THEATREMAKER
EDUCATION / TRAINING
1996-1999 BA Geography | University College London
1999-2002 Three Year Acting Diploma | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
THEATRE MAKER
2019 Dictating to the Estate by Nathaniel McBride | Director | Staged reading at The Playground Theatre | link
2018 Peer Gynt by Henrik Ibsen | Director | E15 Physical Theatre | Clifftown Theatre
2015 The Last Songs of Lucan / An Heroic Death | Director | Short films produced for Green Rooms | link
2014 Rechnitz by Elfriede Jelinek | Director | Austrian Cultural Forum London | link
2013 Darkness Spoken | Director and Adaptor | Spoken word performances at Royal Festival Hall | link
2013 Orango by Shostokovich | Assistant Director | Semi staged performance in the Royal Festival Hall | link
2011 Burmese Days by George Orwell | Director and Adaptor | BritsOffBroadway Festival, 59e59 Theaters, New York | link
2011 Kaspar by Peter Handke | Director and Actor | Southwark Playhouse | link
2010 Summit Conference by Robert David MacDonald | Director | 33 Portland Place | link
2009 Burmese Days by George Orwell | Director and Adaptor | Staged reading at University College London
TEACHER
2018 Course Leader | Acting Technique | Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota, Colombia
2017 Course Leader | Acting for Camera | Pontifical Xavierian University, Bogota, Colombia
2016 Workshop Leader | Authenticity on Stage and Screen | 1 day workshop at The Actors Centre
2014 Workshop Leader | Actor as Poet | Regular 2 to 3 day workshop at The Actors Centre | link
2014 Workshop Leader | Shakespeare and the Actor | 1 day workshop at the UK Actors Guild
2014 Workshop Leader | Shakespeare Masterclass | 1 day workshop at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama
2013 Course Teacher | Shakespeare Module | MA Acting Course at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts
2010 Drama Facilitator | Youth Arts Drama | Weekly after-school workshops for 7-11s at Hoxton Hall
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2014 Unlocking the Director’s Imagination - Working with actors | One week practical seminar with Irina Brown
2013 Young Vic Director’s Network | Ongoing workshops on various aspects of theatre directing
2012 Unlocking the Director’s Imagination – Preparing a text | One week practical seminar with Irina Brown
2008 Cheek By Jowl Summer School for Directors and Designers | Participant
POSITIONS / ACHIEVEMENTS
2009-2014 Founder and Artistic Director (ongoing) | aya | a theatre company producing seminal, progressive texts | link
2012-2014 Founder and Director | Factory Junction | a temporary performance and rehearsal space in Battersea | link
2010-2011 Founder and Director | Arch 6 | a temporary performance space in Battersea