- Dave is a playwright, screenwriter and executive producer.
His stage-play Experience had a sell-out run at Hampstead Theatre and was shortlisted for the Nick Darke Award. Dave adapted the feature film, produced by Lorton Entertainment. Embers stars Ruth Bradley and Christian Cooke, and was selected for the BFI London Film Festival Works-In-Progress Showcase 2022. It premiered at the Raindance Film Festival 2023, where it was nominated for Best UK Feature. Embers was also selected for the Belfast Film Festival 2023.
His TV drama series Accident is currently under option to LA Productions, and his sitcom Chosen is under option to Hat Trick. He was commissioned to write the comedy-drama feature The Postmaster Of Wincanton, Wagon/Tiger Aspect. It placed 'Top 40' out of 7,125 submissions in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship Award. Dave's screenplay Kick It was runner-up in the Arch & Bruce Brown Foundation Award, New York.
Dave was part of the BBC New Talent Hotlist, and was on attachment to BBC Drama Room; his comedy-drama Shock Jock aired on BBC Radio 4, and he is currently part of the BBC Voices Programme 2024.
His debut play Afterbirth was developed at National Theatre Studio and produced at Arcola Theatre. He has had several plays produced at the Edinburgh Festival, including Somewhere Beneath which won the Scotsman Fringe First Award for Writing Innovation & Excellence. His short plays have been produced at Royal Court, Soho Theatre and the Criterion Theatre, West End. He is a recipient of a Peggy Ramsay Bursary, and his plays are published by Bloomsbury.
***** WhatsOnStage - "Clever stuff, expertly executed." **** Metro - "Hard hitting drama that burns bright." **** Fest - "The least sentimental show that you'll leave with tears in your eyes. A serious dramatic talent." **** The Scotsman - "Dizzyingly brilliant. His writing is fresh, funny and achingly beautiful." **** The List - "Invites re-watching." **** Scotland On Sunday Critic's Choice - Mark Fisher. Guardian's Top Ten Tips - Lynn Gardner.
- IMDb mini biography by: Imagine Talent
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