FEATURED WORK
The Stolen Year
For Little Earthquake
Commissioned by Midlands Arts Centre as part of Celebrating Age"I'm telling you far more than my friends and family know about me..."
An immersive audio installation in which twelve older people told their moving and funny stories of living through the Covid pandemic — from moments of despair and panic, to the occasional illegal hook-up — celebrating the power of hope for the future and taking pleasure in small things.
MoonFest
For Little Earthquake
In partnership with Midlands Arts Centre and University of Birmingham"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
A nine-day cross-artform festival to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing, timed to start the very second Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins were launched into space five decades before.
Curator, Deviser, Dramaturg, Performer, Producer, Sound Designer & Composer, Writer, Programmer, Director, FacilitatorFeatured, Artist Development, Audio, Film & Digital, Education, Exhibitions & Installations, Festivals, In-Training Productions, Participation, Sector Support, Theatre, TrainingLittle Earthquake
Our only commandment: Thou Shalt Not Bore.
Little Earthquake makes interdisciplinary experiences for intergenerational audiences in Birmingham and beyond. Co-led with writer Philip Holyman and working in collaboration with participants, communities and other artists. Associate Theatre Company at Midlands Arts Centre.
PAST ADVENTURES
Culture Club
For Midlands Arts Centre as part of Celebrating Age
I co-led the strategy for Culture Club at Midlands Arts Centre, a Baring Foundation-funded meeting ground for participants aged 70+ to explore different art forms and create their own work.
In 2021 I made The Stolen Year with members of Culture Club; in 2019, the group collaborated with Denis Sözen to produce a panel for the Moon Museum tile for MoonFest.
Moon Museum
For Little Earthquake as part of MoonFest
In collaboration with Deniz SözenGet six famous artists to make six new artworks. Shrink them onto a tiny ceramic tile. Sneak it onto a rocket and leave it on the Moon. The tiny Moon Museum smuggled onto Apollo 12 was the world’s first piece of Space Art. And it was time for history to repeat itself.
Community groups across the city collaborated with visual artist Deniz Sözen to create six brand new pieces of art inspired by the Moon landing — and we brought them together to create our very own Moon Museum for 2019.
Moon Memories
For Little Earthquake as part of MoonFest
In collaboration with Rochi RampalA social history project for Lunar Lovers and Loathers! An interactive and immersive installation inspired by 1960s living rooms, the public's recollections of the historic Apollo 11 mission, conspiracy theories and thoughts on the future of space exploration.
Young Producers
For Little Earthquake
In partnership with Black Country TouringOver one academic year, 100 pupils in five Black Country primary schools became Young Producers, working with Little Earthquake and Black Country Touring to create a brand-new piece of theatre for family audiences: The Boy Who Became A Beetle.
The Young Producers were involved in every element of the theatre-making process: from developing the show idea, through to recruiting the cast and creative team, contributing ideas for the design and music, and, finally, to hosting and promoting a performance in each of their own schools as part of its initial tour.
