Artistic and Executive Director of New Diorama Theatre, David Byrne is a playwright and theatre director, whose first play won a Writers' Guild & List Magazine Awards for Drama. Since, his work has been presented as part of the Arts Council England's Escalator showcase, received the Charlie Hartill Fund for emerging artists and won the 2014 Les Enfants Terribles Prize. David was also a winner of BBC Writers' Room national script contest; and now has several scripts under commission with BBC Television and Channel 4.