TRAINING
2014-2015 Guildford School of Acting, Surrey University. Santander Scholarship. MA Creative Practice and Direction. Whilst at GSA I had the opportunity to collaborate with Royal Central School of Speech and Drama students on ‘Push’ by Sapphire and work with the Unicorn Theatre.
1995-1999 Kingston University - BEd (Hons) First Class English/Drama
Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Grade 5 Singing
ISTD Intermediate – Tap, Ballet and Modern
Creators Program– Young Vic
Artistic Directors of the Future - Board Shadowing program
SKILLS Driving license, IT skills, book keeping, first aid, portable CBR/DBS check, physical theatre, choreography, workshop leader, facilitator, teacher, director.
EMPLOYMENT
THEATRE
2023 Introduction to Theatre Direction - workshop for the CornerHOUSE
2022 The Dreidel by Elisabeth Marrion - director for The CornerHOUSE
2020 Director - D Minor by Lea Sellers - OSO Arts Centre (cancelled due to Covid)
2020 Director - Power Share - D Minor by Lea Sellers - The Bunker Theatre (cancelled due to Covid)
2019 Director - A Midsummer Night's Dream - The CornerHOUSE
2018 Artistic Director/creative producer - D Minor. Summer Stock Theatre. (In development) Rehearsed reading
supported by Theatre Deli's 'Mind Full' Season.
2018 Director - Page to Stage. New writing. Air B n B and Tooth and Nail . Horse and Stables.
2018 Director – OneACTS New Writing Festival Saying Goodbye The cornerHOUSE community arts centre
2017 Workshop, Deviser / dramaturgical development, MOUNTING A COUP, Young Vic.
2016 Director – Fat Club. Latchico Theatre Company. Dorking Halls.
2016 Movement Director Elysium - the musical. Fifth DimensionTheatre/University of Surrey.
2016 Director - New Writing Workshop - The Rose Theatre, Kingston.
2016 Creative Producer and collaborator – The Taste of Glass The Ivy Theatre, Guildford.
2015 Collaborator and performer - Complicite - Battersea Arts Centre Like Mother, Like Daughter.
2015 Assistant director - Guildford School of Acting - If devised new musical theatre.
2015 Performer - Lone Twin. True West by Sam Shepard. The Ivy Theatre, Guildford.
Planning and development of The Montaigne Theatre.
1999 - 2014
As director: Alice, The Children of Lir, Bugsy Malone, Roald Dahl’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Roald Dahl’s Jack and the Beanstalk, The Pirates of Penzance Jnr, James and The Giant Peach, The Wizard of Oz, The Tempest, Wind in the Willows, Annie Jnr, The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.
1991 Choreographer, Youth Action Theatre
1993 Pippin (Hirson/Schwartz) London & Berlin.
Cabaret. (Masteroff/Druten. Kander & Ebb.) London & Berlin.
1984 Dancer & tap coach - The Phoenix Arts Theatre, Leicester Footworks Dance Company.
1982 Dancer - K&J Smith. Tour of Turkey. (Equity Contract)
EDUCATION
2016 Teacher – Feltonfleet School, Cobham, Surrey.
2017 Examiner – LAMDA
1999-2014 Notre Dame School – Teacher with Head of English/Drama and EAL Coordinator.
OTHER
Managing Director – The Absolute Business
Short contracts as a performer - TV, Film, Photography extra and supporting artist.