Daniel is Co-Artistic Director of the RSC. Previously, he was Artistic Director of Chichester Festival Theatre (2016-2023) and of Sheffield Theatres (2009-2016). 

As actor, for the Royal Court: Cleansed, 4.48 Psychosis, Other People, Where Do We Live?.

As director, for the Royal Court: Black Superhero

As actor, other theatre includes: Cardiff East, Peter Pan, Candide, Troilus and Cressida, The Merchant of Venice (National); A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Coriolanus, Henry V, Cymbeline, Measure For Measure (Royal Shakespeare Company); Ghosts (ETT); Merrily We Roll Along (Donmar); The Tempest (Sheffield/Old Vic); Sunday in the Park with George (Menier/West End/Studio 54). 

As director, theatre includes: Our Generation (& National), South Pacific (& Sadler’s Wells), Quiz (& Noel Coward), Fiddler on the Roof (CFT); American Buffalo (Wyndham’s); Othello, An Enemy of the People, The Effect, Show Boat (& New London), Macbeth, Flowers for Mrs Harris, My Fair Lady, Racing Demon, This is My Family (Sheffield Theatres); The Light in the Piazza (RFH, LA Opera & Chicago Lyric Opera); Esther (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru); Lovely Evening/In The Blue (Young Vic at Theatre 503). 

Awards include: Olivier Awards for Best Actor in a Musical (Merrily We Roll Along and Sunday in the Park with George); UK Theatre Awards for Best Musical Production (Show Boat and Flowers for Mrs Harris).