I’m a freelance theatre director, choreographer & movement director, and Creative Associate at Frantic Assembly. I specialise in interdisciplinary collaborations, with a background working with both traditional playwriting and developing innovative staging and movement work.
Movement Directing / Choreography
Apollo 13: The Dark Side of The Moon (Original Theatre), The Comedy of Errors (Royal Shakespeare Company), The Stunners’ Opera by Joanne Harris and Howard Goodall (Mountview), The Canterville Ghost (Unicorn Theatre), The Expected (Wilton’s Music Hall / Rough Fiction), The Box of Delights (Wilton’s Music Hall), The Rivals (Watermill Theatre), The Go-Between (Apollo Theatre West End), The White Bike (The Space Theatre, East London), Romeo and Juliet, The Caucasian Chalk Circle (National Youth Theatre Wales / Frantic Assembly), Orson’s Shadow (Southwark Playhouse), Out of The Cage (Rose Theatre, Kingston and Park Theatre, London), The Shawshank Redemption (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival / Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), The Kingdom by Colin Teevan (Soho Theatre), 99…100 (National Theatre of Scotland, Site-specific in Fife), Mixter Maxter (National Theatre of Scotland, St Magnus Festival Orkney). As Associate: The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-time (National Theatre / West End), 365 (National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival).
Directing
Sometimes Thinking (Frantic Assembly: National Theatre & Latitude Festival), Distance (Park Theatre), Fewer Emergencies (ALRA), Life’s A Dream (East 15), Othello (The Ambassadors Theatre, West End / Frantic Assembly & National Youth Theatre), The Soldier’s Tale (Rough Fiction/ London Arts Orchestra), His Wild Imaginings: a journey through Symphonie Fantastique (Rough Fiction, London Arts Orchestra), The Last of The Lake (Regional Tour), The Love of The Nightingale by Timberlake Wertenbaker (Ensemble Company Pop-up London Tour), Memory (Pimlico Academy), Killing Alan (Underbelly, Edinburgh Festival), Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire (Underbelly, Edinburgh / National Student Drama Festival) and The Big Half, the small half (The Pleasance, Islington) – all for Rough Fiction. Out of Sight (Frantic Assembly / London Youth Circus), Not A Game For Boys by Simon Block (Library Theatre Manchester), Siblings: Gate Ink (The Gate Theatre, London), Do You See Mice? and A Treadmark On My Heart by Joseph Millington (Theatre 503).
Associate Directing
The Caucasian Chalk Circle (National Youth Theatre Wales / Frantic Assembly), The Shawshank Redemption (Assembly Rooms, Edinburgh Festival / Gaiety Theatre, Dublin), The Go-Between (West Yorkshire Playhouse / Derby Live / Royal & Derngate, Northampton), Floyd Collins (Southwark Playhouse / Peter Huntley Productions).
Assistant Directing
Ravenhill for Breakfast (Paines Plough / Traverse Theatre), 365 (assistant movement to Steven Hoggett – The National Theatre of Scotland / Edinburgh International Festival), Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Chapter Two and The Golden Goose (Library Theatre Manchester), Cinderella (Guildhall School of Music and Drama).
Companies: Co-director of ensemble company Rough Fiction, Selector for The National Student Drama Festival (nsdf.org.uk) 2016-2019.
Training and Research
I was Trainee director at the Library Theatre Manchester 2006-2007. I took the National Theatre Studio Directors’ Course in 2010 and trained on the MFA in Theatre Directing from Birkbeck University of London, supported by Arts Council England and the AHRC award for professional preparation in the Arts. Whilst on the program I worked with Motley Design School and Guildhall School of Music and Drama, notably training with Patsy Rodenburg.
I have previously been a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performance at London South Bank University, hold an HEA Fellowship, and deliver the practical modules on Frantic Assembly’s MA in collaborative theatre making with Coventry University. I have worked as a visiting lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London and Portsmouth University, as well as continuing to delivering yearly sessions on devised theatre for the Theatre Directing MFA at Birkbeck University.
Awards and Nominations
Productions:
Distance at Park Theatre, London (Direction):
Nominated: Best Director and Best Actor in a Supporting Role / Winner of Best Stage Design; Off West End Theatre Awards 2018
The Go-Between at West Yorkshire Playhouse (Associate Direction):
WINNER: Best Musical Production, UK Theatre Awards 2012
Nominated: Best Regional Production, Whats On Stage Awards 2012
Floyd Collins at Southwark Playhouse (Movement Direction & Associate Direction):
WINNER: Best Musical Production, Off West End Theatre Awards 2012
Nominated: Best Musical, Evening Standard Theatre Awards 2012
Not A Game For Boys at the Library Theatre Manchester (Direction):
Nominated: Best Production & Best Actor (the cast), Manchester Evening News Awards
Hospitals and Other Buildings That Catch Fire at Edinburgh Festival (Direction):
Nominated: Scotsman Fringe First Award 2005
Research and Training:
Arts and Humanities Research Council Award for Professional Preparation in the Arts, 2006.
Fellowship: Higher Education Authority