Snuff (NHB Modern Plays)

Davey Anderson comes from Glasgow. His work as playwright/director includes Snuff (Arches Theatre, as winner of the Arches Award for Stage Directors, runner up Meyer-Whitworth Award); Rupture (National Theatre of Scotland and Traverse Theatre) and Blackout (National Theatre New Connections). His other plays include Wired (Òran Mór, nominated Best Play, Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland); Liar (TAG Theatre Company and Sounds of Progress, Best Show for Children and Young People, Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland); Clutter Keeps Company (Birds of Paradise) and Playback (Ankur Theatre Productions). Adaptations include Zorro (Visible Fictions and Traverse Theatre). Co-writing/directing credits include Mixter Maxter (National Theatre of Scotland and St Magnus Festival, Orkney). Other directing credits include Rocketville (Òran Mór). As Associate Director: Home (National Theatre of Scotland) and Architecting (The TEAM and National Theatre of Scotland). His work as musical director/composer includes Peter Pan (National Theatre of Scotland and Barbican), Be Near Me (National Theatre of Scotland and Donmar Warehouse); Oresteia (Lazzi Experimental Arts Unit & Cumbernauld Theatre) and Black Watch (National Theatre of Scotland, nominated Best Use of Music, Critics' Awards for Theatre in Scotland). He was Director-in-Residence with the National Theatre of Scotland 2006-07 and as an Associate Playwright with the Playwrights' Studio Scotland 2010-11