SERVICES

My own projects sit at the centre of what I do, but I also love working with others , taking on commissions and partnerships that let me bring artistic and strategic thinking to a wide range of people, practices and organisations.

ARTISTIC

I support bold artistic projects and inclusive, future-focused practice — bringing together playfulness and rigour, imagination and care.

  • Directing, writing and dramaturgy for theatre

  • Writing and development for TV

  • Design research and practice based inquiry
    testing new approaches to storytelling and creative practice

  • Integrated Creative Access

  • Music composition for theatre and TV

  • Writing and drama workshops and residencies

  • Performance (most recently appearing inSlung Low’s A Homecoming.)

    (collaborators include Warp Films, SKY TV, CBBC, Jude Laws’ Riff Raff Entertainment and Imagination Lancaster )

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Strategic & Creative Consultancy

I am a creative, dynamic and strategic thinker, who can work with your organisation in a wide range of ways.

I am especially keen to work with organisations who are driven by a commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.

  • Artistic and leadership mentoring

  • Organisational vision and creative strategy for execs, senior teams and boards

  • Embedding inclusive practice e.g. anti-racism and allyship

  • Integrated creative access design, including BSL, audio description and creative captioning

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EXAMPLES OF LEADERSHIP PRACTICE

  • Creative UK: Anti-racism programme and Labour Party Conference panel

  • Factory International: panel discussion on anti-racism and allyship

  • DadaFest: Mentoring incoming CEO/Artistic Director

  • Everyman and Playhouse: Truth and Reconciliation process — leading and addressing institutional racism with artists of colour, board members and Arts Council England

  • Arts Council England: Chair of Sustained Theatre North promoting global majority artists and organisations

  • The New Consortium : with Whitworth Art Gallery, Contact and Chinese Arts Centre exploring new cultural leadership models

  • 20 Stories High

  • Access Manifesto: co-leading a disability rights manifesto for the cultural sector with young disabled artists

    State of Mind: co-leading a four-year programme placing mental health and wellbeing at the centre of organisational practice, supported by Paul Hamlyn Foundation

    Power Up: equality, diversity , imclusion and actvism strand.

    LAUNCH: professional development programme for culturally diverse, working-class emerging artists

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