Ensemble Theatre

David is a playwright and actor from Belfast. He won the Meyer Whitworth Award in 2012 for EVERYTHING BETWEEN US and was shortlisted for the Evening Standard Award for Most Promising Playwright 2016 for Cyprus Avenue. Cyprus Avenue also won the Irish Times Award for Best New Play and the James Tait Black Award in 2017. In 2018, ULSTER AMERICAN won a Scotsman Fringe First and the Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland for Best New Play and was on in London in 2023 starring Woody Harrelson, Andy Serkis and Louis Harland, directed by Jerremy Herrin. His other plays include NOT NOW, SADIE, YES SO I SAID YES, THE END OF HOPE and CAN’T FORGET ABOUT YOU.  He has written several radio plays and, for television, an episode of THE YOUNG OFFENDERS (RTE/BBC). His six-part romantic comedy series THE LOVERS was broadcast on Sky Atlantic earlier this year.  He is currently working on new plays for the Almeida, the National Theatre of Scotland and Paines Plough and a new television series for ITV and Sister Pictures. As an actor, he is best known for playing Clare’s dad in DERRY GIRLS. He has also appeared in SHETLAND, STILL GAME, TAGGART and THE LOVERS.

As Director; Chopt Logic (with Metro Arts): OUR BLOOD RUNS IN THE STREET. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: (with Critical Stages National Tour) OFTEN I FIND THAT I AM NAKED. Griffin Theatre Company: LIGHTEN UP. Kings Cross Theatre: LILAC. La Boite Theatre: MY NAME IS RACHEL CORRIE. Outhouse Theatre Company (with Seymour Centre and Riverside Theatre): ULSTER AMERICAN. Redline Productions: THE WHALE. Seymour Centre (with Sugary Rum and Redline Productions): ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE. Sydney Festival (with Arts Centre Melbourne, Brisbane Festival, and the New York Musical Theatre Festival): SONGS FOR THE FALLEN. National Institute of Dramatic Art: LOVE AND INFORMATION, ORESTES and PORNOGRAPHY. Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts: FATHERLAND and 3 WINTERS. 23rd Productions: MOTORTOWN. Fortune Theatre (New Zealand): ALTAR BOYZ, CALENDAR GIRLS and AVENUE Q. As Movement Director; The New Theatre: ANGELS IN AMERICA. The Court Theatre (New Zealand): RENT, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHTTIME.

Ensemble Theatre: BOXING DAY BBQ. Bell Shakespeare: HAMLET, THE MISER. Belvoir Street Theatre: SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA. Darlinghurst Theatre: KINDERTRANSPORT. Kings Cross Theatre: YOU GOT OLDER, LEAVES, BLUE CHRISTMAS. Malthouse: PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK (with Black Swan, The Royal Lyceum Edinburgh, The Barbican London). Next Wave: LIFESTYLE OF THE RICHARD AND FAMILY. Outhouse Theatre: ULSTER AMERICAN. Sydney Festival: MUSEUM OF MODERN LOVE. Sugary Rum: ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE. Film: THE GREENHOUSE. TV: HOME AND AWAY, AMAZING GRACE, MR INBETWEEN, LOVE CHILD, THE SECRET DAUGHTER, MIKKI VS THE WORLD. Training: WAAPA.

