David trained at RADA and was previously Head of Lighting at the Donmar Warehouse. He has been resident lighting designer for Ballet Black since 2001 lighting over 40 dance commissions at the Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera House and Barbican, as well as all over the UK, Holland, Germany, Italy and Bermuda. David’s nominations for lighting design include: an Olivier, Tony and Drama Desk for Best Lighting Design for Bring Up The Bodies in Winter Gardens Broadway & Aldwych West End; a Knight of Illumination Award for Richard II (Best Lighting in a Play in 2012) and for This Is My Family (Best Lighting for a Musical) in 2013. His designs include: The Mother (for Arthur Pita) The Mentalists, Wyndhams, The Effect, Sheffield Theatres, Terra, The Cocktail Party, Terra, Deathwatch, Lovely Sunday and Outside Blixen at the Coronet Notting Hill, Outside Mullingar Bath Ustinov, Brass Leeds City Varieties, The Glass Supper Hampstead, Billy Liar Manchester Royal Exchange, The Dishwashers Birmingham Rep. Richard III/Twelfth Night, Roger Rees: What You Will, 13 The Musical, Jason Robert Brown in Concert, (all at the Apollo, West End). . In 2018, he was the recipient of the Knight of Illumination Award for Dance for his designs for The Suit.