About
David Chapple is a writer based in Adelaide. His began his career in film and television working for The British Film Institute and Channel 4. He went on to write for theatre and radio as well as creating works for The International Symposium of Electronic Arts and The Haywood Gallery, South Bank, London.
He has worked extensively as a writer in residence in schools, hospitals, prisons, hospices, mental health facilities, drug and alcohol treatment centres and homelessness support services where he has supported new voices in poetry and performance.
Current projects include :
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Writer in Residence Flinders Medical Centre
Writer in Residence The Centre of Democracy
Writer/Facilitator Writes of Passage Ality
(this project won the Innovation in Aged Care Asia Award)
Current creative project :
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The Desert Plea. A story/song cycle with musician Fleur Green
Performance Spring-Summer 2018 Date TBA
