David Ian Lane (born Chadwell Heath, England in 1961), is a former actor and now a theatre producer who The Stage has called "the most powerful man in UK theatre".
Formerly the chairman of Live Nation’s global theatrical division, he was one of the judges in the BBC TV series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. In the 1980s, David took part in the A Song For Europe contest twice, finishing in 2nd place on both occasions. In 1984, as part of t...
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David Ian Lane (born Chadwell Heath, England in 1961), is a former actor and now a theatre producer who The Stage has called "the most powerful man in UK theatre".
Formerly the chairman of Live Nation’s global theatrical division, he was one of the judges in the BBC TV series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria?. In the 1980s, David took part in the A Song For Europe contest twice, finishing in 2nd place on both occasions. In 1984, as part of the group First Division with the song Where The Action Is, and in 1986 as part of the group Jump, performing Don't Hang Up On Love.
The son of a Railway Fitter and a Personal Assistant, Ian started as an actor and starred in a number of UK theatre productions, including the musicals Time (musical), The Pirates of Penzance, Joseph in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, and Rocky in The Rocky Horror Show. He is known professionally as David Ian as the name David Lane was already taken when he applied to actors union Equity.
In 1990 Ian...
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