David Ribi

David Ribi
David Ribi at the stage door after performing as "Sketch" in the UK tour of Hairspray.
Born	(1987-08-01) 1 August 1987 (age 29) Camberley, Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor and singer songwriter
Years active	2008-present

David Ribi (born 1 August 1987) is an English actor known for his roles in West End Theatre and touring productions. He trained in musical theatre at the London College of Music until 2006, and studied Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway until 2009. As well as musical theatre, David is a keen singer/songwriter and has performed at a variety of live events around London and Surrey.

David has a number of theatre credits. Whilst training, he appeared in several leading roles, including 'Tommy' in The Who's Tommy, and 'Tobias Ragg' in Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, among others (see below).

In 2011, it was announced that David would play the lead role of 'Bobby' in the 2011-2012 Dreamboats and Petticoats UK Tour, produced by Bill Kenwright. Upon the completion of the tour, David took up the same lead role of Bobby in the West End version of the show at the Wyndhams Theatre, which ran until 4 August 2012.

From Thursday 13 December 2012 until Sunday 6 January 2013, David starred as Aladdin in the pantomime of the same name at the Octagon Theatre, Yeovil.

In 2013, David joined the cast of the UK Tour of Hairspray as 'Sketch' and second cover Link Larkin. The tour ran from 11 February 2013 until 29 September 2013.

Ribi will return to panto during the 2013/2014 Christmas season, and will be playing the lead role of Peter Pan in the pantomime of the same name, at Fairfield Hall, Croydon, alongside Steve McFadden (Captain Hook). The show will run from Friday 6 December 2013 until Sunday 5 January 2014.

In May 2014, it was announced that David will be taking on the lead role of Zanna in 'Zanna, Don't!' from 3–29 June at the Landor Theatre, London. The story in which Ribi serves as the lead (Zanna) is set in a parallel universe where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuality is a taboo. Set in mid-west America, "Zanna" takes place at heterophobic Heartsville High. Zanna is the school's matchmaker, bringing together happy couples until the football team's quarterback and the captain of the Girls' Intramural Mechanical Bull-Riding Team begin to discover their feelings for each other.