Britain’s 50 Most Eligible Bachelors 2001 – Company

photograph by Jon Shard

David Shannon, 29

from: Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire

job: Actor in West End musical, The Beautiful Game.

star sign: Aries.

best quality: I’m passionate.

worst quality: I get bored quickly.

ideal woman: Someone who makes me laugh.

perfect date: A quiet weekend in a hotel in the Lake District.

how can a girl get your attention: Come up to me, as I’m crap at asking women out.

most romantic thing you’ve done: I surprised a girl on New Year’s Eve by booking a hotel suite overlooking the Thames. I decked it out with champagne and flowers.

hang out: The Opera Tavern in the West End after work.