David Bottomley

Literary Manager of the Jack Studio Theatre. David founded The London Playwrights’ Collective and the Jack Writers’ Workshop.

2017 Winner of City of Stories for Wandsworth Libraries, Spread the Word. Shortlisted for the Nick Darke Award. Member of the Writers Guild of Great Britain.

He has written for Dulwich Life, Dulwich on View, Living South and read his poetry with International Workshop Festival, Tall Lighthouse, Penned in the Margins, Poets of London, Apples and Snakes, Coffee House Poetry and at London Festivals.

He has run workshops for Battersea Literary Festival, Spread the Word, Crisis, London College of Contemporary Music, Goldsmiths, IDEO, IdeasTap, London Writer’s Café, Ugly Duck and WriteNow Festivals.

His plays have been produced at The Union Theatre, Theatre503, Camden People’s Theatre, Jack Studio Theatre, Sweet Venues, Edinburgh, Tristan Bates Theatre, Tenth Ave Theatre, San Diego, The Arts Theatre, LOST Theatre, The Hope Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, TheatreN16, The Rosemary Branch and The Cockpit Theatre.