About me

I am a director, lecturer and facilitator, with over 30 years’ experience leading participatory and educational theatre projects in the UK, Europe and West Africa.

I have held posts as the  Artistic Director of Solent Peoples Theatre, Indefinite Article and First Draft Theatre and Associate Director at Proteus Theatre and The Haymarket, Basingstoke.

My work as a Theatre for Democracy practitioner has involved private, public, and third sectors delivery using participatory theatre techniques to engage communities in complex decision-making processes.  These projects involved collaborating with over 75 local authorities across England and Wales, partnering with various government departments and NGOs such as the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, The Health Care Commission, The European Parliament Education Dept., UNHCR and the Electoral Commission. This experience has provided me with a deep understanding of the public sector landscape and the complexities of facilitating public dialogue on complex issues.

As a playwright, I have written numerous original plays and adaptions, including the first conventional theatre adaptations of Margaret Attwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and John Boyne's Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. 

From 2010-2023 I was Head of Department  for Applied Theatre and Community Drama at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

I originally trained as an actor at the Arts Educational School, London subsequently completing postgraduate research degrees in Theatre and Education at the University of Middlesex, and Rhetoric at Royal Holloway, University of London.