ABOUT

My approach to directing is rooted in collaboration, using rhythm and ritual as storytelling tools. Through these, I enjoy finding ways to dismantle barriers between audience and artists. 

I trained in theatre practice at Central School of Speech and Drama, and have worked in professional theatre ever since. My recent stage management work includes CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA & PAGLIACCI at the Royal Opera House; THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE at the National Theatre and in the West End; and CHOIR OF MAN in the West End.

I have an MA in Directing from Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, where my student production of HOW MY LIGHT IS SPENT by Alan Harris was awarded the 2022 Elsie Roberts Directing Prize, and later had a professional revival at London’s Riverside Studios.

As a facilitator I have led workshops for secondary school students through the National Theatre’s Discover Creative Careers scheme, as well as running week-long R&D projects and workshops for actors and writers at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.

In 2023 I assistant directed Wild Arts’ staged tour of MESSIAH, directed by Tom Morris, as well as Opera Brava’s touring productions of TOSCA, LA TRAVIATA, and LA BOHEME. I was awarded support from the Ken Pickering Future Director’s scheme, enabling me to assist on Lazarus Theatre’s radically re-imagined HAMLET at Southwark Playhouse, in partnership with the Shakespeare For Schools project.

My recent directing credits include: KENSINGTON’S BOTTOM by Rae Skerrett at the New Wimbledon Theatre Studio; JUGGLING ACT by Tamsin Pearce for Bristol Old Vic’s Open Stage Festival; and WRITER’S BLOC: MONOLOGUES with BOVTS MA Drama Writing students.
As an assistant director, further credits include: HENRY VI by William Shakespeare (dir. Gemma Fairlie) at Bristol Old Vic; THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT by Stephen Adly Guirgis (dir. Nik Partridge) at The Station; and TREASURE ISLAND (dir. David Thackeray) devised with the Central School of Speech and Drama’s Youth Theatre company. 

As an associate producer for Waterperry Opera Festival, credits include: THE ELIXIR OF LOVE; HANSEL AND GRETEL; COSI FAN TUTTE; THE MAGIC FLUTE; THE FAIRY QUEEN; PETER AND THE WOLF; and QUARTET FOR THE END OF TIME.