David Walliams: London nights, 2005 to 2014
London · 2026
Between 2005 and 2014 I photographed David Walliams on London nights I was already working. The dates and places come from the camera files and from the captions I wrote at the time.
A red shirt in Knightsbridge
On 25 June 2007 he left George Michael's birthday party at the Berkeley Hotel in Knightsbridge, in a black suit and a red shirt. That walk away from the door is the picture that opens this set.
Earlier London nights
The earlier nights sit in the same London pattern. On 23 May 2005 he left the Electric Cinema in Portobello with a companion. On 8 August 2005 he left The Ivy with Matt Lucas. On 29 September 2005 he left the Groucho Club in Soho with Denise Van Outen. On 1 October 2005 he was near the Groucho Club after attending Robbie Williams's concert at the London Astoria.
The Ivy and the GQ Awards
On the night of 1 September 2006 I photographed him leaving The Ivy with David Schwimmer and Alice Eve. A few nights later, on 5 September 2006, he left the GQ Awards at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
More doors, more pavements
On 14 April 2007 he left a party at the Wardour Club with a companion. On 13 September 2007 he left The Ivy again. On 24 September 2007 he left the Electric Cinema after a Grand Classics night, with a companion.
Later years
On 6 November 2008 he left the GQ Awards once more, this time in a grey three piece suit. On 3 November 2009 he left the Ivy Club with Barbara Windsor. On 19 February 2014 he left Nobu Berkeley in Mayfair with Lara Stone.
The pictures
These archive pictures come from London nights I was already working. Credit: Charlie Pycraft / BACKGRID. Rights holder: Charles Pycraft. For licensing, contact BACKGRID or Charles. Backgrid UK Sales: backgrid_uksales@shutterstock.com.
The Ivy dinner with David Schwimmer and Alice Eve, on the night of 1 September 2006, is told separately in David Walliams, David Schwimmer and Alice Eve at The Ivy, 2006.