Hello! Welcome to my web site!
I am a director, deviser and facilitator of ensemble performance and new writing interwoven with classical and contemporary texts.
My training is in European Theatre Arts at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance in the UK and Escuela Superior de Arte Dramatico, Murcia in Spain.
I have worked and trained in the UK and mainland Europe, from France and Spain to Italy, Austria, Slovakia, Poland and Russia with the National Youth Theatre of Great Britain, The Alchemist Theatre Company, Pulse 53, Bred in the Bone, Gardzienice, Oxford World Theatre, Gallery Drama, Peer Productions, Double Edge Drama and To&Fro. I have devised and directed workshop productions ranging from a handful to over 100 players in performance spaces encompassing conventional theatres & outdoor arenas through studios & classrooms to art centres, conference halls & heritage buildings.
I am currently Director-in-Residence for the Ryan Theatre at Harrow and previously Director-in-Residence at Eton College for 2015-17 directing classical, contemporary and devised productions. I have devised and directed productions for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and I am a co-founder of the To&Fro Theatre Company with focus on new writing and performance training.
| DIRECTING CREDITS |
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| 2020 |
| Assassins |
| Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by John Weidman The Rattigan Society Musical, Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| 2019 |
| Turtles Don't Like Plastic |
| New Writing/Devised with Bethan Screen Brighton Fringe, International Youth Arts Festival & Beijing with Nagashenme |
| Emil and The Detectives |
| by Erich Kästner, Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| Land of Nod |
| New Writing/Devised, Harrow School/Shaftesbury Enterprise and Harrow Fringe Festival |
| 2018 |
| The History Boys |
| by Alan Bennett, The Rattigan Society, Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| The Thin Man |
| by Dashiell Hammett, Harrow Fringe Festival |
| Vernon God Little |
| by DBC Pierre [adapted by Tanya Ronder], Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| 2017 |
| Elleker and the Sugar Coated Emporium |
| New Writing/Devised, Harrow School/Shaftesbury Enterprise |
| DIRECTING CREDITS (continued) |
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| 2017 |
| The Visit |
| by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| A Little Blue Birdy Told Me |
| Devised, in collaboration with Sean Hollands, Assembly Checkpoint, Edinburgh Festival |
| The Chase for the Golden Meteor |
| Devised, theme inspired by Jules Verne, Caccia Studio, Eton College |
| The Sea |
| by Edward Bond, Caccia Studio |
| 2016 |
| Rhinoceros |
| by Eugène Ionesco, Farrer Theatre, Eton College [Director of Music, Jonathan Woolgar] |
| Radpole |
| New Writing/Devised, Double Edge Drama; Edinburgh Festival |
| Guerrilla Street, The Ballad of Eddie |
| New Writing/Devised, Caccia Studio |
| 2015 |
| The Tempest & Much Ado About Nothing |
| by William Shakespeare, Oxford World Theatre, Freistadt Shakespeare Festival |
| Woyzeck |
| by Georg Büchner, Caccia Studio |
| Much Ado About Nothing |
| by William Shakespeare, OWT, Slovakia Tour |
| Romeo&Juliet, Treasure Island |
| by William Shakespeare/Robert Louis Stevenson, Gallery Drama, Sicily Tour |
| DIRECTING CREDITS (continued) |
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| 2014 |
| Tiger! Tiger!, Gulliver's Travels, Don Quixote |
| by Rudyard Kipling/Jonathan Swift/Miguel de Cervantes, OWT, Russia Tour |
| Phases of Her |
| New Writing/Devised, Istropolitana Festival, Bratislava |
| 2013 |
| Herons |
| by Simon Stephens, Rose Bruford College, Studio 1 |
| AS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR |
| 2017 |
| What The Butler Saw |
| by Joe Orton, Associate Director with Joe Hancock, Caccia Studio |
| AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR |
| 2016 |
| Eight |
| by Ella Hickson, To&Fro Theatre Company, White Bear Theatre |
| 2015 |
