David Lawrence

David has worked as a director, actor, musician, stage manager, lighting designer, production manager and dramaturg in Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Melbourne, Edinburgh and London and is thrilled to be making his Fortune debut with Hitchcock Blonde. He was last in Dunedin lighting Taki Rua's The Untold Tales of Maui for the 2004 Otago Festival of the Arts. David was Director of the Year at the 2005 Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards (for his multiple award-winning production of Antony Sher's I.D.) and shared the Sound Designer of the Year award for his contribution of Dean Parker's Baghdad, Baby! David completed a Master of Arts in Theatre in 2003, editing the first edition of Thomas Heywood's The Golden Age since 1611. His directing credits include Macbeth, The Tempest, The Mysteries, A Slice of Saturday Night, The Frogs, Othello, The Bacchae, Titus Andronicus, The Jew of Malta, Volpone, Arctic Antarctic, Paul Rothwell's Hate Crimes and Golden Boys, the NZ premiere of Sarah Kane's Crave, touring productions of Twelfth Night and Romeo and Juliet and award-winning productions of Hamlet and A Midsummer Night's Dream.