David B - Singing Librarian Owl

Introducing...David, Singing Librarian Owl

David B

I'm David (bet you'd never have guessed), a librarian (another shock...) in charge of health resources at a unique university campus in southern England. I have two degrees. A BA in English Language and Drama, and an MA in Literature, which I studied to keep my brain from rotting. I followed these up with a PG Diploma in Information and Library Studies, but don't plan to gain any more academic qualifications just yet.

In my spare time I read lots - classics, sf, comics, mysteries; I listen to (and watch when I can) musical theatre; and I act and sing, too. My theatrical CV runs as follows:

• Spring 1996 - A Doll's House (Torvald Helmer) - Ousedale School, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire
• Summer 1996 - Grease (Roger) - Ousedale School
• Winter 1996 - Cabaret (Herr Schultz) - Ousedale School
• Summer 1997 - Bugsy Malone (backstage work) - Ousedale School
• Spring 1998 - Speed the Plow (set construction) - Joanna Lumley Drama Studio, Canterbury, Kent
• Summer 1998 - The Typists (stage crew and sound operator) - Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury)
• Summer 2000 - The Beggar's Opera (Chorus and 2nd Constable) - University of Kent Summer Opera: Gulbenkian Theatre
• Summer 2001 - Tosca (Chorus and Soldier) - University of Kent Summer Opera: Gulbenkian Theatre
• Summer 2002 - Die Fledermaus (Chorus) - University of Kent Summer Opera: Gulbenkian Theatre
• Summer 2003 - The Ephesian Matron/Dido and Aeneas (Chorus) - University of Kent Summer Opera: Gulbenkian Theatre
• Summer 2003 - Courtenay (Ensemble and Man 2) - Bright Start Productions: Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury and Stag Theatre, Sevenoaks, Kent
• Summer 2004 - Figaro's Wedding (Chorus) - University of Kent Summer Opera: Gulbenkian Theatre
• March 2006 - Me and My Girl (The Hon. Gerald Bolingbroke) - Canterbury Operatic Society (COS): Marlowe Theatre
• December 2006 - The Pirates of Penzance From Scratch (Sergeant of Police) - Charity concert with Ginger Cow Productions: Herne Bay
• March 2007 - Kiss Me, Kate (Ralph) - COS: Marlowe Theatre
• May 2007 - The Sound of Gershwin (Ensemble) - Herne Bay Operatic Society (HBOS): Whitstable Playhouse, Kent
• November 2007 - Annie Get Your Gun (offstage singer and backstage work) - HBOS: Marlowe Theatre
• March 2008 - My Fair Lady (Freddy Eynsford-Hill) - COS: Marlowe Theatre
• May 2008 - Rodgers With an H (Richard Rodgers) - HBOS: Whitstable Playhouse
• August 2008 - West Side Story (Doc and Officer Krupke) - Phoenix Performing Arts: Marlowe Theatre
• November 2008 - Titanic (Harold Bride) - HBOS: Marlowe Theatre
• January 2009 - my professional debut! - Aladdin - Genie of the Lamp - PPA Productions: Winter Gardens, Margate, Kent
• March 2009 - The Pirates of Penzance (Major General Stanley) - COS: Gulbenkian Theatre
• May 2009 - Hot Mikado (Pish Tush) - HBOS: Gulbenkian Theatre
• September 2009 - Fame the Musical (Mr Myers) - Phoenix Performing Arts: Gulbenkian Theatre
• October 2009 - Thoroughly Modern Musicals (stage manager) - HBOS: Whitstable Playhouse
• March 2010 - When Midnight Strikes (Christopher West) - Lights Up Productions (LUP): Tower Theatre, Folkestone
• March 2010 - The Pajama Game (Prez) - COS: Gulbenkian Theatre
• August 2010 - All Shook Up (Jim Haller) - LUP: Tower Theatre.
• September 2010 - Footloose (Reverend Shaw Moore) - Phoenix Performing Arts: Gulbenkian Theatre.
• October 2010 - Pieces of Cole (stage manager) - HBOS: Whitstable Playhouse

I have recently realised I'm a tawny owl (I think most librarians are probably either moles or owls, come to think of it!), which was a disturbing, yet liberating realisation to make. I often pop up in fairly random places on the site, but I am most at home perched on the hearth at Lil's Atelier, where I am a regular Salonista.

The Dewey Demon

Due to my daytime identity, I have an incredible super-power: the naming of Dewey Decimal numbers for almost anything. This can baffle, amuse, annoy or astound... Hence, I am the Dewey Demon.

Even better I can infect evil-doers with a bug that causes them to hum a really irritating tune, thereby distracting them ready for a devastating blow from a heroic colleague. Ha! Other, more useful, abilities lurk beneath my mild-mannered librarian exterior...

The Dewey Demon is definitely not an owl...

The Obligatory 42

Kindly provided by Pencil Queen [U196501] as I failed to come up with one:

(-2 + (0 x 1) + 8) x (-1 + 8) = 42