September 2005, in association with SAVA Hotels, David produced and appeared in Slovenia's first professional Murder Mystery at the Grand Hotel Toplice, Bled. BEST's corporate clients have included Nokia, Novo Nordisk, Peugeot, Sanolabor, IATEFL, Unicredit Bank, Sava Group and Ericsson.

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An accomplished author, David has written eleven one-act plays. Please click on the image below for a more comprehensive authors biography at Actors & Writers, London (AWL).

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In Memoriam

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My career is dedicated to my late Mother, Kathleen Mary Schulten, whose enthusiasm, encouragement and belief continues to inspire me.

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I would like to pay tribute to my long-serving agent, Gary Trolan, who passed away in September 2006. A true gentleman.

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In memory of my singing teacher, Ian Adam, who passed away in May 2007.

I was one of many who benefited from his talent.

“We arrive in this world singing and we leave with a very different song, a very sad song, but the journey through life can have a wonderful voice.” Ian Adam.

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