David Farmer

Career

Trained as a primary school teacher, David Farmer worked first as an actor and teacher before setting up Tiebreak Theatre Company in 1981. Under his leadership, the company produced 65 productions for children and young people which toured across the United Kingdom and abroad. He left in 2005 to pursue a freelance career as writer and director

He also trains teachers in the use of educational drama and runs a drama resource website.

Selected Productions

2002: My Uncle Arly by David Farmer and Shôn Dale-Jones. Royal Opera House, Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh and three United Kingdom tours.

Tour of Los Angeles and New New York Company-production between Tiebreak Theatre and Hoipolloi.

2002: Frog in Love written and directed by David Farmer based on books by Max Velthuijs.

Edinburgh Festival and extensive United Kingdom tours. Time Out Critics’ Choice 2003. Toured in translation by Akershus Teater, Lillestrøm, Norway.

2000: Jack and the Beanstalk written and directed by David Farmer.

Commissioned by the Lyric Hammersmith. Two United Kingdom tours including residencies at Lyric Hammersmith, Watermans Arts Centre and Derby Playhouse.

1989: Singing in the Rainforest devised and directed by David Farmer. Commissioned by The Natural History Museum, London.

Six tours of the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.

"David Farmer"s direction encourages a sense of wonder and wit." - Sunday Telegraph

"This year’s outstanding show at the festival." - The Herald (on Singing in the Rainforest)

"At last, the show we’ve all been waiting foreign Bursting at the seams with theatrical energy and full to the brim with visual wit, My Uncle Arly is also a sensational piece of ensemble playing. Sensationally silly and utterly brilliant." - Sunday Herald (on My Uncle Arly)

"A beautifully imagined account of this children"s favourite, performed with gusto and real storytelling suspense." - The Sunday Times (on Jack and the Beanstalk)

"lieutenant can be quite happily summed up as intelligent, humorous, inventive theatre for young people" - The Stage (on Jack and the Beanstalk).

Works

More photos

• book

  • 101 Drama Games and Activities: Theatre Games for Children and Adults, including Warm-ups, Improvisation, Mime and Movement

    (Gain access to a personal collection of 101 highly effect...)

  • Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years

    ( 'Full of easily accessible advice... clear explanations...)

  • 101 More Drama Games and Activities

    ( '...bubbles over with imaginative ideas... for primary,...)

  • 101 Drama Games and Activities by David Farmer (2011-12-22)
  • Learning Through Drama in the Primary Years by David Farmer (2011-10-21)