Danna Davis Biography
Danna is currently performing in her new one-woman show with musical director David Wray. The show has been well received in both Dublin and NYC It is currently scheduled to be featured in London for the spring 2006. She has appeared in Bewleys Café Theatre series and the Pavillion Theatre as well as venues nationwide.
Her new album .From New York, features songs from her one woman show and are all written by New York composers. It is available from www.dresscircle.co.uk or by email at musictheatreireland@eircom.ie or from CD Baby in the U.S.
Danna made her London Debut in 'I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change' last June. This show is currently scheduled to run in Andrews Lane Theatre from Jan 31st to February 25th 2006 after a successful run in the Pavillion Theatre in Dun Laoighaire.
In NYC, she has performed in the prestigious 'Don't Tell Mamma' cabaret as well as the 'Hideaway @ Helen's' in Chelsea, both to critical acclaim! Danna trained at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco and has also studied acting at HB Studios and Michael Howard Studio in NYC.
Danna has performed in many musicals in America and has appeared in the prestigious Lincoln Center and Brooklyn Academy of Music. Most recently, Danna completed a sold out US tour with the Three Irish Tenors as a member of The Irish Divas. In Ireland, her credits include Aspects of Love and JFK: A Musical Drama (Olympia Theatre), The Taffeta's (Gaiety Theatre), Beyond Therapy and Creatures (Andrew's Lane Theatre). Danna has appeared many times at the National Concert Hall in Dublin and has been a featured soloist in Noel Coward Centenary Concert, Kander and Ebb's And The World Goes Round, The Great American Songwriters Series, and The Glorious MGM Musicals Concerts produced by Music Theatre Ireland.
In Northern Ireland, Danna has appeared in Simply Sondheim, which was commissioned by Northern Ireland Opera Fringe Festival and recorded and aired by the BBC. She has also been a featured soloist for Kevin Hough's Theatre Nights Concerts recorded and broadcast on RTE Radio 1. Her Theatre Nights concerts include Rodgers and Hammerstein and The Good Ol' Days of Music Hall. Other radio credits include Roger Gregg's Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, Tread Softly Bill Lizard, which won the Gold Mark Time Award for Best Audio Fiction Production of 2000. She has also been featured on Roger Gregg's Invasion from Planet Vampire and Big Big Space Series, broadcast on RTE Radio 1. She is also involved in creating voices for cartoon animation. Her credits include Norman Normal (TG4), Zombie Hotel (BBC) and The Ugly Duckling (Magma Films) and many others..
Danna has been featured in A New York Songbook and The Glorious MGM Musicals (musical director David Wray) as part of the Northern Ireland Opera Fringe Festival. A New York Songbook toured nationally last summer in such theatres as Draoicht, The Pavillion, The Civic and many theatres nationwide.
