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Theatre

12 Angry Men  / JUROR 2  / Garrick Theatre, West End, London  / Christopher Haydon / (and UK National Tour)
Cock / FATHER / Theatre des Capucins, Luxembourg / Anne Simon
The Marilyn Conspiracy / DR. GREENSON / Park Theatre, London / Guy Masterson
The Christians  /  ELDER JAY  /  The Gate Theatre, London; Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh /  Christopher Haydon
The Shawshank Redemption  /  ROOSTER  /  Gaiety Theatre, Dublin  /  Lucy Pitman-Wallace
Americana Absurdum  / WALLACE STEVENS  /  Menier Chocolate Factory, London / John Clancy 
These Shining Lives  /  MR REED, LEONARD GROSSMAN  /  Park Theatre, London / Loveday Ingram
The Odd Couple  /  ROY  / Theatre-at-the-Mill, Belfast  /  Guy Masterson 
The Exonerated  /  GARY GAUGER  / The Culture Project,  Queens Hall Edinburgh  /  Bob Balaban
Screwmachine/eyecandy  /  BIG BOB  /  59E59 Theaters, New York City ; Edinburgh Festival  /  John Clancy
Thom Pain: Based on Nothing  / THOM  / Joanne Hartstone Productions, Adelaide, Australia
Imperial Fizz  /  WENDELL BURBAGE  /  Adelaide Festival ; Theatre Tours International  /  Guy Masterson
Casino Royale  / MR WHITE  / Secret Cinema & SMG CHINA, Shanghai  / Tom Maller 
Horse Country  /  BOB  / Riverside Studios, London, UK Tour; Theatre Tours International  / John Clancy  
Bladerunner  /  ELDON TYRELL  /  Secret Cinema, London  /  Tom Maller
Enterprise /  LANDRY  /  Soho Playhouse, New York City  / David Calvitto
Fatboy  / JUDGE BLIND  /  Clancy Productions, Assembly Hall, Edinburgh  /  John Clancy
The Extremists  /  NORM KRIEGER  /  Assembly Theatre at the Roxy, Edinburgh Festival  /  John Clancy
The Shawl  /  JOHN  /  Canal Cafe Theatre, London  /  Emma Taylor
Goner /  DR. WYANDOTTE  / Edinburgh Festival, Kraine Theatre, NYC  /  John Clancy
9 Circles / ATTORNEY SWIFT / Park Theatre, London / Guy Masterson 
 

Film

The King’s Man  / VICE PRESIDENT  / Marv Studios  / Matthew Vaughn
Young Woman and the Sea / MAYOR JIMMY WALKER / Joachim Ronning  
Acoustic Kitty  /  ARMY COLONEL  /  Bru Productions  /  Jennifer Sheridan  (Short)
Paying Respects / PRIEST / Ed Wade  (Short) 
Grassy Noel / CIA AGENT / Owen O’Neill  (Short)
Sweet Changeling / DOCTOR / Fleur Wilson  (Short)
Starfish  /  PRIEST (voice)  / Tessellate & Pro Cam Europe Ltd  /  Al White  

Television

Autopsy: The Last Hours of Patty Duke / MIKE PEARCE   /  ITV Studios
50 Ways to Kill Your Lover  / DETECTIVE   /  Discovery Channel  

AWARDS

The Stage – Best Actor, HORSE COUNTRY, Edinburgh Festival Fringe (2002)
Adelaide Fringe Festival – Best Theatre Performer, THE EVENT (2011)

Reviews

For THE EVENT —
“One of the funniest, cleverest performers around, who can signal a rare form of intellectual pratfalling with the raise of an eyebrow.”

The Herald, Scotland

For SCREWMACHINE/EYECANDY —
“Mr. Calvitto is the main reason to make the trip…He’s quite entertaining…An impressive performance.”

The New York Times

For 12 ANGRY MEN  (Edinburgh production) —
“David Calvitto is superb.”

The Telegraph, London

For HORSE COUNTRY —                                               “Acted with terrific flair and feel by David Calvitto”

The Guardian, London

For THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) —
“A magnificent solo theatrical experience. It’s not quite like anything one has ever seen or could ever forget. Bravo.”

The Advertiser, Australia

For SCREWMACHINE/EYECANDY —
“A quite astonishing performance by David Calvitto.”

The Times, London

For THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) —                        “A solo show delivered by a consummate performer. Timing, delivery, nuance is all there in bucket-loads.”

Theatreguide, Adelaide, Australia

For Horse Country
“Worth seeing for the blisteringly funny double act of Calvitto and Schneider.”

The Times, London

For ENTERPRISE —                                                           “Mr. Calvitto is the alpha dog with a crack sense of ensemble egalitarianism”.  

The New York Times

For AMERICAN POODLE —
“The inspired American actor David Calvitto gives a splendidly surreal performance.”

The Scotsman

For THE CHRISTIANS —
“An explosive response… represented by a superbly ambivalent David Calvitto as the Elder”

The Scotsman

For IMPERIAL FIZZ  —
“Performed with stiletto sharpness by David Calvitto.”

The Guardian, London

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The Event, English Theatre of Berlin
Screwmachine/eyecandy, 59E59 Theatres, NYC
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12 Angry Men, Garrick Theatre, West End
Horse Country, with Ben Schneider
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Imperial Fizz, with Issy Van Randwyck

Gallery

GONER w/ Jody Lambert
THE HOUSE w/ Pauline Goldsmith, Oliver Tilney and Alex Sunderhaus
THESE SHINING LIVES cast
THE CHRISTIANS as Elder Jay
The Capone Trilogy, Edinburgh Festival, 2014
12 ANGRY MEN poster (West End)
THOM PAIN (BASED ON NOTHING) poster (Australia)
Shawshank Redemption poster (Dublin)
Enterprise poster (Soho Theater, NYC)
Screwmachine/eyecandy- List Magazine cover
Barclays print ad
Publicity photo for The Capone Trilogy, Edinburgh Festival, 2014
EDWARD JONES INVESTMENT print ad
Backstage with Robert Vaughn - 12 Angry Men (West End)
as Elder Jay in rehearsal for The Christians (Gate Theatre, London)
Outdoor Events Coordinator, NY Fringe Festival 2016
w/ Pauline Goldsmith in The House
as Dr. Ralph Greenson, The Marilyn Conspiracy 2024
Silencer, Edinburgh Festival 2012
The Capone Trilogy
publicity poster
Nine Circles, with Joshua Collins, Park Theatre, London
Imperial Fizz (Australia) photo shoot outtake, w/Beth Fitzgerald

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THE EVENT

by John Clancy

David Calvitto has performed John Clancy’s solo play THE EVENT in seven countries in cities including London, New York, Berlin, Edinburgh, Belfast, Amsterdam, Adelaide, and Perth. He’s toured in the UK, Australia, Germany and Ireland.

 

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