DAVID BERGMAN

​Composer, Video and Sound Designer​​

David is an award-winning composer, video and sound designer for theatre, dance, opera, installation and film. 

David’s theatre designs include his ground-breaking video designs for THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY STRANGE CASE OF DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE for Sydney Theatre Company which toured extensively including a smash hit season at London’s West End (winning 2 Olivier Awards) and Broadway New York starring Sarah Snook.  David won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Stage Design of a Mainstage Production for DORIAN.

For Victorian Opera and Opera Australia, David designed video for Opera Australia and Victorian Opera’s acclaimed production of IDOMENEO which tours to San Francisco Opera in 2025. Other credits include: video design for The Opera Conference’s production of RUSALKA (West Australian Opera, Opera Australia, State Opera of South Australia and Queensland Opera); video designer for The Australian Ballet’s new ballet OSCAR; video designer for DEAR EVAN HANSEN produced by Michael Cassell Group and Sydney Theatre Company; and video designer for Bangarra Dance Company’s KULKA.

David was video designer for Sydney Chamber Opera’s BREAKING GLASS and Musica Viva’s national tour of WINTER’S JOURNEY. Other design for Sydney Theatre Company includes: sound design for PLAYING BEATIE BOW, video and sound design for A CHEERY SOUL and THE WHARF REVUE (from 2009-2018); and video design for JULIUS CAESAR, MURIEL’S WEDDING: THE MUSICAL, THE HANGING, THE EFFECT and THE LONG WAY HOME.  For Griffin, David was sound designer for GREEN PARK for which he won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Sound Design of a Mainstage Production; composer and sound designer for SUPERHEROES; and composer, sound and video designer for FIRST LOVE IS THE REVOLUTION for which he was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award. For Bell Shakespeare, David was the sound designer for TWELFTH NIGHT and THE LOVERS. For Belvoir, he was composer and sound designer for SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA, sound designer for INTO THE WOODS, video designer for BLUE, sound designer on AT WHAT COST?.  David designed video and sound for Soft Tread’s national tour of THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PAUL including for State Theatre Company of South Australia. For the Sydney Opera House, David was the sound designer for RENT. For Bangarra Dance Company, David was video designer for KULKA, SANDSONG, SPIRIT and KNOWLEDGE GROUND.  For Monkey Baa Theatre, David was video designer for POSSUM MAGIC and THE PEASANT PRINCE and sound designer for JOSEPHINE WANTS TO DANCE. 

Other credits include: for Ensemble, composer and sound designer for ARIA, MEMORY OF WATER; for Seymour Centre, composer, sound and video designer for MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE, composer and sound designer for MADE TO MEASURE; for GFO Attractions, ELF; for Darlinghurst Theatre Co, composer and sound designer for MAGGIE STONE; for NIDA, composer and sound designer for SALEM and ANOTHER COUNTRY; for Hayes Theatre Co, sound and video designer for MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG, sound designer for DUBBO CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING, THE RISE AND DISGUISE OF ELIZABETH R., CATCH ME IF YOU CAN and SPRING AWAKENING (ATYP).