Experience

York Theatre Royal

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Director

  • Nov 2020 - Present

• Associate Director

  • 2007 - Present

  I direct and programme work for the Mainhouse and the Studio theatres, past productions include A View from the Bridge, Sense and Sensibility, Everything is Possible - the York Suffragettes, The Machine Stops, In Fog and Falling Snow, Betrayal, A Number, See How They Run, Morgana le Fey, Angels & Insects, Escaping Alice, Blue/Orange, The Crucible, Two Planks and a Passion, Oleanna, Twelfth Night, Rupert Brooke, Beyond Measure and The Journey, plus children's shows The Elves and the Shoemakers, The Book of Dragons, Whatever Next and Rabbit & Hedgehog. I am Chair of the Trustees for Out of Character Theatre Company, and have directed Objects of Terror, Tales from Kafka and Henry IV with them. I head up all the creative engagement work for children, young people and adult community. I adapt work for the stage, recent adaptations include Angels & Insects by A. S. Byatt, Henry IV by Pirandello, Romeo & Juliet for Pilot Theatre, Tales from Kafka, and three plays for 3 - 7 yr olds. I co-produce a biennial festival of theatre for children and commission playwrights , often in connection with our Education and Youth Theatre work. Show less



CBeebies

• United Kingdom
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Theatre Director

  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2021

  Adapted and directed Romeo & Juliet for CBeebies Adapted and directed Romeo & Juliet for CBeebies



Shakespeare's Rose Theatre

• Freelance Director

  • 2018 - 2019

  Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of the inaugural season of Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Europe's first ever pop up Shakespearean Theatre, in York. Directed a new production of Romeo & Juliet, and remounted A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Blenheim. Directed A Midsummer Night's Dream as part of the inaugural season of Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Europe's first ever pop up Shakespearean Theatre, in York. Directed a new production of Romeo & Juliet, and remounted A Midsummer Night's Dream for Shakespeare's Rose Theatre, Blenheim.



Royal Shakespeare Company

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Associate Practitioner

  • 2004 - 2007

  Regular freelancer with the RSC's Education Department, directing productions with young people and delivering INSET training for teachers across the UK and internationally. Regular freelancer with the RSC's Education Department, directing productions with young people and delivering INSET training for teachers across the UK and internationally.



Big Wooden Horse

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers

• Director

  • 2003 - 2007

  Worked freelance as a director on several children's shows which toured nationally and in USA. Worked freelance as a director on several children's shows which toured nationally and in USA.


Live & Local
• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Board Member

  • 1999 - 2007


Belgrade Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Director

  • 2001 - 2005

  Worked for the company as a freelance director for professional and youth theatre productions. Worked for the company as a freelance director for professional and youth theatre productions.



Birmingham Repertory Theatre

• United Kingdom
• Performing Arts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Education Associate

  • 1998 - 2002

  Freelance Workshop Leader largely working on the new writing productions in The Door. Freelance Workshop Leader largely working on the new writing productions in The Door.



Custard Factory Theatre Company

• Core Member and Artistic Director

  • 1992 - 2001

  Started as a core member of the company, producing and managing the work, as well as running workshops and youth theatre, and designed the lighting for all the touring productions. Later took on the artistic direction of the company. Started as a core member of the company, producing and managing the work, as well as running workshops and youth theatre, and designed the lighting for all the touring productions. Later took on the artistic direction of the company.



Stratford-upon-Avon College

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Theatre Lecturer

  • 1994 - 1999

  I contributed to several courses including Small-Scale Touring, Lighting Design, Greek Theatre, 20th Century British Comedy and Women Playwrights and Feminist Theatre. I contributed to several courses including Small-Scale Touring, Lighting Design, Greek Theatre, 20th Century British Comedy and Women Playwrights and Feminist Theatre.