| Antigone |
| by Sophocles (dir. Hailz Osborne), Farrer Theatre |
| 2014-15 |
| Liberation |
| Devised (dir. Luke Clark), The Place & ZOO venues (Main Space) |
| AS ASSISTANT DIRECTOR (continued) |
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| 2013-14 |
| Slightly South of Weymouth |
| Devised (dir. Flick Fernando), The Company, The Rose Theatre |
| 21 Windmills |
| New Writing, Cervantes/Shakespeare (dir. Matthieu Leloup-Bellon) |
| 2012 |
| Parkview Apocalypse |
| Film Editor (dir. Jason Orbaum) |
| SuperMentals |
| Film Editor (dir. Jason Orbaum) |
| RELATED EXPERIENCE |
| 2015 |
| Persephone |
| Facilitator (dir. Bea Holland), Step Out, The Scoop |
| 2014 |
| Oedipus on the Road |
| R&D, Deviser, Bred in the Bone Theatre Co. Théâtre de Ménilmontant, Paris |
| Beneath A Broken Self |
| Puppeteer, Naptrap, Istropolitana Festival, Bratislava |
| Riders To The Sea |
| Actor/Practitioner, (dir. Amanda Collins), Bred in the Bone, RBC Symposium Festival |
| She Is Macbeth |
| Actor/Practitioner, (dir. Mathieu Leloup-Bellon), Bred in the Bone, RBC Symposium Festival |
| Against Nothingness |
| Performer/ Deviser, (dir. Teresa & Andrzej Welminscy), Pulse 53, The Barn Theatre |
| RELATED EXPERIENCE (continued) |
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| 2012 |
| The House of Bernarda Alba |
| Performer/ Deviser, (by Federico García Lorca, dir. Luis Campos), RBC Studio 1 |
| The Adventures of Prince Achmed |
| Musician/ Deviser, (Musical dir. Arun Ghosh), RBC - The Rose Theatre |
| The Marriage |
| Performer/ Deviser, (by Witold Gombrowicz, dir. Anna Makrzanowska), RBC Studio 1 |
| Naked Sound |
| Deviser, (dir. Dominic Cooper), The Barn Theatre |
| London 2012 - Olympics & Paralympics |
| Performer/ Deviser, (dir. Paul Roseby), National Youth Theatre, Olympic Park Team Welcoming Ceremonies |
| Pigeon English R&D |
| Deviser, (dir. Miranda Cromwell), Bristol Old Vic/NYT, NYT Studios |
| 2009-10 |
| The Projects |
| Performer/Deviser, (dir. Nina Lemon), Peer Productions, UK Tour |
| Into the Woods |
| Performer/Deviser, (dir. Nina Lemon), Peer Productions, UK Tour |
| New Writing, Rehearsed Reading |
| Actor/Practitioner, Nuffield Theatre |
| The Barre |
| Assistant, (dir. Kate Tydman & Stuart Neal), Tarnbrisk Pictures/Short Film |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING |
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| 2017 to date |
| Director in Residence, Ryan Theatre, Harrow School |
| 2015-17 |
| Director in Residence, Farrer Theatre, Eton College |
| 2015 to date |
| To&Fro, New Writing & Training Company, Co-Founder and Affiliate Director |
| 2015 |
| The Pappy Show, Company Member |
| 2013-15 |
| Bred in the Bone Theatre Company |
| 2014 |
| Young Vic Directors’ Programme, |
| Oxford World Theatre & Gallery Drama |
| The European Centre for Theatre Practices, Gardzienice |
| 2011-14 |
| Rose Bruford College of Theatre & Performance, BA Hons 1st Class, European Theatre Arts |
| Escuela Superior de Arte Dramático, Creación |
| 2011 to date |
| National Youth Theatre of Great Britain |
| 2009-11 |
| Peer Productions Youth Arts Training Programme |
I direct ensemble-based workshop productions and training sessions exploring collaborative creation and devising technique. Strands of movement, music, design and text are developed and drawn together towards full length finale performance.
Workshops are structured but with flexibility to suit the needs and aspirations of organisations and the ages and backgrounds of participants. I have worked with primary and secondary schools, colleges, universities and special institutions through to an eclectic mix of occupational and professional backgrounds.
I write script adaptations to suit each situation together with direction of choreography and music for each performance. I also lead workshops on ‘directing for devised theatre’, combining theory and practice rooted in traditional and contemporary European arts.
Vignettes from original images by Rhubarb & Custard Photography & Studio Gallery, Eton/ Charlie Broad/ Alex Kintzer/ my personal collection.
