David Burrowes

When the home of a house-proud young mother becomes infested with bugs, the cracks in the facade of her perfect life begin to reveal a dark and insidious danger from which she must find the courage to escape. A thriller-horror concerned with domestic violence and the dangers of doubting victims, featuring an exclusively BIPOC cast.

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Cut Chilli | Written by Chenturan Aran, Directed by David Burrowes - Presented by New Ghosts Theatre Company

Jamie was abandoned as a baby in Sri Lanka. At least that’s what Katherine told him, as she raised him in the serene beach town of Mandurah, Western Australia. Katherine saved Jamie from the chaos of the Sri Lanka civil war, believing herself to be his forever mother, “bonded before time itself.” But when Jamie falls for Zahra, an activist who tells him about the shady history of international adoption, he begins to question his adoptive mother’s narrative and wonders why he’s never seen his adoption file.

Now Jamie’s heading home after a semester away, armed with clues he is wedged in a vast conspiracy in his homeland. He’s going to demand the truth from Katherine at his homecoming dinner, all while Zahra records it for her next podcast series. However the truth is knottier than they expect, and Katherine sees a wound being opened, one that will destroy their family forever.

Cut Chilli enjoyed a sold out season for it’s World Premiere Production at the Old Fitz Theatre, in Sydney

A young man flees for his life when his beloved grandmother, who he attempted to put in a nursing home, goes on a murderous rampage. A high-octane horror comedy inspired by the films of Australia’s Ozploitation golden age.

Premiered: Fantasia Film Festival, 2018 – Watch Here. Granny was distributed by Omeleto on Youtube, and Cabane À Sang TV.

When a disgruntled climate activist bumps into the CEO of a massive oil conglomerate in her local coffee shop she recognises that this is her big shot to finally DO something about the end of the world. A micro-budget reactionary climate-comedy about what to do with all that unhealthy rage.

Premiered: Flickerfest, 2021. Completed - Screener Available Upon Request

When the morally corrupt children of a billionaire mining magnate meet to mourn their recently passed father, long held grievances rise to the surface and their discussion meets a violent end. A dark, slow burning two-hander; The Death of Abel reimagines the infamous biblical myth of Cain and Abel as a story set in modern day Australia.

Completed as a major work, 2014 - Master of Fine Arts, Directing at National Institute of Dramatic Art – Watch Here