Experience

Headlong Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Associate

  • Sep 2020 - Present



ORANGE TREE THEATRE

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Literary Associate

  • Jun 2014 - Present

  Supporting the development and programming of plays, nurturing relationships with artists and advocating for the work of the Orange Tree more widely

• Literary Officer

  • Jan 2013 - Jun 2014

  - Managing the unsolicited script reading process- Developing relationships with writers with an interest in the theatre- Facilitating the Orange Tree Writers Collective, a group of emerging writers with exciting and provocative voices who meet monthly to develop their craft in response to the theatre's programme- Mentoring Trainee Directors in their work with new writing and writers



Self-employed

• Real Estate
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theatre Director

  • Apr 2009 - Present

  Credits include:Out of Water (Orange Tree)Busking It (Shoreditch Town Hall / HighTide)Mayfly (Orange Tree)The Winter's Tale (Orange Tree)Disnatured (Shakespeare in Shoreditch Festival)Spokesong (Finborough Theatre)Twelfth Night (Orange Tree)On Reflection (Body Gossip/Southbank Centre)What Will Survive of Us (Islington Community Theatre/National Theatre)No Wonder by Claire Urwin (NSDF09/Library Theatre, Manchester)I have also directed rehearsed readings as part of Liverpool Everyman’s Young Writers Programme, and short plays at Theatre503 and Bolton Octagon.

• Script Reader

  • Jan 2010 - Present

  Bruntwood AwardVerity Bargate AwardBBC Radio DramaLiverpool Everyman and Playhouse 24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester

• Creative Learning Director

  • Sep 2007 - Present

  Collaborating with professional dramatists, young people and community groups to create new pieces of theatre. Projects and collaborations have included:- Director of Ursula Rani Sarma’s The Ripple Effect, a new play for young people commissioned by Ambassador Theatre Group for the Cultural Olympiad. Ran research and development workshops with Ursula and young people- Director of Spinning a Yarn, a community opera for the Cultural Olympiad, developed with people from Mossley, north Manchester- Commissioned to write a response to Doctor Faustus for Richmond Youth Theatre- Director of Bolton Octagon’s schools tour of a Mine’s a Pint, developed with writer Gary Hands



National Theatre

• Performing Arts
• 700 & Above Employee

• Staff Director

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  Staff Director on Saint George and the Dragon, directed by Lyndsey Turner Staff Director on Saint George and the Dragon, directed by Lyndsey Turner



Royal Shakespeare Company

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Assistant Director

  • Dec 2015 - Dec 2016



St Mary's University, Twickenham, London

• Visiting Lecturer

  • Jan 2014 - Dec 2015

  Planning and delivering seminars and workshops to Applied Theatre students Planning and delivering seminars and workshops to Applied Theatre students



Company Three

• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Artist (Literary)

  • Nov 2010 - Dec 2015

  - Working with company members to identify and support writers writing for young people- Chairing monthly script meetings in which staff and young company members consider old and new scripts and writers for workshops, production and commission- Commissioning writers for projects, and supporting scripts through the development process- Co-ordinating and co-facilitating Speakeasy, a playwriting programme for young people in Islington - Working with company members to identify and support writers writing for young people- Chairing monthly script meetings in which staff and young company members consider old and new scripts and writers for workshops, production and commission- Commissioning writers for projects, and supporting scripts through the development process- Co-ordinating and co-facilitating Speakeasy, a playwriting programme for young people in Islington



Finborough Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Resident Assistant Director

  • Jan 2013 - Jul 2013



Freelance

• Egypt
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Trainer

  • Jul 2011 - Jul 2012

  "Guy has a unique and flexible way of using forum theatre techniques to inspire and teach children of all ages and abilities. Even more impressive is his ability to train others to feel confident and able to use the techniques themselves. Highly recommended!"Helen Blatchford, Speech and Language Therapist, Your Healtchcare"Guy's presentation was engaging, dynamic, informative and fun...a worthwhile, memorable, and valuable learning experience."Anna Abrahams, Speech and Language Therapist, Your Healthcare



Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts

• Literary Intern

  • Mar 2010 - Aug 2010

  - Supporting the day-to-day running of the literary department- Production assistant on the Everyword Festival of new writing - Supporting the day-to-day running of the literary department- Production assistant on the Everyword Festival of new writing



Chickenshed

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Artistic Staff Trainee

  • Sep 2004 - Aug 2005