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Railway Redemption - Original Score
David has just finished composing the score for the biopic Railway Redemption by London-based film company Third Channel.
Diamond Jubilee Organ Recital
Celebrate Her Majesty the Queen's Diamond Jubilee with an evening of British organ music performed by David Allen on the modern English-built Matthew Copley organ at St Mary Magdalen, Oxford.
Churchill's Children - Original Score
David has recently finishing composing the incidental music for the world première of Churchill's Children by Lita Doolan, which is being performed this weekend at Upstairs at Three and Ten at the Brighton Fringe and has already been listed as one of the top recommended shows by Fringe Review.
Shiverman - Original Score
David recently finished work on the music for the world première of Shiverman by the New York playwright James Sheldon, which is currently being performed at Theatre 503 in Battersea, south London. Working again with Primavera Productions, with whom he recently composed the scores for the critically acclaimed Murder in the Cathedral and Antigone, the play has already received excellent reviews and two nominations for the Off West End Awards, including Best New Play.
A Man For All Seasons - Original Score
David recently completed work on a new musical score for a production of Robert Bolt's Tony Award-winning A Man For All Seasons at the church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, this autumn. Within the atmospheric setting of Oxford's University Church - the actual location of the trial of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, one of the play's antagonists - this spectacular story is due to come to life and explore the finer details of the contentious relationship between church and state within the context of historic upheavals and cruel punishment.
Advent Organ Recital
Get ready for the Christmas season with an exciting evening of Advent and Christmas organ music on the bright and colourful 2-manual Matthew Copley organ at St Mary Magdalen, Oxford; performed by David Allen, organist of St Mary Magdalen.
Forbidden - Original Score
David has just begun working on the score for Fiendish Media's latest film, Forbidden, w
Antigone - Reviews
The exciting new production of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone, translated by Timberlake Werte
Antigone - Original Score
David has been commissioned to compose the music for a major new production of Sophocles' Classical tragedy Antigone at the Southwark Playhouse in the late spring of 2011. Working once again with the critically acclaimed Primavera Productions after their highly successful collaboration on T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral last autumn - and using an exciting modern translation by Timberlake Wertenbaker - this will be David's debut on the London stage.