David has been performing improv for 15 years, both short and long-form, having cut his teeth as one of The Improverts while at the University of Edinburgh. He taught at the Free Association between 2017-2024, where he was a member of veteran house team The Cartel, and now runs leapday, an improv school and community based out of Seven Dials Playhouse in The West End.

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As well as improvising, David acts and is most well-known for playing Goldsworth in Nick Mohammed's Mr Swallow shows at the Edinburgh fringe and in the West End, and for playing Clive in the semi-improvised sitcom Borderline.

 

He started performing his one-man improv show David Elms Describes A Room at The Free Association theatre in May 2022, where it has a monthly residency. The show has now been performed around the UK and beyond, including sell-out runs at London's Soho Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe.

 

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