I’m a highly experienced director, writer and dramaturg with a practice rooted in ensemble storytelling and the development of emerging actors and theatremakers.

Over14 years at Leeds Heritage Theatres, I co-founded and led two highly successful training companies — Leeds Grand Youth Theatre and Leeds Actors in Training — directing productions, developing new work and mentoring the next generation of theatre-makers. My directing work for LHT includes 13 full-scale musicals and 12 plays, including work by Miriam Battye, Tim Crouch and Carmen Nasr.
 

As a writer, my play Punching the Sky toured the North of England in partnership with The Lowry, Live Theatre, Leeds Playhouse and Slung Low, culminating in a two-week run at Soho Theatre as part of A Nation’s Theatre Festival. My play Down to Zero won Best Actor and was shortlisted for Best New Play by the British Theatre Guide, and I was a guest writer for two seasons of BBC Radio 4’s long-running drama series Brief Lives. In 2026, I created an abridged adaptation of Medea for Leeds Actors in Training, with an original soundtrack, written through a feminist lens, in which Medea is divided between four performers exploring different aspects of her identity. The production played to a sold-out audience at Leeds City Varieties and I'm looking at developing a touring version for schools and FE/HE settings.
 

I am also co-writing/developing a new musical, The Choosing, with LGYT alumni - and  now lyricist, composer and MD - Gabriel Owens, a contemporary myth exploring power, belonging, influence and the ways communities can be manipulated and divided. 
 

Alongside directing and writing, I work as a dramaturg and creative mentor, supporting new theatre and interdisciplinary projects with artists including SIN Cru and Bobak Champion, as well as many LGYT and LAIT alumni.
 

I trained at Rose Bruford College (BA Hons, Community Theatre) and the University of East Anglia (MA Theatre Directing).
 

I’m particularly interested in collaborations that combine new writing and ensemble-led performance, and I’m always keen to develop new projects with artists and organisations.