FEATURED WORK
I Ain’t Afraid Of No Ghost
The dead can scare us. The dead can protect us. Sometimes, the dead just want to steal our KitKats.
Winner of National Rural Touring Award's Performance of the Year.
A tongue-in-cheek deconstruction of autobiographical theatre and a comic exploration of a childhood haunting where nothing is quite what it seems — all wrapped up in some formidable fashions and set to a cheese-tastic chart-topping soundtrack.
Director, Facilitator, Curator, Deviser, Dramaturg, Performer, Producer, Sound Designer & Composer, Writer, ProgrammerFeatured, 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
Deviser & Performer – Stan’s Cafe
Devising and performing for meta-theatrical legends Stan's Cafe. Work includes: Deviser for Of All The People In All The World (Perth, London and Birmingham); Performer in Finger, Trigger, Bullet, Gun (Birmingham and London).
It’s Only A Paper Moon
A fantastic voyage which spanned three continents, four hundred years and half a million miles. Mixing multimedia and multiple languages, It's Only A Paper Moon entwined four stories about lunar landings and lycanthropy, the birth of cinema and the miracle of conception. The show offered new insights into the pock-marked sphere of stone hovering up in the night sky and a new appreciation of how extraordinary the world is down here.
The Nocturnal House
For Little Earthquake as part of The Three-Week Window Festival
For one day only, an ordinary shop window on an ordinary street was transformed into a mysterious twilight world. Hundreds of pedestrians pressed their noses to the glass and peeked at the shy and secretive creatures who emerged from the shadows for a disco each hour.
Celluloid Adventures
For Little Earthquake
Commissioned by FlatpackA series of immersive film screenings for Flatpack: The Queen Ant Made Me Do It! (Empire of the Ants, directed by Bert I. Gordon); Operation Red Soup (The Witches, directed by Nicolas Roeg); Popcornocchio (Pinocchio, directed by Ben Sharpsteen and Hamilton Luske); Bunny Games (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, directed by Robert Zemeckis).
The Houdini Exposure
Fuelled by guilt and grief, Harry launches a moral crusade which tears his friendships apart and sees death threats rain down on him from his enemies in this world — and in the world beyond.
The Haunting
Leaving the safe confines of the theatre, we invited audiences into the dark, enveloping shadows of England’s reputedly haunted halls, houses and hotels. Heritage properties across the country hosted an unforgettable theatrical event, an evening quite unlike anything audiences had experienced before.
Deviser & Performer – Talking Birds
Deviser and performer for community interventionists Talking Birds. Work includes: Performer for The Whale; Deviser and Performer for Capsule.
