David was invited by Sir Donald Gosling
to entertain the troops on HMS Ark Royal off the coast of Bosnia. He was
subsequently asked by Sir Don to perform on Cunard's 'SEA GODDESS' along
with Ned Sherrin and Terry Wogan to commemorate the 50th anniversary of
the Corfu Incident. He has also performed on P&O's CANBERRA and Cunard's
'SEABOURN SPIRIT'. David does a lot of charity work especially
for sick children and senior citizens
In
musicals he has played many leading roles. In concert he played lead roles
in excerpts from musical shows, i.e. LES MISERABLE, GUYS AND DOLLS, EVITA,
BUDDY, COMPANY, WEST SIDE STORY, COLE PORTER STORY,THE PHANTOM OF THE
OPERA and FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.
PRIVATE PARTIES:
GREG DYKE (former Director General, BBC), Birthday party.
TONY HALL leaving the BBC to take over the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE, party at Mirabelle's Restaurant, Mayfair.
David is a member of the exclusive Grand Order of Water Rats. Brian May (Queen), Joe Pasquale & Rick Wakeman are amongst its members
In the early days, David was in a pop duo called Luke & Blake and formerly recorded with CBS. They shared the stage with Tom Jones, Jimmy Ruffin, The Faces & Alan Price. Last year, although it is far away from what David does now, he and his former partner Steve, thought it would be a bit of fun to reform. They did a few musical festivals and released a lively carnival sound new single, Big Day, a new album, written by David ,and, used a new name - After Eight The BIG DAY album with 16 new original tracks is now available on iTunes
David has shared the stage with many international artistes and has performed at the MGM GRAND Hotel/Casino, Reno, SAHARA Hotel/Casino, Las Vegas and the famous POLO Lounge at the BEVERLY HILLS Hotel. He has appeared many times in private functions at London's GROVENOR HOUSE Hotel, Park Lane and was extremely honored to be asked to perform before Royalty on several occasions.
It was David who conceived the original idea for a stage musical of Paramount's smash hit 70's TV series HAPPY DAYS. He then acquired the Stage Rights and initiated with Show-biz P.R Jacquie Capri, the development of the Musical in the formative stages. He also managed to get HENRY WINKLER (the Fonz in the TV series) involved in working with him in Los Angeles, on the original script, in the early stages of developing the musical. The show toured the Arenas in Australia after a successful UK tour of which David was Associate Producer.
Quote from HENRY WINKLER –
“This is a totally new experience for me. I am flattered that DAVID & JACQUIE CAPRI approached me. I have acted, directed and produced but never had the opportunity to be involved in the creation of a project from its inception. It is exhilarating. When they first contacted me I thought they were going to offer me a pair of tickets for the opening night never dreaming that they would want me to direct and co-write. I was bowled over. HAPPY DAYS has had, and still has, an extraordinary run on television around the world. Bringing it to life on the stage seems to be a natural since the public continues to show such affection for the characters”
