About me – David Hewitson

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David Hewitson is a theatre director and producer based in Glasgow. He is the co-founder and Artistic Director of Theatre 118, a grassroots fringe theatre project supporting DIY, emerging and independent artists.

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With Theatre 118, David helped create a home for new writing, independent fringe companies and artists working outside traditional routes into the industry. In 2025, the venue mounted fourteen original in-house productions, including the Play of the Week series, and supported hundreds of artists with rehearsal space, workshops, scratch nights, producing support and practical pathways into making work. The project is currently moving to new premises.

David’s directing practice is rooted in new writing, comedy and musicals. Recent directing work includes The Foreseeable by Alasdair Shaw and Hyde Within by Jolyn Lynn Crawford for Short Attention Span Theatre at the Ayr Gaiety, R&Ds with Louis Utieyin and Biff Smith, and Assistant Director on Sleeping Warrior Theatre’s To Save The Sea. With Theatre 118, he is currently directing Louis Utieyin’s Diary of a DL Trade for the upcoming Edinburgh Fringe season.

Selected producing and creative credits include Play of the Week, Roughly Staged, Our Generation by Julie Calderwood, and Jack and the Privately Owned Beanstalk, for which he was co-writer, composer and reluctant musical director.

Email: dwhewitson@gmail.com.