Ensemble Theatre: THE ODD COUPLE, THE NORMAN CONQUESTS TRILOGY, TWO, A HISTORY OF FALLING THINGS, ABSENT FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH, FRANKENSTEIN, THE ACT, MY WONDERFUL DAY, NINETY, ABIGAIL’S PARTY, CHAPTER TWO, ART, THE BOY NEXT DOOR, ALARMS AND EXCURSIONS, WRONG FOR EACH OTHER, THE HEARTBREAK KID, MACBETH. Outhouse Theatre: ULSTER AMERICAN. Red Line Productions: COCK. Riverside Theatres: KING LEAR. Seymour Centre: The Boys Gotta Bonk. Television: HOME & AWAY, RAKE, DEVIL’S DUST, UNDERBELLY BADNESS, A MODEL DAUGHTER: THE KILLING OF CAROLINE BYRNE, LEGEND OF ENYO, SEA PATROL, CURTIN, BLUE WATER HIGH, THROUGH MY EYES, MARKING TIME, GOING HOME, GRASS ROOTS, WATER RATS, ALL SAINTS. Film: CHILDREN OF THE CORN, THE INVISIBLE MAN, BEING GAVIN, PRIME MOVER, $9.99, JOYRIDE, THE ILLUSTRATED FAILY DOCTOR, RISK, THREADED, BLACKROCK. Training: Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Ensemble Theatre: THE BIG TIME. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: A MAN WITH 5 CHILDREN. Dudley Street Productions: LOBBY HERO. Griffin Independent: 5 PROPERTIES OF CHAINMALE. Kings Cross Theatre Bakehouse: DRESDEN. New Theatre: HARVEST, JERUSALEM, THE PILLOWMAN. Outhouse Theatre Company: CONSENT, ULSTER AMERICAN, THE FLICK, BU21, HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING, THE ALIENS, 4 MINUTES 12 SECONDS, RIDE, MERCY THIEVES, THE BOYS. Red Line Productions: A GIRL WITH SUN IN HER EYES. Tap Gallery: FOUR PLACES. Ten Alphas: BONDI DREAMING. Tooth and Sinew: SCENES FROM AN EXECUTION. Film: SWEET RIVER, I AM WOMAN, THE COMBINATION REDEMPTION. TV: PIECES OF HER, YOUNG ROCK, DRUNK HISTORY, TOTAL CONTROL, JANET KING, JADE OF DEATH. Jeremy is the founder and artistic director of acclaimed theatre company Outhouse Theatre Co.

Ensemble Theatre: SWITZERLAND, THE MEMORY OF WATER, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, A BROADCAST COUP, THE CARETAKER, A DOLL’S HOUSE, NEARER THE GODS (set and costume). Lighting design credits; Belvoir St Theatre: THE JUNGLE AND THE SEA, TELL ME I’M HERE, THE WOLVES. Circa: SACRE. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1912. Griffin Theatre Company: THE SMALLEST HOUR. Hayes Theatre Company: A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC, THE LIFE OF US. Outhouse Theatre Company: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD. Red Line Productions: BURN WITCH BURN, HAPPY DAYS, CHORUS, ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE. Pinchgut Opera: PLEASURES OF VERSAILLES.

Belvoir St Theatre: SHITTY. National Institute of Dramatic Art: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, GHOST LIGHTS. Seymour Centre: ULSTER AMERICAN. Film: IMPOSSIBLE IMAGE, BREAKING PLATES, ENEMY ALIEN, Training: NIDA, QUEENSLAND COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN. Awards: BEST COSTUME DESIGN – EXETER DANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.

Ensemble Theatre: SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, BENEFACTORS, CLYDE’S, SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER, BOXING DAY BBQ, THE CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, BLACK COCKATOO, BABY DOLL. Belvoir Street Theatre: COUNTING AND CRACKING. Crossroads Live: CINDERELLA, 9 TO 5. Darlinghurst Theatre: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN, ONCE, A CHORUS LINE. DreamWorks: HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. Gordon Frost: THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW, SHREK, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER, THE BODYGUARD, DIRTY DANCING. Griffin Theatre: PONY. GWB Entertainment JAGGED LITTLE PILL, GIRL FROM THE NORTH COUNTRY, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. Hayes Theatre: MURDER FOR TWO. National Theatre of Paramatta: FADE. Paul Dainty: TINA. Television: SHANTARAM, WELLMANIA, YEAR OF, MARY: THE MAKING OF A PRINCESS. Film JUNGLE.

