Experience

An Tobar & Mull Theatre
• United Kingdom
• Retail Art Supplies
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Mull Theatre Director

  • May 2020 - Present


PLAYWRIGHTS' STUDIO, SCOTLAND LIMITED

• Script Reader

  • Jun 2018 - Present

  Glasgow, United Kingdom



Dundee Rep and Scottish Dance Theatre Limited & Raw Material Arts

• Director and Theatre Maker

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Glasgow I am currently developing a new show 'Meet The I' which explores identity and voyeurism with Raw Material Arts in association with Dundee Rep's Rep Stripped festival, with support from Creative Scotland for production next year.



Independent

• Uganda
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Writer, Director & Theatre Practitioner

  • Mar 2010 - Present

  Glasgow, United Kingdom



A Play, A Pie and A Pint at the Oran Mor

• Director - Turns of the Tide, by Lynn Ferguson

  • Nov 2018 - Dec 2018

  Glasgow, United Kingdom and the Lemon Tree, Aberdeen



Raw Material Arts in association with the Beacon Arts Centre

• Director - After The Cuts, by Gary McNair

  • Aug 2018 - Aug 2018

  Summerhall, Edinburgh The re-imagined version of Gary McNair's After The Cuts, which will be available for touring in autumn 2020


A Play, A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor
• Director - For The Love of Chekov, by A.S. Robertson

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2018


National Theatre of Scotland

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• 'First Nights' - creative outreach co-ordinator

  • Sep 2015 - Jan 2018

  'First Nights' is the National Theatre of Scotland's outreach programme connecting young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to theatre and performaing arts, making the arts accessible for all. I have led the 'First Nights' project alongside shows Dragon (2015), Our Ladies of Peretual Succour (2015 & 2016), Glasgow Girls (2016) and am currently leading the project for shows 306: Day and Adam.


Macrobert Arts Centre
• United Kingdom
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Associate Director - Eric The Elf's Chaotic Christmas, written by Andrew McGreggor

  • Nov 2017 - Dec 2017

PACHAMAMA PRODUCTIONS
• Performing Arts
• Associate Director - Glasgow Girls, written by David Greig, conceived by Cora Bissett

  • Jan 2017 - Feb 2017


In Motion Theatre Company

• Director - Where The Crow Flies by Lisa Nicoll

  • Jul 2016 - Oct 2016

  Glasgow, United Kingdom



Platform Youth Theatre

• Australia
• Performing Arts

• Director & Young Company Director

  • Nov 2015 - May 2016

  Glasgow, United Kingdom I worked with the Platform Young Company to devise and direct a new piece of theatre which became the show #Unplugged and performed at Platform in May 2016

• Associate Director - Janis Joplin: Full Tilt by Peter Arnott

  • Nov 2013 - Mar 2016

  I was assistant director on the original show for lunchtime theatre producers A Play, A Pie and A Pint in November 2013, tour director for Pachamama Productions July - September 2015 as the show grew and embarked on a small Scottish tour, and became associate director for the show during it's development for and run at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in March 2016.



A Plat, A Pie and A Pint, Oran Mor

• Director - After The Cuts by Gary McNair

  • Oct 2015 - Nov 2015

  Glasgow, United Kingdom

• Assistant Director & Community Co-ordinator - 'Rites'

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  I was the assistant director to Cora Bissett on the critically acclaimed production of 'Rites', co-created by Cora Bissett & Yusra Warsama, produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Contact Theatre Manchester. 'Rites' is a powerful and provocative production about the pressures and complexities of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and is based on true stories and interviews from all over the UK and wider. The production toured Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh in May… Show more I was the assistant director to Cora Bissett on the critically acclaimed production of 'Rites', co-created by Cora Bissett & Yusra Warsama, produced by National Theatre of Scotland and Contact Theatre Manchester. 'Rites' is a powerful and provocative production about the pressures and complexities of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) and is based on true stories and interviews from all over the UK and wider. The production toured Glasgow, Manchester, Bristol and Edinburgh in May 2015. Alongside the production we ran an extensive outreach programme, working with both men and women from FGM affected communities and for this I was the lead and main contact, both in connecting with groups and working with them in workshops. Show less



TRON THEATRE LIMITED

• Assistant Director & Education and Outreach Lead - 'Three Sisters'

  • Sep 2014 - Oct 2014

  Glasgow Tron Theatre & Edinburgh Kings Assistant director to Andy Arnold on John Byrne's adaptation of 'Three Sisters', performed at Tron Theatre, Glasgow and The King's Theatre, Edinburgh. My role as assistant director was supported by the Federation of Scottish Theatre. My role as Education and Outreach lead also saw me writing and delivering both pre-show and post-show workshops in high schools, to students of S5 and S6 level.



Box Revolution

• Brazil
• Wellness and Fitness Services

• Director - 'Hidden'

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  Directed new play, 'Hidden', written by Tom Moriarty.



National Theatre of Scotland - The Great Yes, No, Don't Know 5 Minute Theatre Show

• Director - 'Sheep'

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  I directed the 5 minute film 'Sheep', written by Cat Grozier, as part of 'The Great Yes, No, Don't Know 5 Minute Theatre Show' which was a 24 hour live online stream of 5 minute films written about the Scottish referendum.



Capall Dorcha

• Director - 'Brazil'

  • May 2014 - May 2014

  Directed readings of Ronan O'Donnell's 'Brazil' for new theatre company, Capall Dorcha. Readings were performed at the Arches, Glasgow and the Ayr Gaity, Ayr.



Playwrights' Studio Scotland

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - 'Stage to Page'

  • Jul 2013 - Feb 2014

  Glasgow, United Kingdom I directed workshops of selected 10 minute scripts by new writers at the Stage to Page event in July 2013, January 2014 & February 2015

• Assistant Director - 'Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbell'

  • Nov 2013 - Jan 2014

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Assistant Director to Kenny Miller on 'Peter Panto and the Incredible Stinkerbelle', written by Johnny McKnight



Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester

• Assistant Director - 'Edmund the Learned Pig'

  • Sep 2013 - Oct 2013

  Assistant Director to Gordon Dougall on 'Edmund The Learned Pig'



Oran Mor - A Play, A Pie and A Pint

• Assistant Director - 'Janis Joplin, Full Tilt'

  • Sep 2013 - Oct 2013

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Assistant Director to Cora Bissett on 'Janis Joplin: Full Tilt', written by Peter Arnott

• Assistant Director - 'Cannibal Women of Mars'

  • Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Assistant Director to Andy Arnold on musical 'Cannibal Women of Mars'



Helsinki Times & Six Degrees Magazine

• Freelance Journalist

  • Nov 2010 - Mar 2013

  Helsinki, Finland