Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Max Webster

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Donmar Warehouse: December 8, 2023 - February 10, 2024

Character:
Macbeth

Notes:

Author:C.P. Taylor

Director: Dominic Cooke

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Harold Pinter Theatre: October 6 - December 24

Character:
John Halder

Notes:

• Good was nominated for 4 Olivier awards: David Tennant for Best Actor, Sharon Small for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Elliot Levey for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, and the play was nominated for Best Revival
• Good was nominated for 5 What's on Stage awards: David Tennant for Best Performer in a Play, Elliot Levey and Sharon Small for Best Supporting Performer in a Play, Dominic Cooke for Best Direction, and the play was nominated for Best Play Revival

Author: Patrick Marber/Molière

Director: Patrick Marber

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Wyndham's Theatre: March 17 - June 10

Character:
Don Juan

Notes:

• David Tennant's Don Juan has been nominated for the What's on Stage Best Actor in a Play award, and the play is nominated in the Best Play Revival category

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates:
London's The Barbican Centre:
   Jan 7 - Jan 22 (9 performances)
Brooklyn Academy Of Music (BAM) Harvey Theater in New York:
   March 24 - April 29 (10 performances)

Character:
Richard II

Notes:

• David Tennant reprised his role of Richard II for the RSC in their "King and Country: Shakespeare's Great Cycle of Kings" event, which features Richard II, Henry IV Parts 1 & 2, and Henry V. The event celebrates Shakespeare's 400th birthday

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Theatre: October 10 - November 16, 2013
London's The Barbican Centre: December 9 - January 25, 2014

Character:
Richard II

Notes:

• Won What's on Stage award for Best Actor in a Play
• Nominated for What's On Stage's Best Regional Production award (for the Stratford Run)

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Josie Rourke

Theatre(s)/Dates:
West End's Wyndham's Theatre: May 16 - September 3, 2011

Character:
Benedick

Notes:
The play was nominated for a 2012 Olivier award for "Best Revival of a Play". David was nominated in the What's On Stage Awards category for Best Actor, and the play won its categories for "Best Shakespearean Production" and "Theatre Event of the Year". It won a slew of BroadwayWorld West End awards, including Best Leading Actor, Best Leading Actress, and Best Play.

Author:
William Shakespeare

Director:
Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre: October 8 - November 15, 2008

Character:
Berowne

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company, along with Hamlet

Author: William Shakespeare

Director: Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Company's Courtyard Theatre: July 24 - November 15, 2008
West End's Novello Theatre: December 9, 2008 - January 10, 2009

Character: Hamlet

Notes: David was nominated for "Best Actor" in the Evening Standard Theatre Awards. The production won "Best Live Regional Production" (for the Stratford run) & "Theatre Event of the Year" (for "David Tennant's return to the stage in Hamlet for the RSC") in the whatsonstage Theatre Goers Choice awards. David co-won the Critics' Circle Award for "Best Shakespearean Performance" (shared with Derek Jacobi as Malvolio in The Twelfth Night). The production was filmed and aired as a television movie in 2009

Author:
Richard Nelson

Director:
Richard Baron

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Edinburgh Lyceum: January 14 - February 12, 2005
Bath Theatre Royal: February 14 - February 19, 2005

Character:
Jimmy Porter

Notes:
David won the 2005 "Best Male Performance" Critics' Award for Theatre in Scotland for his portrayal of Jimmy Porter

Author:
Martin McDonagh

Director:
John Crowley

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Cottesloe Theatre at The National: November 7, 2003 - April 17, 2004

Character:
Katurian

Notes:
Won the 2004 Olivier award for Play of the Year
Was the World Premiere/Origial Cast run of Pillowman

Author:
Kenneth Lonergan

Director:
Mark Brokaw

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Donmar Warehouse: April 4, 2002 - May 4, 2002
The New Ambassadors Theatre: June 26 - August 10, 2002

Character:
Jeff, The Doorman

Notes:
David was nominated for the 2003 Olivier award for Best Actor for his performance in Lobby Hero

Author:
Roland Schimmelpfennig

Director:
Ramin Gray

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Jerwood Theatre Upstairs at the Royal Court Theatre: February 8, - March 2, 2002

Character:
Robert

Notes:

Author:
Trevor Griffiths

Director:
Sean Holmes

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Exeter's Northcott Theater: October 1 - 13, 2001
The Oxford Playhouse: October 16 - 20, 2000

Character:
Gethen Price

Notes:

