David Elms
Acting
Biography
David performs his improvised one-man show David Elms Describes A Room monthly at the Free Association Theatre, and reprised his role as Mr. Swallow's beleaguered director, Mr Goldsworth, in Mr Swallow's Christmas Carol...ish at the Soho Theatre, for Christmas 2024. His short film Regular, written, directed and scored by David and starring Tim Key and Laura Marling, aired on Channel Four as part of Random Acts in 2017. At the Fringe, he has been well received with his three solo shows as well as for roles in hit shows Mr Swallow The Musical, Adam Riches is Coach Coach, and Mr Swallow: Houdini. On TV, David played series regular Clive in Channel 5's semi-improvised sitcom Borderline.
Known For
Mockumentary based in the border security office of fictional Northend Airport, a small provincial airport which may lack a little in glamour, but still must abide by the same rules as larger international airports
Borderline
A deep dive into the universal feeling of insignificance through the casual repartee of the sea plankton. Presented by Cake on FX
Drifters
A man in a coffee shop asks the barista if she ever thinks about him.
Regular
The time traveling Foot Doctor discovers that the Cyberons and Autons are ineffectually trying to invade the Earth yet again. Can he and a helpful salesman save the day or will his arch enemy The Licensor defeat him for good?
Do You Have a Licence to Save this Planet?
Two confused twenty-somethings begin to fall for each following a drunken one night stand. But a surreal encounter with some friends threatens to derail their blossoming romance.
Intervention
In a time where post-truth news divides and conservative politics fails to lure in young voters, a extraordinary vote for world peace has dramatic consequences. Epic Fail is an avant-garde essay that questions how we perceive truth, information and politics, seen through the dual lenses of our real and virtual identities. Moved by the political events that shook 2016, the film is inspired by Jean Paul Sartre’s “Nausea”; or how we can develop visual embodiments of our emotions as a catharsis on how to deal with reality.
Epic Fail
Following his critically acclaimed portrayal of Dracula, Nick Mohammed's alter ego Mr Swallow is back with a magical, musical biopic of Houdini that he's definitely rehearsed this time.
Mr Swallow: Houdini
An unsuccessful writer is hailed as a prophet when his novel is discovered by a secret cult.
The Ministry
A filmmaker tries to discover himself by making a film... he fails.