David Greig

David Greig is a multi award-winning playwright who became the Artistic Director of The Lyceum in 2016.  His work with the theatre includes the critically acclaimed work The Suppliant Women, adapted by David, which went on to Belfast International Festival, The Royal Exchange, and the Young Vic in London; the stage adaptation of Joe Simpson’s best-selling memoir Touching the Void, and a brand new musical stage production of Local Hero, directed by John Crowley with new music by Mark Knopfler.

Theatre credits include: The Suppliant Women (The Lyceum); Touching the Void (The Lyceum, Bristol Old Vic); Local Hero (The Lyceum, London Old Vic); The Events (Traverse, Scotland and Young Vic); The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart (Tron, National Theatre of Scotland); Midsummer (Traverse, Soho Theatre and Tricycle); Dunsinane (RSC at Hampstead and National Theatre of Scotland); Damascus (Traverse, Scotland and Tricycle); Outlying Islands (Traverse and Royal Court); The American Pilot (RSC); Pyrenees (Paines Plough); The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to the Woman he Once Loved in the Former Soviet Union (Donmar Warehouse and Paines Plough); The Architect, and Europe (Traverse).

Adaptation credits include: Creditors (Donmar Warehouse), which was performed as part of The Lyceum’s 2017/18 season; The Bacchae (Edinburgh International Festival/ National Theatre of Scotland), Tintin in Tibet (Barbican, Playhouse and UK tour), When the Bulbul Stopped Singing (Traverse Theatre, – Amnesty International Award; TapWater Award and Herald Angel), Caligula (Donmar Warehouse) and Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland, Traverse and Barbican).

David wrote the book for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, which opened in the West End in 2013 and transferred to Broadway in 2017.  His adaptation of Lanark opened at the Edinburgh International Festival in 2015 and his adaptation of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax opened at The Old Vic for Christmas 2015.   David also worked on Cover My Tracks (Old Vic), for which he wrote the book, with Noah and the Whale’s Charlie Fink.