Biography of Dave Armstrong

Dave has written extensively for stage and television. He co-created the crazy Semisi family for TV3´s Skitz, is script editor for the highly successful animated comedy series Bro´ Town, and was a writer for the PR political satire Spin Doctors, for which he won an AFTA television award (best comedy script). Dave co-wrote, with Naked Samoan Oscar Kightley, the play Niu Sila, which will have its Auckland premier with the Auckland Theatre Company next year. Dave´s adaptation of Margaret Mahy´s children´s story The Singing Bus Queue was performed at Wellington´s Downstage Theatre for two seasons as well as around the country. Dave is currently completing The Tutor - a full-length play commissioned by Wellington´s Circa Theatre. Dave has also written a book, True Colours - an account of the 1996 General Election.