My practice comes from theatre, but is now firmly interdisciplinary. My interests include play, alternative pedagogies, visual poetry, collaborative reading and writing, and alternative ways of gathering. 

Current work:

I am developing a new approach to working with children and communities. Feel free to get in touch if you want to join us.

Recent work:

A Few Little Dreams was created with St Joseph’s Primary School in Salford. Together we created a piece of storytelling in the round. 

The children conjured characters in the reflection of a River of Beauty. Through them they heard kind words in seashells, shared beautiful flowers with people they loved, built cairns with stones, and rejoiced in the peace of water. They were collectors of this precious assembly of treasures. They placed traces of each in jars, to be cherished until the next remarkable thing flowed up through the River of Beauty to meet them. Our families and teachers contributed to the tale. We had a nice time sharing it. 

This project was supported by The Lowry and Heart of Glass

Textbook is a foundational piece of work for my practice with teachers. The project process was reshaped as we responded to the pandemic, and it’s now slowly re-appearing in the world with some of its original ideas. It’s a starting point for work with teachers and gives them space to consider the values which they want to centre, and dream of alternative approaches to learning and school.

This project was supported by Heart of Glass.

A Journey to the Stars was the precursor to A Few Little Dreams with St Joseph’s, and was part of the Stage Directions programme. We used a devised theatre process to create the story of waking up in our bedrooms on rainy day and travelling by kite up through the elements until we were dreaming among the stars. We found out that we could trust our ideas to make our own story.

This project was supported by The Lowry.

Girl on the Gate was created in response to letters exchanged with Holy Family Primary School during the pandemic. The short story responded to the qualities of connection and playfulness that the children identified in their writing.

This project was supported by Arts Council England.