In development
HEEL
Based on original idea by & director
by Isley Lynn (book) & Emmy the Great (music/lyrics)
August 2018 research & development supported by Lyric Hammersmith.
July 2019 research & development supported by Arts Council England, MGCFutures & Jerwood Space.
2024
Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club
Associate Director
by John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (lyrics), Joe Masteroff (book), based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.
directed by Rebecca Frecknall
Playhouse Theatre / Ambassadors Theatre Group.
I led rehearsals for March-June ‘24 cast (Cara Delevingne, Luke Treadaway & Michael Ahomka-Lindsay) & June-September ‘24 cast (Rhea Norwood, Layton Williams, Sally-Ann Triplett & Fenton Gray). I also maintained the Christmas ‘23 cast (Jake Shears & Rebecca Lucy Taylor) and will be leading full ensemble rehearsals in Summer 2024.
2023
People, Places and Things
Director
by Duncan Macmillan
Mountview
BA Acting 2nd year
British Contemporary Theatre
Creative supervisor
Mentored 2 student directors, 6 companies of actors, 6 student designers and 6 student lighting designers to deliver their first text-based productions.
Rose Bruford
2022
Boy
Director
by Leo Butler
Mountview
BA Acting 3rd year
The Watsons
Director
by Laura Wade
Mountview
BA Acting 2nd year
British Contemporary Theatre
Creative supervisor
Mentored 5 student directors, 6 companies of actors, 7 student set/costume designers and 4 lighting designers to deliver their first text-based productions.
Rose Bruford
2021
The devil’s got all the best tunes.
Writer / director
Central School of Speech and Drama
BA Contemporary Devised Theatre 3rd year
2019
National Theatre Connections
Associate Director
Helped to programme NT Connections Festival, and worked with Outwood Academy Hemsworth, Easy Street Youth Theatre Sheffield, Kildare Youth Theatre and Gulbenkian Youth Theatre Canterbury to transfer new plays by Katie Hims, Lajaune Lincoln & Ben Bailey Smith, Katherine Soper and Benjamin Kuffuor to the Dorfman Theatre.
National Theatre Learning
Caroline, or Change
Associate director
by Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori
directed by Michael Longhurst
Playhouse Theatre / Ambassador Theatre Group
The Son
Associate director
by Florian Zeller, translated by Christopher Hampton
directed by Michael Longhurst
Duke of York’s Theatre / Fiery Angel
Norris & Parker: Burn the Witch
Director
by Katie Norris & Sinead Parker
Christian Knowles Productions / InterTalent Rights Group
Pleasance Courtyard
National Theatre Connections
Associate Director
Helped to programme NT Connections Festival, and worked with See & Eye Islington, Yew Tree Youth Theatre Wakefield, Collision Youth Theatre Fife, PACE Youth Theatre Paisley to transfer new plays by Alice Birch, Fiona Doyle, Brad Birch and Chris Thompson to the Dorfman Theatre.
National Theatre Learning
Amadeus
Staff director
by Peter Shaffer
directed by Michael Longhurst
National Theatre / Olivier Theatre
2017
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Director
by Dale Wasserman
from the novel by Ken Kesey
East 15
BA Acting (International) 3rd year
National Theatre Connections
Associate director
Worked with Rotherham College & Kingsley Bideford Community Theatre to transfer new plays by Tim Etchells & Patrick Marber to the Dorfman Theatre.
National Theatre Learning
2016
punkplay
Director
WINNER OF 'BEST DIRECTOR' AND SHORTLISTED FOR 'BEST MALE PERFORMANCE' [Sam Perry] AT THE OFFIES (THE OFF WEST END THEATRE AWARDS)
by Gregory S. Moss
Philippa Neels & Co
Southwark Playhouse
The Threepenny Opera
Staff Director
by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
in a new version by Simon Stephens
directed by Rufus Norris
National Theatre / Olivier Theatre
scenes from Europe and The Cosmonaut's Last Message...
Director
by David Greig
East 15
BA Acting (International) 2nd year
National Theatre Connections
Connections Director
Greenwich Theatre Partner Festival
National Theatre Learning
New Views rehearsed readings: It Was Just A Prank, Bro and The Visit
Director
National Theatre Learning / Dorfman Theatre
Stages of Production
Workshop leader (series of 4 workshops)
National Theatre Learning
2015
I Want My Hat Back
Staff Director
Book by Joel Horwood, Music & Lyrics by Arthur Darville
directed by Wils Wilson
National Theatre / Temporary Theatre
Teenage Road Movie
Director
after Terrence Malick, devised by the company
East 15
BA Contemporary Theatre 2nd year
Service
Writer
Directed by Abigail Graham
Oxford School of Drama / Soho Theatre
Three year course 3rd year
National Theatre Connections
Connections Director
Brewery Arts Centre Partner Festival
National Theatre Learning
New Views rehearsed readings: Beastly Plebians, Where Tiles Meet Floorboards and Pastries
Director
National Theatre Learning / Temporary Theatre
2014
The Pervert's Guide to Christmas
Writer & performer
Directed by Adam Brace
Camden People's Theatre
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Assistant director
after Thornton Wilder, devised by the Company
directed by Irina Brown
Rose Bruford
MA Ensemble
National Theatre Directors Course
Participant
One of 14 directors selected for 2013 Directors Course, in response to my production of "Late in the Day'
2012
A Doll's House
Assistant Director
by Henrik Ibsen
in a new version by Simon Stephens
directed by Carrie Cracknell
Young Vic Theatre
Best Guests
Director (short play)
by Stewart Melton
Southwark Playhouse
2011
Brontë
Assistant Director
by Polly Teale
directed by Nancy Meckler
Shared Experience / Oxford Playhouse / Tricycle Theatre / UK tour
2010
Brontë
Assistant Director
by Polly Teale
directed by Nancy Meckler
Shared Experience / Watermill Theatre
Education
PhD in Film and Television Studies (University of Warwick) 2006-2009
Thesis: 'Exploring the digital: Digital technologies, cinephilia and the work of Richard Linklater'
BA Film and Literature (University of Warwick) 2002-2005
First class