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David Newman - Selector

Training: University of Warwick and the National Theatre Studio Director‘s Programme. In 2000 David was awarded an Arts Council Bursary to work as Trainee Director at Nottingham Playhouse under Giles Croft. He was Resident Director at Sheffield Theatres working alongside Michael Grandage on the 2003/04 season and assisting Nikolai Foster on A Chorus Line, Anna Mackmin on The Crucible, Michael Grandage on A Midsummer Nights Dream and Timothy Sheader on Piaf.

As Director: Girl in the Goldfish Bowl (Sheffield Theatres) The Jazz Conductor (Sheffield Theatres) Kitty‘s Story (Nottingham Playhouse, Roundabout) When the Wind Blows (Southwark Playhouse) Bitter Fruit of Palestine (Caird Company at Barons Court) I Am a Camera (Caird Company) Angels in America (Warwick Arts Centre) The Country Wife (Rose Bruford College), selected for the 50th Sunday Times National Student Drama Festival at the Stephen Joseph Theatre, The American Clock (Rose Bruford) Twelfth Night (Rose Bruford) Company (Welsh College of Music and Drama) Also two platform performances of The Haunted House and Casina by Plautus at the National Theatre (Olivier).

In 2006 David worked for a month as Associate Director at the National Theatre Studio where he developed new plays by William Gaminara, Diane Samuels and Joe Fisher. He was also invited to lead a Director‘s Week on Restoration Comedy. David is a selector for the National Student Drama Festival.

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