Diploma in Funeral Celebrancy UK Society of Celebrants November 2020
Vocational Training in Advanced Creation and Performance London International School of Performing Arts July 2014
Advanced Certificate in Education (Post-compulsory) Canterbury Christchurch College June 2004
BA Hons English and Drama Queen Mary College, University of London June 2000
Current Employment Portfolio
Independent Funeral Celebrant Freelance From March 2021 Interviewing the bereaved. Writing and delivering ceremonies and memorials. Business Management.
Wardrobe Supervisor Bedales School, Petersfield Part-time From September 2022 Sourcing and making costumes for productions. Running the wardrobe hire system.
Performer and Writer Freelance (See Additional Work Experience for further details) UK touring and online performances.
Set Dresser and Maker / Crew (The People’s Front Room) Seasonal From May 2022 Festival Crew - Front of house. Build and break team. Making venue dressings and props.
Workshop Facilitator (Infinity Circus) Seasonal From June 2024 Assisting on circus skills workshops. Build and break team.
Career Summary (All positions lasting one year or more)
Lecturer in Performing Arts Andover and Sparsholt College September – December 2017 and September 2021 – May 2022
Lecturer in Drama City and Islington College, London September 2019 – September 2020
Lecturer in Performing Arts Queen Mary’s College, Basingstoke January 2018 – January 2019
Lecturer in Drama and Production Ealing, Hammersmith and West London College August 2014 – December 2015
Youth Theatre Leader Richmond Shakespeare Society, London March 2013 – June 2015
Lecturer in Performing Arts Richmond upon Thames College, London September 2005 – August 2012
Lecturer in Performing Arts Orpington College, London January 2002 – July 2004
Additional Work Experience
Workshop Facilitator / Teaching Short Contracts Ingenious Fools (Online puppetry facilitator) January – July 2021
Light Up Drama, Eastleigh April – July 2018
Anvil Arts Community Project, Basingstoke November 2017
Puppets with Guts, London (Community Project) January – March 2017
Stagecoach, Liphook September – December 2016
ACLE (English Camp Tutor), Italy June 2016
St Swithun’s School, Winchester January – May 2016 and July 2023
South Downs College, Waterlooville April – July 2005
West Thames College, London January – July 2002
Performance / Theatre-Making Writing and Performance commission for Winchester Hat Fair May – July 2024
Touring Solo Performer (Jeu Jeu la Foille’s Testy Manifesto) July 2021 – May 2024
Touring Musical (‘Are You Worthy’ by Grant Sharkey) January - April 2024
24 Hour Theatre-Making Project: MAST Mayflower Artist Development October 2022
Play writing commission for Winchester Young Peoples Theatre Company January – March 2022
Performer / Costume Collaborator (London College of Fashion) January 2020 January 2018 January 2017
Arts Council Funded Tour (Jeu Jeu la Foille’s Frontal Lobotomy) July 2016 – July 2017
Designer and Performer (The Mist: We Are Not Cakes) October 2012 – April 2017
Performer (Secret Cinema) June 2012
Performer (You Me Bum Bum Train) August 2010
Performer (The Magic Bones Theatre Company) September 2009 – September 2011
Performer / Devisor (Fools’ Armoury) July 2006 – January 2008
Trainee Assistant Director (The King’s Head Theatre, London) September 2000 – September 2001
Additional Training
Magical Realism John Wright July 2024
How to Play a Poem Like a Song Chris Redmond (Tongue Fu) May 2023
Summer Residency Gecko Theatre Company July 2022
Autobiographical Writing Jonathan Young May 2021
Writing for Performers Playmakers (Richard Hurford), Theatre Royal Winchester March 2021
Advanced Dark Clown Peta Lily, Online July 2020
Film Technique in Devising Told by an Idiot (Paul Hunter), London March 2019
Alchemy of Archetypes Peta Lily, London February 2019
Teaching English as a Foreign Language Through Theatre and Play ACLE, Italy May - June 2016
Integral Movement and Performance Practice (Drama Therapy) LISPA, Berlin March – April 2016
Drama Facilitation Training Bigfoot, London December 2015
Clown and Dark Clown Peta Lily, London July 2015
Rhythm Tap and Body Percussion Sole Rebel Tap, London January – December 2015
Ballet and Contemporary Dance Rambert, London August 2011 – December 2012
Sideshow and Fire Manipulation The Fire School, London April 2012
Circus Arts - Acrobatics National Centre for Circus Arts, London April – July 2011
Clowning and Improvisation Mick Barnfather, London March 2011
Suzuki Training Dende Collective, London September 2009
LAMDA – Solo Acting London Grade 7: July 2006 Grade 8: April 2009
Puppetry Dende Collective, London May 2008
Movement and Text Stan Won’t Dance, London October 2006
Performance Laboratory Frantic Assembly, London August 2005
Trainee Assistant Director The King’s Head Theatre, London September 2000 – August 2001
