David is a multi-award winning and critically acclaimed theatre director, producer and educator who has been working professionally for over three decades. He is a founding member of Brink Productions – where he was the Companies inaugural artistic coordinator, has been an associate artist with the State Theatre Company of South Australia and has since 2005 been the artistic director of leading Independent SA theatre company Flying Penguin Productions.
David’s work has been nominated and won many major awards including the Adelaide Critics Circle Outstanding Individual Achievement (2004, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018 and 2021), the Adelaide Theatre Guide Award for Best Production (2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2017) and the Ruby Awards in 2021 for Best Event Outside a Festival (Glengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet). Recent productions include American Song by Joanna Muarry – Smith and Oleanna by David Mamet for Flying Penguin Productions and the sold-out smash hit Prima Facie by Susie Miller for the State Theatre Company of South Australia.
David is an experienced acting teacher having taught widely at a range of institutions, academies and schools including Flinders University Drama Centre, The Adelaide College of the Arts, SA Casting and Actors Ink.
David holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University and is an Honors Graduate of the Flinders University Drama Centre.
