David Finnigan is a playwright and game designer from Ngunnawal country in Australia. He works with climate and earth scientists to create theatre and games about complex systems and planetary transformation.

In 2023, David’s play Scenes from the Climate Era premiered at the Belvoir Theatre in Sydney. His 2022 solo show Deep History was awarded a Scotsman Fringe First award and featured at the Public Theater New York and the Barbican London. His playscript Kill Climate Deniers was awarded the 2017 Griffin Award.

David has worked with scientists from institutions including University College London, the Stockholm Resilience Centre, the Australian Academy of Science, the Wellcome Trust and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He was a speaker at the TED conference in Vancouver in 2024.