David Leddy is an award-winning playwright and director based in Glasgow, UK. He specialises in work that combines dramatic new writing with elements of performance art and unusual locations ranging from a graveyard to a greenhouse, from a pitch-black cupboard to his own bedroom. He sometimes even shows his work in theatres.

He has been described as 'Scotland's hottest, edgiest young playwright' by The Sunday Times, a ‘theatrical maverick’ with a 'propensity for fearless experiment' by the Financial Times and a 'brilliant site-specific theatre-maker' who is ‘one of the most interesting dramatic writers on the Scottish scene’ and 'one of Scotland's leading theatre-makers' by Joyce McMillan in The Scotsman.

Leddy's recent work includes Susurrus, where the audience followed a map around the botanic gardens and listened on headphones; White Tea, which took place inside a huge paper box where the audience donned white paper kimonos and sipped Japanese tea as the actors performed around them; Sub Rosa, a gothic promenade piece in the backstage labyrinth of a Victorian theatre and Home Hindrance where an audience of six people moved from room to room in Leddy's own home and found a different actor in each room.

Outside Scotland, his work has been shown in London, Amsterdam, Milan, Boston, Buenos Aires and Delhi. His work is studied on various undergraduate degree courses in the UK and he is also the first person in Scotland to complete a practice-based PhD in theatre. Recent prizes include the Edinburgh International Festival Fringe Award, a Herald Angel and a Fringe First.

* * * * * ‘Brilliant… haunting… magnificent… stunning’ The Scotsman (Sub Rosa)

* * * * ‘Ravishing… chilling… exquisite’ The Guardian (Sub Rosa)

* * * * * ‘Skill, style, suspense and panache’ Metro (Sub Rosa)

* * * * 'Richly poetic... haunting... exceptional... superb... ' The Scotsman (Home Hindrance)

* * * * 'Unique... a touching requiem for the living' The Guardian (Home Hindrance)

* * * * ‘A magical blend of sorrow, anger, compassion, excellent writing and magnificent music.’ The Scotsman (Susurrus)

* * * * ‘Ambitious, absorbing and rewarding drama’ Metro (Reekie)

* * * * ‘A tour de force’ The List (On The Edge)

* * * * ‘Momentous… Extraordinary’ The Scotsman (In The Shade)