20 Years of Working with Young People
My work with
young people ranges from devising bespoke projects for schools to
touring the country with some of the most celebrated
theatre-in-education companies in the UK.
Young National Trust Theatre
A Land Fit For Heroes
Role: Actor/Teacher
A participatory drama about Britain in the 1920s for 5-11 year olds, touring National Trust properties
An Endless Maze
Role: Actor/Teacher
A participatory drama about life in the reign of Mary Tudor for 5-11 year-olds, touring National Trust properties
For Any Field?
Role: Actor/Teacher
A participatory drama set in rural Britain in 1895 for 5-11 year-olds, touring National Trust properties
Harrogate Theatre, Theatre in Education Dept.
Art and War Workshops
Role: Actor/Workshop Leader/Deviser
A performance and workshop about the poetry and art of the First World War for 11-18 year-olds
Noah’s Flood
Role: Actor/Deviser
Christmas play for 4- 11 year olds, touring schools across North Yorks
Poetry Workshop
Role: Actor/Workshop Leader/Deviser
A workshop for 7-11 year-olds about creating poetry through drama
Cargoes
Role: Actor/ Workshop leader/ Deviser
A performance and workshop about smuggling on the Yorkshire coast in the C18th, for 7-11 year-olds
Home On The Range
Role: Actor/ Workshop Leader/ Deviser
A performance and workshop about pioneering Yorkshire women in Wyoming, for 11-18 year olds, touring schools in North Yorkshire and Sweden
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Workshop
Role: Workshop Leader/Deviser
Shakespearean workshop supporting Main House show in Harrogate Theatre, for teachers and pupils
The Rule and The Ruin
Role: Director/ Actor/ Deviser
A site specific participatory drama for 7-11 year-olds about the life of monks during the Reformation
Harrogate Youth Theatre
Role: Workshop Leader/Director
Weekly workshops for all ages up to 18, and presentations to the public
School History Scene
Hitler on Trial
Role: Actor
Performance to support the teaching of GCSE History
The Doctor’s Show
Role: Actor
Performance to support the teaching of GCSE history
MT Productions
Swimming With Miss Lawrence
Role: Actor/Deviser
A participatory drama for 5-11 year-olds, promoting healthy eating and an active life
Insight Into Industry Workshops
Company: MT Productions/ St Albans Arts, Sports and Health
Role: Workshop Leader
Promoting Careers in the Arts with Year 9 Pupils at Marlborough School, St Albans
Keeping It
Role: Director/Facilitator
A showcase performance of peer-led drama by 16-yr olds about underage teenage pregnancy and relationships
St Albans Film Festival
Belleville Rendezvous: The Sound of Film
Role: Workshop leader
A workshop for 7-11 year olds, looking at the creation and effect of music and sound in film
Animation Workshop
Role: Workshop Leader
Summer holiday workshop for 7-11 year olds exploring stop frame animation
Other experience and bespoke projects
The Merchant of Venice Workshops
Company:Worcester Theatre
Role: Workshop Leader and Deviser
A Shakespeare workshop supporting Main House show for pupils and teachers
The Tinderbox
Company: Orange Tree Theatre Education Dept.
Role: Actor/musician/deviser
A show for 5-7 year-olds
Wind in The Willows Workshops
Company: Freelance
Role: Workshop Leader/ Acting Coach
Supporting Abbey School St Albans’ production with physical theatre and acting techniques
Igniting Writing Workshops
Company: Freelance
Role: Workshop Leader
Inspiring children in Holtsmere School, Hemel Hempstead (Years 3-6) as part of their Literacy Week
The Visit
Company: Freelance
Role: Writer/Actor/teacher
A site specific participatory drama for 7-11 year olds about the monks in St Albans Abbey leading up to The Reformation
Part of an Artsmark Qualification for Abbey School, St Albans
Projects, courses and performances for Scene & Heard
Company: Scene & Heard
Role: Actor and director
Drama projects with award-winning children’s mentoring charity, based in Somerstown, London