David Sheppeard

Project Director/ Marlborough Productions Creative Director & Joint CEO

David (he/him) co-founded Marlborough Productions in 2009.

His work for the company has encompassed a wide range of projects from the groundbreaking national LGBTQIA+ touring theatre project New Queer of the Block to the heritage project Queer in Brighton.

He specialises in live events made for unusual contexts that challenges notions about how and where queer culture can be presented. David was a Clore 18 fellow supported by National Lottery Heritage Fund in 23/24 and previously completed the Arts Fundraising and Philanthropy fellowship in 2020.


As an independent producer David has supported a diverse range of artists to realise their creative visions, most recently Marisa Carnesky and Harry Clayton-Wright.


David continues to develop his own artistic work as a writer and performance-maker.