David Byrne (playwright)

David Byrne (b. 1983 in Stevenage[1]) is a British playwright and the artistic director of the New Diorama Theatre in Camden, London.[2] Byrne has also written for radio and television.[3]

Byrne has won the Writers' Guild of Great Britain and the List Awards for Drama,[4] a Les Enfants Terribles Prize and the London Off West End award for Best Artistic Director.[5]

Byrne's adaptation of Down and Out in Paris and London sold out at the Edinburgh Festival in 2015 and received multiple four and five star reviews[6] before transferring to London.[7]

The New Diorama Theatre, under Byrne's artistic directorship, has won two Empty Space Peter Brook Awards.[8]

At New Diorama, Byrne developed relationships throughout the small and emergent theatre communities, using the theatre's resources to offer support for the development of new and challenging work, and new voices.[9]

In July 2023, it was announced that David Byrne, of London's New Diorama Theatre, would assume the role of Artistic Director of The English Stage Company/Royal Court in early 2024.[10]


References
  1. "New Diorama artistic director David Byrne: 'If we don't take risks, there's no point in us existing'". The Stage. 14 November 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  2. "NDT Staff Members". New Diorama Theatre. Retrieved 25 November 2015.
  3. "JTM". www.jtmanagement.co.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  4. "NDT Staff Members | New Diorama". newdiorama.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  5. "Southwark Playhouse's Titanic wins big at Off West End Theatre Awards | News | The Stage". The Stage. 2 March 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  6. Jones, Ralph (9 August 2015). "Edinburgh fringe theatre 2015 review – a feast of shock, awe, robotic acting and bad French accents". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  7. "Down And Out In Paris And London". Broadway Baby. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  8. "New Diorama Theatre (@newdiorama) | Twitter". www.twitter.com. Retrieved 9 October 2016.
  9. "New Diorama in London, A Theatre Taking Risks". The New York Times. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  10. "Royal Court names David Byrne as AD". The Guardian. 20 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
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