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CREDENTIALS

David is an international speaker and author of over 60 publications and 4 books including the much admired Caliban's Redemption (2004), The Grammar of Witchcraft (2009), Mount Athos Inside Me (2019), and the anarchic Women in Mayhem (2024).​

 

Previously, he was creative director at a multi-media theatre company, Gruntlers Cabaret (which later evolved into Theo-Humanist Arts).

 

Relatedly, David was first chairperson of Eurasian Creative Guild, a non-profit organisation building networks between Eurasian artists, writers, poets, musicians, and filmmakers.

 

Latterly, David co-founded and co-hosted the pioneering podcast THA Talks, a project that was loosely linked with his work as co-founder and curator of two highly controversial and groundbreaking debating societies, Extremists Club and Free Speech Club.​

AWARDS AND HONOURS

David is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA). He was made a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society (FRAS) in 2020, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute (FRAI) in 2024. 


David is an Honorary Ambassador for International Multicultural Network, and was awarded a gold medal in Almaty, Kazakhstan, for "services to developing theatre" from their State Arts Council.

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Most notably, David has been added to the LGBTQ Religious Archives Network as a religious leader and prominent activist in the United Kingdom.

THE CALL OF SACRED THEATRE

David's works in global theatre and literature has involved a passionate interaction with Azerbaijan and a life-long obsession for the cultures of Central Asia. Each facilitating a number of sponsorships from the Embassy of The Republic of Azerbaijan to the United Kingdom, and more immediately the Hermes Trust.

 

He is currently undertaking a doctorate by portfolio at the University of South Wales (USW) regarding sacred theatre.

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His personal motto is “honi soit qui mal y pense”.

QUOTES

"David is a man of extraordinary erudition and artistic sensitivity."
– Fr Robert McTeigue, SJ, PhD

"A Haunting conceit!"
– Iain Sinclair, FRLS

"He is one of the stalwarts of the LGBTQ+ movement."
– Ejel Khan, Founder of Muslim LGBT Network

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