David Lan is a writer and producer. He was writer-in-residence at the Royal Court 1994/1996, artistic director of the Young Vic 2000/2018, consulting artistic director at the Performing Arts Center in NY 2014/2016 and theatre associate at BAM 2019/2020. His publications include Guns and Rain: guerrillas and spirit mediums in Zimbabwe, a collection of plays and a memoir As if by Chance: Journeys, Theatres, Lives.