David John
David John
David John is a Welsh graphic artist and author, currently resident in Berlin, Germany.
As graphic artist David John has undertaken a variety of commissions, including book and periodical illustrations, short animations and videos, murals in paint and mosaic as well as designs for books, newspapers, magazines, posters, postcards, websites and CD covers.
His preferred milieu is the world of performance, film and music. Although he remains mainly backstage, as designer, playwright, producer or director, he has occasionally been known to step onto the platform as actor and even singer.
He has appeared in numerous, plays, comic operas, musicals and films, and has voiced-over for movies and commercials.
SLT productions
As a member of the South London Theatre, he performed in "Filumena" by Eduard de Filippo, adapted by Keith Waterhouse & Willis Hall (1993), "The Odd Couple" (female version) by Neil Simon (1993), "Shakespeare Country" by Peter Whelan (1993), and wrote and directed two science fiction productions "I Hope I Shall Arrive Soon" and "The Eyes Have It" (1994).
He has worked for many years on projects with the musician Hugh Featherstone, who he claims is "one of the best songwriters in the English language".
As author he has written short stories, plays, poems, articles and reviews for publishers and theatres in many European countries and the USA.