DAVID K. BARNES - WRITER
  • Dramaturgy / Consultancy
  • Audio Work
    • Wooden Overcoats
    • Drayton Trench
    • Other productions
  • Stage Work
    • The Awkward Ghost
    • Birthday Suit
    • Games of Love and Chance
    • Monkey
    • Timothy
  • About Me
  • News
  • Reviews
  • Credits
SCRIPT EDITING / CONSULTANCY

AUDIBLE ACCELERATOR SINGAPORE (2020-21)
Script development programme.
- Delivered workshops
- Mentored the final 10 x teams
- Provided feedback on pilots & bibles
Hired by Karen Wiggins, VP Content APAC


UNSEEN (2020)
12 x 45 - Fantasy anthology podcast
Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat and Zach Valenti for Long Story Short Productions

WINDING ROAD (2020)
10 x 30 - Mystery drama
Clare Sladden at Loveology Films and Broken Head Productions, for Audible Originals

DANGER 5: STEREO ADVENTURES (2020)
8 x 30 - Action comedy podcast
Dario Russo and David Ashby at Dinosaur  for Audible Originals 


BEYOND STRANGE LANDS (2020)
12 x 30 - Sci-fi fiction podcast
Danielle Redford at Loveology Films for Audible Originals

MORTEM (2020)
9 x 25 - True Crime podcast
Deborah Dudgeon at Whistledown Productions for BBC Sounds

THE GOODBYE PARTY (2019)
12 x 30 - Crime fiction podcast
By Louis Nowra
​Brad Power at Stellar Entertainment for Audible Originals

RIOT ACT (2019)
8 x 30 - Comedy fiction podcast
Dan Ilic for Audible Originals

​AUDIBLE AUSTRALIA (2018-PRESENT)
Regular script editor for Audible Australia
Fiction & Non-fiction
​- Developing shows with writers
- Performing script rewrites
- Assessing pitches and pilots

THE DISCOVERY ADVENTURES (2017)
7 x 15 - Family adventure podcast
Assistant script editor
Robbie MacInnes for CECILIA FM & Jaguar Land Rover 
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WRITING - AUDIO

WOODEN OVERCOATS (2015 - PRESENT)
Wooden Overcoats Ltd.
Andy Goddard & John Wakefield

Head Writer & Script Editor
Season 1 - 2015 - 8 x 30
Season 2 - 2016 - 8 x 30 + 1 x 60 
Season 3 - 2018 - 8 x 40 + 1 x 60
Season 4 - TBC - 10 x 30 + 1 x 60
Mini episodes - 15 x 10
Sitcom

UNSEEN (2021)
Long Story Short Productions
Gabriel Urbina

50 min Valentine's Day Special
'How Dudley Took the Plunge'

DOCTOR WHO (2018 - 2020)
Big Finish Productions
Ken Bentley,
Lisa Bowerman, 
Nicholas Briggs
60 / 120 min - Sci-fi drama
​- Storm of the Sea Devils - TBC

​- Stranded: Divine Intervention - 2020
- Daughter of the Gods - 2019
- UNIT: Breach of Trust - 2018
- The Dalek Occupation of Winter - 2018

OUTLIERS (2017 - 2019)
Historic Royal Palaces & Rusty Quill
Alexander J Newall

2 x 20 - Comedy / Period drama
- Mehmet & The Wild Boy - 2019
- The King's Sister - 2017

THE UNSEEN HOUR (2018)
Unseen Things
James Carney

1 x 10 - Guest monologue (Episode 36)
Mrs Ambergris Goes To Jupiter

DRAYTON TRENCH (2017)
Wireless Theatre & Snatchback
Mariele Runacre-Temple

6 x 25 - Comedy / Adventure
(Live version)

THE DISCOVERY ADVENTURES (2017)
CECILIA FM & Jaguar Land Rover
Robbie MacInnes

7 x 15 - Adventure / Branded
Writer - 2 episodes
Script Editor - 2 episodes

DRAYTON TRENCH (2015)
Zut Alors Theatre
Roxy Cook

6 x 20 - Comedy / Adventure
​(Studio version)



WRITING - FILM

GIN & TONIC (2015)
Bed Penny Productions
John Rushton

​15 min short film

WRITING - STAGE

SO, WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE PLAY (2019)
Joyous Gard
Joe Eyre

15 min - Comedy
​Old Red Lion Theatre, London

CLASSICAL STUDIES (2018)
The Miniaturists 69
Will Maynard

15 min - Comedy
Arcola Theatre, London

BIRTHDAY SUIT (2017)
Pluck Productions
Alice Malin

120 min - Comedy
Old Red Lion Theatre, London
Other Productions:
2017 - Masquerade Theatre, Msida, Malta

THE AWKWARD GHOST (2016)
Crowley & Co.
Tom Crowley

60 min - Supernatural comedy
The Vaults, Waterloo - VAULT Festival '16 

MONKEY (2015)
TumbleDry Theatre
John Rushton

60 min - Dark comedy
Other Productions:
2019 - TumbleDry Theatre, VAULT Festival

MONSTER HUNTERS (2015)
Crowley & Co.
Tom Crowley

120 min - Comedy Drama
King's Head Theatre, London

GAMES OF LOVE AND CHANCE (2014)
Zut Alors Theatre
Roxy Cook
75 min - Period comedy adaptation
Bedlam Theatre - Edinburgh Fringe '14

THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (2012)
TwoSquared Productions
Duncan Yellowlees

60 min - Adaptation
Augustine's Church - Edinburgh Fringe '12

TIMOTHY (2011) Co-writer Michael Milne
Blackwatch Productions
Michael Milne
45 min - Comedy
Bedlam Theatre, Edinburgh
Other selected productions:
2018 - Snatchback & Joyous Guard, The Vaults, London
2015 - OnSet Productions, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan
2015 - Evam Entd., Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Chennai, India
2012 - Project Theatre, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA


OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE / EDUCATION

Audible Australia Pty Ltd - 2018/PRESENT - Script editor & consultant
Papatango Theatre Company - 2014/2017 - Reader for the New Writing Prize
Goldsmiths, University of London - 2012/13 - MA in Writing for Performance - Grade: Distinction
Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh - 2011/12 - Traverse Young Writers Programme
University of Edinburgh - 2006/10 - MA in Ancient History & Classical Literature - Grade: First