Author: William Shakespeare

Director:
Lynne Parker

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford: April 11 - October 6, 2000
Newcastle Theatre Royal: October 30 - November 25, 2000
London's Barbican Theatre: November 29, 2000 - February 3, 2001

Character:
Antipholus of Syracuse

Notes:
- For the Royal Shakespeare Company
- David received an Ian Charleson Award Commendation (Best Classical Actor Under 30) for his performance as Antipholus of Syracuse

Author: Vladimir Nabokov
Director: Rebecca McCutcheon and Craig Higginson
Theatre(s)/Dates: The Other Place (Stratford): September 25th - October 4th, 2000
Character: Dawid Tenemann
Notes:- For the Royal Shakespeare Company (as part of their Fringe Festival)
- David's part was filmed and shown on a screen during the play. It was a non-speaking part. He played an actor in a film that was shown as part of the play. His part in the play's "film" was that of the play's main female character's cheating boyfriend.

Author:
Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Director:
Lindsay Posner

Theatre(s)/Dates:
The Swan in Stratford: March 20 - October 7, 2000
Newcastle Theatre Royal: 3 shows between October 30 - November 25, 2000
London's Barbican Theatre: December 7, 2000 - April 17, 2001

Character:
Jack Absolute

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Author:
William Shakespeare

Director:
Michael Boyd

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford: July 5 - October 7, 2000
Newcastle Theatre Royal: 3 shows between October 30th and November 25th, 2000
London's Barbican Theatre: January 11 - March 8, 2001

Character:
Romeo Montague

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Author: William Shakespeare
Director: Gregory Hersov
Theatre(s)/Dates: The Royal Exchange Theatre: September 8 - October 23, 1999
Character: Edgar
Notes:
David's "brother" in this production, Edmund, was played by Adam James, who became one of David's best friends and who has appeared with David in other works (Much Ado About Nothing, Doctor Who, etc)

Author:
Maxim Gorky

Director:
Howard Davies

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Albery Theatre (now the Noel Coward Theatre): January 14 - March 27, 1999

Character:
Pavel

Notes:

Author: Kara Miller

Director: Wilson Milam

Theatre(s)/Dates: The Pleasance Theatre (Edinburgh Festival): August 7 - 31, 1998

Character:Marco (the boyfriend)

Notes: David filmed his role as the boyfriend - he wasn't "live" at the performances (he was only on-screen). He had filmed the part while performing in Hurly Burly as a favor to the assistant director (Charlotte Bond).

Author: Peter Shaffer

Director: Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates: The Donmar Warehouse's Comedy Theatre, starting April 22, 1998

Character: Brindsley Miller

Notes:

• The Real Inspector Hound was performed by the same cast along with The Real Inspector Hound - with a 20 minute interval between them
• The plays were directed by Gregory Doran, who went on to direct David in Hamlet & Love's Labour's Lost
• Updated photo from David Tennant Asylum

Author: Tom Stoppard

Director: Greg Doran

Theatre(s)/Dates: The Donmar Warehouse's Comedy Theatre, starting April 22, 1998

Character: Moon (Theatre Critic)

Notes:

• The Real Inspector Hound was performed by the same cast along with Black Comedy - with a 20 minute interval between them
• The plays were directed by Gregory Doran, who went on to direct David in Hamlet & Love's Labour's Lost
• Updated photo from David Tennant Asylum

Author: David Rabe

Director:
Wilson Milam

Theatre(s)/Dates:
The Old Vic: March 23 - April 4, 1997
The Queen's Theatre: August 13 - November 8, 1997

Character:
Mickey

Notes:

Author: Richard Nelson

Director: Howard Davies

Theatre(s)/Dates:
The Swan in Stratford: July 17 - October 4, 1996
The Pit at London's Barbican Theatre: February 12, 1997 - April 5, 1997

Character:
Colonel Alexander Hamilton

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Author:
Peter Whelan

Theatre(s)/Dates:
The Other Place Theatre in Stratford: May 8 - September 30, 1996
The Pit at London's Barbican Theatre: October 30, 1996 - January 16, 1997

Character:
Jack Lane

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company
This was the world premiere/original cast for The Herbal Bed

Author:
William Shakespeare

Director:
Steven Pimlott

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford: April 18 - October 6, 1996
London's Barbican Theatre: October 18, 1996 - March 29, 1997

Character:
Touchstone

Notes:
For the Royal Shakespeare Company

Author:
Tennessee Williams

Director:
Richard Baron

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Dundee Rep Theatre: January 26 - February 10, 1996

