I am a theatre director, based in UK. I stage plays in London, the East Midlands, Ireland and wider Europe and I lead related workshops and playreadings with professional actors. A former teacher, I also run specialised drama workshops for children. Contact me

Brave New Plays

In winter 2011 I staged Brave New Plays, a programme of new writing by British and American playwrights. The plays were rehearsed and performed at six London Fringe theatres over six weeks.

Ibsen and Chekhov

In autumn 2011 I ran workshops/playreadings of Hedda Gabler (Ibsen) and The Seagull (Chekhov) for professional acting companies at Transmission Workshop (London) and for Charm Offensive (London). The first Hedda Gabler workshop was a masterclass on techniques for ‘owning the stage’. In the second workshop the actors explored Russian folk dance as the basis for creating a physical performance in Russian plays.

My theatre credits
As well as directing seasons of new plays I have also directed a number of classical and Twentieth Century plays, including works by Shakespeare, Sophocles and Beckett at the Drama Barn York.  I’ve won awards for choreography (dance) and have choreographed aerialists at the Circus Space. I have spent several summers performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and the London Fringe (Sadler’s Wells, Bridewell Theatre, Wilton’s Music Hall). A qualified secondary school teacher, I have directed a lot of youth theatre, including adaptations of Shakespeare, melodramas and devised mime-based productions.  I’ve shadowed the artistic directors at York Theatre Royal and at the Trestle Theatre Company.  I trained at the École Philippe Gaulier and the École de Mime Corporel Dramatique and recently studied ‘Devising Theatre’ with Peader Kirk.  Read full credits

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