David Finnigan is a writer and theatre-maker from Ngunnawal country, Australia.

He writes plays, creates performances and develops games at the intersection of science and art.

Recent projects

An ‘unreality TV show’, a unique mix of live theatre, scripted drama and interactive virtual performance.

An 8-hour theatrical adaptation of the IPCC Seventh Assessment report on the state of the climate, staged as a dance party.

A fast-paced interactive simulation in which players must produce a major cultural event in the face of an approaching typhoon.

How 75 hours in modern Australia came to collide with an epic sweep of history

A mosaic of snapshot scenes capturing life in the midst of planetary transformation.

A cycle of six shows exploring the transformation of our planet.

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