Ensemble Theatre: ALONE IT STANDS. Australian Theatre for Young People: SAPLINGS, THE DEB, INTERSECTIONS: ARRIVAL, WAR CRIMES. Bell Shakespeare: THE PLAYERS. Belvoir: TELL ME I’M HERE, FANGIRLS, OPENING NIGHT, THE LIFE OF GALILEO. Darlinghurst Theatre Company: LET THE RIGHT ONE IN. Griffin Theatre Company: JAILBABY, THE LEWIS TRILOGY. Hayes Theatre Company: ZOMBIE! THE MUSICAL, GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES, DUBBO CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING. National Theatre of Parramatta: GIRLS IN BOYS’ CARS. Opera Australia: WEST SIDE STORY, MISS SAIGON, WHITELEY, KROL ROGER, FAUST. shake & stir theatre co.: FOURTEEN, FANTASTIC MR FOX, JANE EYRE. Sydney Theatre Company: A FOOL IN LOVE, THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, JULIUS CAESAR, DEATH OF A SALESMAN, NO PAY? NO WAY!, LORD OF THE FLIES. Other: President of the Society of Australian Fight Directors incorporated.

Chopt Logic/Sugary Rum: ANATOMY OF A SUICIDE. City Recital Hall: DARREN CRISS AUSTRALIAN TOUR, THE TEACHES OF PEACHES, YOTHU YINDI, FEMI KUTI AND THE POSITIVE FORCE, GORDI, EZRA COLLECTIVE. National Institute of Dramatic Art: PORNOGRAPHY. Outhouse Theatre Company: CONSENT. Production Manager: Austin Hayden & Ryan Bown: TRUE WEST. Empress Theatre: THE LONESOME WEST. Soft Shock Productions: COWBOY MOUTH. Sydney Theatre Company: IN A HEART BEAT. Producer/Director: Little Fish Entertainment: CHICAGO, SPRING AWAKENING. Film: THIRTEEN SECONDS. Television: BIG BROTHER, OLD PEOPLE’S HOME FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

Ensemble Theatre: MIDNIGHT MURDER AT HAMLINGTON HALL. Bar’d Work: MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. Bell Shakespeare: THE LOVERS. Belvoir Street Theatre: SCENES FROM THE CLIMATE ERA, TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS. Belvoir 25a: AN OX STAND ON MY TONGUE. Megan Bennetts: LOSING IT. Opera Australia: LA TRAVIATA. Red Line Productions & Sydney Opera House: AMADEUS. Sport For Jove: VENUS & ADONIS, ROMEO & JULIET, TWELFTH NIGHT, MACBETH, RICHARD III, HENRY IV. Squabbalogic: HERRINGBONE, THE DISMISSAL, NINE. Film: 17 MINUTES, DISARMED, LIFE AFTER MAN, KAIROS, LONG STORY SHORT, PSEUDOMONAS, RITUAL, THIS TOWN AIN’T BIG ENOUGH FOR THE BOTH OF US. Music Video: AMALIA, IN HEART’S WAKE, RAYN.

Ensemble Theatre:  SWITZERLAND, ALONE IT STANDS, THE GREAT DIVIDE, THE MEMORY OF WATER, SUMMER OF HAROLD, MR BAILEY’S MINDER, BENEFACTORS, RHINESTONE REX AND MISS MONICA, CARETAKER, PHOTOGRAPH 51, THE ONE, OUTDATED, CRUNCH TIME, BABY DOLL, FULLY COMMITTED, FOLK, THE BIG TIME, LUNA GALE, SHIRLEY VALENTINE, THE KITCHEN SINK and many more. Bell Shakespeare: HENRY V, THE WINTER’S TALE, MACBETH. Belvoir St Theatre: FANGIRLS. New Theatricals: DARKNESS. National Institute of Dramatic Art: THE GOVERNMENT INSPECTOR, STAY HAPPY KEEP SMILING, THE TEMPEST, WOYCECK, A LIE OF THE MIND, PORT, THE THREESOME. Pinchgut Opera: RINALDO, MÉDÉE, ORONTEA, PLATÉE and many more. Sydney Festival: BETTY BLOKKBUSTER RE-IMAGINED.