Dan Bain has worked as theatre director, writer, improviser, actor, motivational speaker, street performer and stand-up comedian since graduating from CircoArts, the New Zealand circus training school, in 2001.
His directing credits at The Court include The Arsonists; Stephen King's Misery; Ideation; Titus Andronicus; over a dozen kids shows; Boudica for The Court Youth Company; four seasons of The Early, Early Late Show and three productions of A Christmas Carol.
As an actor at The Court Theatre he has appeared in Backstage; The Sunshine Boys; White Rabbit, Red Rabbit; A Midsummer Night’s Dream; The Ladykillers and as Hamlet in four seasons of Hamlet: The Video Game (The Stage Show) as well as innumerable appearances in Court Jesters shows, corporate events and at Scared Scriptless.
Dan is also a multi-award-winning writer for theatre, film and radio. Noted works include the silent children’s shows A Paintbox of Clowns; Why Are My Parents So Boring? and Cat Vs. Dog; The Young and Hungry commissions Gameplan and Uncle Minotaur; his comedy Stag Weekend (with Brendon Bennetts); the musical The Invisibles (with Luke Di Somma) and his hilarious and heartfelt adaptation of A Christmas Carol.
He was the Associate Director of The Court Theatre from 2017 - 2020 and the Artistic Director of The Court Jesters from 2013 - 2020.
Court Shows
- 2020 - Lysander's Aunty - Director
- 2019 - A Christmas Carol - Director/Playwright
- 2019 - Escape from Haunted House - Director
- 2019 - The Arsonists - Director
- 2019 - The Princess and the Frog (and the Robber!) - Director
- 2019 - Boudica - Director
- 2019 - Open House Festival - Director
- 2019 - EQ F@#%ING C - Co-Director
- 2018 - Children of the Night - Director/Devisor
- 2018 - A Christmas Carol - Playwright
- 2018 - Indelible Ink 2018 - Satan
- 2018 - Hansel and Gretel - Director/Playwright
- 2018 - Stephen King's Misery - Director
- 2018 - Ideation - Director
- 2018 - A Paintbox of Clowns - Director/Playwright
- 2018 - Crash Bash 2018: Risk Factors - Producer
- 2018 - Titus Andronicus - Director
- 2017 - A Christmas Carol - Director/Playwright
- 2017 - Scriptless: First Class - MC
- 2017 - Cinderella in Space - Director
- 2017 - The Early Early Late Show - Director
- 2017 - Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show) - Hamlet
- 2017 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Director
- 2016 - A Christmas Carol - Director/playwright
- 2016 - The Early Early Late Show 2016 - Director
- 2016 - Cops and Robbers - Director
- 2015 - Hamlet: The Video Game (the stage show) - Hamlet
- 2015 - The Ladykillers - Louie
- 2015 - The Early Early Late Show 2015 - Director
- 2014 - A Very Merry Scriptless: Over the Top - Director
- 2014 - Stag Weekend - Playwright
- 2014 - A Midsummer Night's Dream - Tom Snout
- 2014 - Cinderella meets Aladdin - Director
- 2014 - The Early Early Late Show 2014 - Director
- 2014 - White Rabbit/Red Rabbit - Actor
- 2014 - - Artistic Director
- 2013 - Epic Journey to the Shops - Playwright/Director
- 2013 - Cat vs. Dog - Playwright/Director
- 2012 - A Very Merry Scriptless: Santa's Grotto - Improvisor
- 2012 - Why are my Parents so Boring? - Director/Playwright
- 2011 - The Adventures of Captain Cook - Director
- 2011 - Hansel and Gretel - Director/Playwright
- 2011 - Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Papa Bear/The Queen
- 2010 - The Sunshine Boys - Multiple roles
- 2010 - A Paintbox of Clowns - Director/Playwright
- 2010 - Cinderella - Stepsister/mouse/prince
- 2010 - Jack and the Beanstalk - Daisy the Cow/The Giant
- 2009 - Backstage - Danny Leibman
- 2009 - Pinocchio - Geppeto/clown/fox
- 2009 - The NEW adventures of Auntie MacDuff - Luke
- 2009 - Pulp William - Urswick
- 2009 - Rumplestiltskin - Prince/Spinning Wheel/Baby
- 2008 - Beauty and the Beast - Step sister/Dad/Magic Mirror
- 2008 - Auntie MacDuffs Magical Trunk - Sebastian
- 2008 - Scriptless: Uncut - Dirk Shiny
- 2008 - Robin Hood and Maid Marian - The Sheriff of Nottingham
- 2008 - Pulp William - Urswick
- 2007 - A Very Merry Scriptless - Improvisor
- 2006 - A Very Merry Scriptless - Improvisor
- 2006 - The Early Early Late Show - Improvisor
- 2004 - Fairyable - Improvisor
- 2003 - - Improvisor