David wrote and directed Broadway in the Shadows (Grand Theatre, Luxembourg, and Arcola, London) and has directed shows including Hamlet, Twelfth Night and The Comedy of Errors (Cambridge Shakespeare Festival), Life of Galileo (Battersea Arts Centre and Studio Theatre, Washington, DC, Helen Hayes Award for Best Lead Actor), Playing Sinatra (New End), Hansel and Gretel (Old Bull Arts Centre), Measure for Measure (Cockpit Theatre) and Ghetto (Warwick Arts Centre, Pleasance, London and Edinburgh, Guardian International Student Drama Award). David was associate director on Blackbird at the Albery and previously worked as assistant director at the Almeida. He has directed numerous productions at drama schools including Manchester School of Theatre, RADA and the Drama Centre.