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The Lyric Theatre has just announced that it's first ever Playwright-in-residence is . He's due to start the year long post in May when the new building opens.

It's a really exciting appointment.ÌýI'm a big fan of David's work, especially.Ìý"Arguments for Terrorism" and "Everything Between Us". He's also a really strong, local voice that mixes contemporary subjects with wit and more than a hint of sinister subtext.

It's a real shot in the arm for the Lyric's Artistic Director Richard Croxford. The Lyric is a producing theatre, but there have been rumblings in the past as to why the London and Dublin stages see premiers of plays by Northern Irish writers first.

There will be a lot of interest in David's tenure and a new era of confidence in staging new writing from here.Ìý