Welcome to the homepage of David Ault, the Mercenary Artist. Please follow the links to the left to find out more about my work and my life.

Why a Mercenary Artist though? Well, it's because I work best when given a task to do and left to run with it. I will happily be very creative and, when given a task, will take it on and put my own unique creative stamp on it.

(c) Phil Walker

• Spreading wings David has been travelling across the country in his new role as a Little Birds storyteller, performing at theatres with A Bird in Your Ear and enthusing primary schools about ...
  Posted 17 Oct 2011 09:54 by David Ault
• TLH Leisure Resorts Voiceover released This summer, David's voice can be heard on adverts for TLH Leisure Resorts, and can be seen by clicking this link.To find out more about David's voiceover ...
  Posted 17 Aug 2011 05:15 by David Ault
• Barefaced Winner! Over the weekend of 10th-12th June at the Blue Orange Theatre, Birmingham's newest venue for the arts, there was an acting competition called 'Barefaced: Stripped Back Theatre'. I ...
  Posted 13 Jun 2011 05:02 by David Ault
• David Ault - Filmmaker Another string being fitted to my bow is that of filmmaker for the By Design Group. So far I've completed a major project for the Nottinghamshire City and County ...
  Posted 13 Apr 2011 06:33 by David Ault
• A New Direction As of 6th December 2010, I shall be taking up employment within the By Design Group, primarily designing, developing and delivering the Nottingham Science Festival. I will still be available ...
  Posted 2 Dec 2010 01:16 by David Ault

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A potted history:

• 2000-2003: BA (Hons) Astrophysics (II:1) at the University of Cambridge
• 2003-2004: MSc at the University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank
• 2004-2005: Working for a small media firm, gaining valuable experience with Screen West Midlands' Moving Up course
• 2006-2011 : The Jodcast - a twice-monthly astronomy podcast - was created by a group of us from Jodrell Bank
• 2006: Full time planetarium presenter at Birmingham's Thinktank Science Museum, casual staff thereafter
• 2006-2008: Dip HE in Acting with the Court Theatre Training Company (TVU)
• 2008-2009: Six-month tour of Rajasthan, India playing Angelo and Claudio in Shakespeare's Measure for Measure
• 2009-2010: Professional Acting work across the Midlands
• 2010: Astrotour 2010, a four-month, 20,000 miles trip around North America's science centres
• 2010-: Work for the By Design Group, directing The Big Bang East Midlands, as well as film-making and web work.
• 2011-: Work as a storyteller, both in Primary Schools and theatres with Snail Tales