How To Disappear Completely And Never Be Found

Little Earthquake's eighth production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

A fast-paced, cinematic and unsettling version of Fin Kennedy's award-winning play. It takes more than a new identity to escape the reality of who you are inside.

The Bluebeard Trilogy

Little Earthquake's seventh production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Three contemporary responses to the Bluebeard myth, rehearsed and performed entirely via Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic. A group meet online to process the news that one of their mates is a serial killer in Caryl Churchill’s Bluebeard’s Friends. A panicked curator tries to wrangle the monstrous egos of conceptual artists in Philip Holyman's Bluebeard’s Art Club. A frazzled director grapples with #MeToo in Philip Holyman's Bluebeard’s On The Radio.

Oedipus

Little Earthquake's sixth production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Created, rehearsed and performed entirely via Zoom during the Covid-19 pandemic, live TV news kept the cameras rolling in real time as the tragedy of Oedipus became eerily intertwined with the chaos of our own global crisis.

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.

Animal Farm

Little Earthquake's fifth production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Two bites of the Orwell apple, one scuppered by Covid in Tech Week and one marking a defiant post-lockdown return to live performance. Same set, different ensemble, eighteen months apart.

A permanently timely tale of who and what is considered expendable as the Manor Farm pigs make their unstoppable shift to the far right.

Grimm Tales Retold

Little Earthquake's fourth production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Jacob and Wilhelm’s famous fairy stories get a Little Earthquake-over, with four new adaptations showing familiar characters in a dark new light. Spiked with black humour and sprinkled with gore, these tales are decidedly Grimm and deliciously unexpected.

DART: Developing Artists for Rural Touring

For Live & Local

Co-developing and leading the inaugural Developing Artists for Rural Touring initiative for Live & Local, supporting and mentoring ten artists and companies to connect with the UK's rural touring network.

Independent Theatre Council

For Independent Theatre Council (ITC)

Board Member (2018 - 2020), Vice-Chair (2020 - 2022) and Chair (2022 - 2024) of the management association for the UK's independent performing arts sector, supporting over 450 companies and producers.

East Meets West

An artist-led development programme for the Midlands theatre sector. Mobilising artists, companies, producers, programmers and venues from across the entire region, East Meets West reduced barriers and encouraged collaboration between and within the East and West Midlands, cementing the foundations of a more proactive, democratic and supportive community.

Orlando

Little Earthquake's third production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

With the help of a band of biographers, Orlando re-tells, re-lives and re-edits their five-century search for the perfect partner and the perfect poem. A lively, witty and fast-paced version of Virginia Woolf’s gender-bending novel, adapted for the stage by Sarah Ruhl.

The Good Sisters

Little Earthquake's second production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Friendships and family ties soon come under strain when a million Green Shield stamps and a limitless world of free prizes are at stake. A rowdy and raucous production of Michel Tremblay’s masterpiece Les Belles-Soeurs in a Northern dialect version by Noël Greig.

The Bitter Tears Of Petra Von Kant

Little Earthquake's first production as Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts

Marking the 70th anniversary of Fassbinder’s birth, home truths flowed faster than the gin and tonics in this classic melodrama from the boozed-up bisexual bad boy of German cinema, all set to a sizzling soundtrack of German kitsch pop classics.

Visiting Director & Tutor — University of Birmingham

For eight years, Little Earthquake was Associate Theatre Company in Residence at the University of Birmingham's Department of Drama & Theatre Arts, working across many aspects of the BA (Hons) Drama & Theatre Arts course.

Work included: directing eight final-year productions; co-leading the Contemporary Practice module; re-developing and leading the Directing for Theatre module; creating and facilitating multiple workshops, including sessions on acting technique, devising, audition technique and improvisation.

Young Producers

For Little Earthquake
In partnership with Black Country Touring

Over 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.

Visiting Director & Tutor – Royal Birmingham Conservatoire

Working with under-graduate and post-graduate students across several degree courses.

Work included: developing and leading Ensemble Practice, Improvisation, Storytelling, and Research Methodologies modules for the MA and MFA Acting courses; co-developing and co-leading the Collaborations Module for the BA Applied Performance course; co-developing and co-leading the Event Creation Module for the BA Stage Management course.