David graduated from the Samuel Beckett School of Drama, Trinity College with a BA in English and Theatre Studies. Having directed plays with a number of companies, he became Director-in-Residence for Inis Theatre Company in 2000 and has devised and directed all productions to date. He was made Staff Director at the Abbey Theatre in 2003 where he continued to work until October 2004 before relocating to Paris for a year, studying the principles of movement at the Ecole Internationale de Theatre, Jacques Lecoq. In 2007, David became Artistic Director of Bewley’s Café Theatre after directing the premiere of Hue and Cry by Deirdre Kinahan for TallTales at the venue.
Other directing highlights include: Moment by Deirdre Kinahan (Bush Theatre, London), Dancing at Lughnasa by Brian Friel (Second Age), In The Pipeline, a new play by Gary Owen (Paines Plough/Oran Mor Theatre, Glasgow), The Death of Harry Leon, a new play by Conall Quinn (Ouroboros Theatre Company) and Winner of the Stewart Parker Award for Best New Play 2009, Hue and Cry by Deirdre Kinahan and Wallflowering by Peta Murray (TallTales), Danti-Dan by Gina Moxley and Way to Heaven by Juan Mayorga (Galloglass), Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka (Once-Off Productions, part of the Rep Experiment), Can You Catch A Mermaid? and Peter Pan (Pavilion Theatre @ Christmas), The World’s Wife, Lady Susan, To Kill A Dead Man, and the award-winning Tick my Box! (all with Inis Theatre), among others.
As a screenwriter, David co-wrote Belonging to Laura, a contemporary film adaptation of Lady Windermer’s Fan (Accomplice/TV3) and is under commission to adapt Earnest with Accomplice for RTE. He also teaches the Principles of Directing and Advanced Directing modules at Trinity College.