Project managing and delivering participatory workshops with groups including young people, early years, universities, pupil referral units, intergenerational groups, homeless centres, refugee and recently arrived groups.
Community Projects Director -
Gate Theatre
Devising The Gate’s participatory programme (projects, post show discussions & masterclasses) alongside the local community and brilliant theatre artists, including Slunglow.
Project Manager -
Creative Partnerships
Working as part of the South Yorkshire based Creative Partnerships team, looking to develop creative teaching across the curriculum.
Education and Outreach Manager -
Mimbre
Devising, project managing and delivering Mimbre’s education work which included a project with young women at risk entitled “Strong and Flying” as well as acrobatic projects in housing estates in East London
Drama Practitioner -
Artichoke Trust
Designing and delivering school workshops which resulted in pupils’ artwork being included in the final Great Fire of London commemoration sculpture on the Thames.
Youth Programme Manager-
Unicorn Theatre
Developing the strategy, managing and directing the Unicorn’s Youth programme for local young people from building’s opening up to 100 young people being involved weekly in the programme.
Drama Practitioner-
Old Vic Theatre
Facilitator on various schools/community projects including Think Tank working over 4 months with schools across Croydon towards creation of a new TIE piece.
Theatre Practitioner -
Synergy Theatre Project
Delivering training for ex offender facilitators and workshops in schools for run of Random by Debbie Tucker Green.
Freelance Artist -
Unicorn Theatre
Working with Unicorn Theatre for over 15 years on a variety of school and community projects.
Project Manager -
Cardboard Citizens
Project managing a theatre project working with young people all with experience of homelessness which toured to different venues in London.
Education Practitioner -
NIE
Developing workshops, a website and training around this new devised piece touring Europe with NIE based on the lives of Theo Van Gogh and Pim Fortyne
Teacher Artist -
Magic Me
For over ten years, delivering a variety of intergenerational projects with Magic Me as part of their teacher artist pool.
Workshops with Universities
Having worked with different universities including Goldsmiths University and Rose Bruford College, workshops can be delivered in the following:
Clowning in performance; including the importance of play, improvisation and ensemble work
Cross-disciplinary devising using a range of different stimuli and sources; including ideas from Goat Islands, Complicite, Viewpoints and Composition
Contemporary performance practice using autobiographical material including writing, movement and composition
Structuring and delivering workshops in community settings
Devising with young people including finding source material, structuring the process and developing a devising language.