Experience

Lost Horizon

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Communications

  • 2020 - Present

  THE TEAM BEHIND GLASTONBURY’S SHANGRI-LA HAS LAUNCHED EVERYONE’S DREAM VENUE, LOST HORIZON HQA few hundred metres from Cabot Circus, St Pauls and Old Market, the IRL venue is an independent arts centre and bar and operates as a creative playground for the ever-growing Shangri-La family to showcase art, live music, with a capacity of 350.Lost Horizon is also the world’s first fully hybrid venue with an exact digital twin capable of replicating performances into VR in real time.Our first hybrid shows are coming soon, but for now, you will be able to visit our virtual worlds via a mini VR hub within our real life venue.Join our mailing list to be the first to hear about our plans or to get involved in the beta testing phase of this new, world first adventure!



Shangri-La Glastonbury

• United Kingdom
• Events Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Communications

  • Mar 2019 - Present



Sundae Communications

• United Kingdom
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Managing Director

  • Nov 2011 - Present

  Sundae is the first Northern consultancy to specialise in entertainment and culture, and the company’s portfolio takes in TV, film, events, festivals, venues, theatre and design, working nationally and internationally, whilst proudly celebrating the North West region.Sundae clients since launch include: Universal Pictures, Channel 4, Glastonbury's Shangri-La, Everyman Cinemas, Creative England, Wild in Art, Bee in the City, Ambassador Theatre Group, Stockton Globe, Nova Cinema, Swansea Arena, The Space, BFI, BBC Sports Personality of the Year, BBC Learning, BBC One, CBBC, CBeebies, Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, Sutikki, Hoopla Animation, Manchester City of Literature, Manchester Animation Festival, Pilot Light TV Festival, Coolabi Group, Bench, London Short Film Festival, Donmar Warehouse, Boy Blue Entertainment and The Russell Maliphant CompanyThere's more at www.todayissundae.co.uk



Design Manchester

• United Kingdom
• Design Services

• Festival Director

  • 2013 - Present

  Developed by designers John Owens and Malcolm Garrett as curators, entertainment and culture publicist Fiona McGarva as Festival Director and writer Kasper de Graaf coordinating partnerships, Design Manchester supports and promotes design thinking and practice in and from one of the world’s great design cities. Our originative annual October festival celebrates design creativity, collaboration and inclusivity in art, culture, industry, the city and all aspects of life. Our seventh annual festival, DM19, was made up of over 50 events, city-wide, and engaged tens of thousands of students, families, educators, designers, artists, filmmakers, craftspeople and many others from Greater Manchester and beyond.