Character:
Tom

Notes:

• David received a best actor nomination from the Theatrical Management Association (TMA) Awards for his performance as Tom
• Image credit: The Dundee University Archive http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives

Author: Iain Heggie

Director: Matthew Lloyd

Theatre(s)/Dates: The Royal Exchange Theatre: November 21 - December 16, 1995

Character: Kenny

Notes:
David received a best actor nomination (Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards) for his role as Kenny
This was the world premiere/original cast for An Experienced Woman Gives Advice
The photo, courtesy of the David Tennant Theatre site, is from the rehearsals/programme

Author: Joe Orton

Director: Phyllida Lloyd

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Lyttelton Theatre at the Royal National: February - April, 1995
Bath Theatre Royal: April 1995
Norwich Theatre Royal: May 1995
Nottingham Theatre Royal: May 1995

Character:
Nicholas Beckett

Notes:
David's first time working with Richard Wilson, who became a lifelong friend

Author: John Byrne

Director: Tim Supple

Theatre(s)/Dates: The Young Vic: September 9 - November 12, 1994

Character: Alan Downie

Notes:
Photo Credit: David Tennant Fact of the Day site

Author: Eugene O'Neill
Director: Richard Baron
Theatre(s)/Dates: Dundee Rep Theatre: April 7 - 30, 1994
Character: Edmund Tyron
Notes:

Author: Stuart Paterson
Theatre(s)/Dates: Dundee Rep Theatre: November 26, 1993 - January 6, 1994
Character: Curdie Petersen
Notes: The Princess and the Goblin was a Christmas panto production

Author:
Sophicles

Director:
Iain Reekie

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Toured across Scotland: February 23 - March 27, 1993

Character:
Messenger, Chorus

Notes:
David performed as part of 7:84, a left-wing touring theatre group
Photo credit: The David Tennant Theatre Site (The Play's the Thing)

Author: Stuart Paterson
Director: David McVicar
Theatre(s)/Dates: Dundee Rep Theatre: November 27, 1992 - January 9, 1993
Character: Arthur
Notes: Merlin the Magnificent and the Adventures of Arthur was a Christmas panto production

Author:
Moliere

Director:
Hamish Glen

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Dundee Rep Theatre: October 28 - November 21, 1992

Character:
Valere

Notes:
Photo credit: Doctor Who Beseiged's Facebook

Author: Edward Albee
Theatre(s)/Dates: Dundee Rep Theatre: Opened October 17, 1992
Character: Nick
Notes:

Author:
Noel Coward

Director:
Hugh Hodgart

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Edinburgh Royal Lyceum: July 17 - August 8, 1992

Character:
Simon Bliss

Notes:

Author: various authors

Director: Iain Reekie

Theatre(s)/Dates: Toured across Scotland: May 12 - June 6, 1992

Character(s):
K (in Colour Blind), Frank (in School Chaplain), Ben (in Away Wi' the Fairies), Keith (in The Fence), Playwright (in Audience), Finlay (in The Giftie Gi'en Us)

Notes:
David performed as part of 7:84, a left-wing touring theatre group
Scotland Matters was made up of 10 playlets, each 10 minutes long, separated by a 15 minute interval
Photo credit (and more information): The David Tennant Theatre Site (The Play's the Thing)

Author: Tankerd Dorst
Theatre(s)/Dates: Edinburgh Royal Lyceum: April 2 - 18, 1992
Character: Arthur
Notes:

Author:
Noel Greig

Director:
Iain Reekie

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Toured across Scotland: February 6 - March 15, 1991

Character:
Malcolm

Notes:
David performed as part of 7:84, a left-wing touring theatre group
Photo credit: The David Tennant Theatre Site (The Play's the Thing)

Author:
Stuart Paterson

Director(s):
Richard Baron/Hugh Hodgart

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Edinburgh Royal Lyceum: December 13, 1991 - January 4, 1992

Character:
Curdie

Notes:
Shinda the Magic Ape was a Christmas panto production
Halfway through a performance David broke his finger on stage, but he completed the performance anyway (and was back the next day with his finger in a splint)

Author:
Bertolt Brecht

Director:
Roanna Benn

Theatre(s)/Dates:
Toured across Scotland: October 4 - November 4, 1991

Character(s):
Clark, Giri, Inna

Notes:
David's professional debut
6 actors played 20 parts
David performed as part of 7:84, a left-wing touring theatre group

Author:
Theatre(s)/Dates: Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Character: Juror 8
Notes:
dir Iain Reekie