Reviews

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.

The exciting new production of Sophocles' tragedy Antigone, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker, has been receiving much attention from critics during its run at the Southwark Playhouse in May-June 2011.

David Allen composed and recorded the original score for this London Fringe production, with elements from Middle Eastern music and culture as well as a Western approach of unifying the different musical ideas and narrative strands, with a considerable amount of singing and dancing by the large chorus.

Reviews have been pouring in for A Dream Play at the Oxford Playhouse, for which David Allen has composed the extensive original music score. Here are a few reviews of the music from professional and amateur critics.

David Allen's original music score composed for the Oxford Playhouse's production of T.S. Eliot's Murder in the Cathedral has received overwhelming praise from critics who came to see the show on the opening night.