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I’m a freelance director committed to making innovative, inclusive theatre – drama that starts conversations, and reflects the world we live in. My most recent commercial production was Gwenda’s Garage, a new musical for Out of the Archive, which I helped develop as dramaturg, and then directed. I took it from a script-in-hand performance in 2023, through to an Arts Council-funded full production in 2025, playing at Sheffield Theatres’ Playhouse and Southwark Playhouse in London. This was my second collaboration with Out of the Archive, and I’m now one of the company’s directors.
I’ve also directed dramas for BBC Radio 4. In December, 2025 Odds On by Liv Fowler aired on the network. This was my second collaboration with Liv – in 2024 she was nominated for an Imison Award for Happy Hour at the BBC Audio Awards. And Nearly Light by Kit Withington, another play I directed, was nominated for Best Original Single Drama at the BBC, gaining a special commendation.
With producer, Sanna-Karina Aab, I’m the founder of All Ignite Theatre. In 2018, the company’s first production, White Guy on the Bus by Bruce Graham, gained 4 Offie nominations – including Best Director. This excoriating exploration of race and inequality in the US, was critically-acclaimed,
“…a play that is as relevant as it is ruthless…” Spy in the Stalls ★★★★★.
In 2019, All Ignite returned to London’s Finborough Theatre with Beast on the Moon by Richard Kalinoski, a moving exploration of the impact of the Armenian Genocide of 1915.
“…a powerful and timely tale that speaks to a modern audience…” Evening Standard ★★★★.
“…thought-provoking, disturbing, shocking, and rewarding…” Close up culture ★★★★.
Also in 2019, my own play, Property, got a first outing at New River Studios. The development of this Arts Council-funded political farce about the London housing crisis was stalled – like so much - by COVID. The Duration by Bruce Graham, brought All Ignite out of lockdown in September 2021 and coincided with the 20th anniversary of 9/11, the play’s moving subject matter.
Later in 2021, ReSisters by Nicky Hallett and Val Regan, a new play with music for Out of the Archive, sold out its R and D performances in Yellow Arch Studios in Sheffield. There are plans to remount it.
Earlier in my career, I was Associate Director at Chickenshed Theatre where I directed many shows at this leading inclusive company. These included Benjamin Zephaniah’s Refugee Boy adapted by Lemn Sissay, Sarah Daniels’ Gut Girls, The Comedy of Errors, Dario Fo’s Can’t Pay! Won’t Pay!, Lysistrata, Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Yard Gal by Rebecca Prichard and Ariel Dorfmen’s Widows. At Chickenshed I developed the work of the Studio Theatre, and headed up the company’s emerging writers’ programme Write Here, Write Now.
I’ve written and directed extensively for young people. And I’ve enjoyed leading projects for Clean Break, Hampstead Theatre, Cardboard Citizens, Soho Theatre, and Synergy Theatre. I’m also an Old Vic Education Associate.