I’m an international acting practitioner and director, dedicated to delivering transformative actor training.
photo: Aurelian Bonnefon
My expertise lies in empowering students to confidently own their craft, hone creativity, and celebrate their artistic identity.
Photo: Aurelian Bonnefon
Teaching / Directing
2013 – present
I am currently Head of Programmes and Practice within the BA Acting course at Fontainebleau School of Acting. My teaching credits include positions at ArtsEd, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Mountview and Central in London, and across Europe at Fontainebleau School of Acting, Écoles Nationale des Supérieure des Arts de Techniques Du Théatre, Prima Del Teatro, and workshops for Cheek By Jowl, Belarus Free Theatre and in further secondary schools, universities and in restorative justice programs in the US, including Wellesley College, MA and Limestone Correctional Facility, AL.
Research / Scholarship
2013 – present
Trained on the BA in Acting at Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and with an MA in Actor Training and Coaching (distinction) at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama – my practice is founded on a wealth of practical and academic knowledge, and international influence. My post-graduate thesis investigated ‘Thresholds: the tension between identity, safe space and effective actor training.’ Read here.
Theatre
2010 – present
I have worked with progressive directors including Declan Donnellan, Katie Mitchell, Patsy Rodenberg, Vladimir Scherban, Jane Gibson, Owen Horsley, Laurent de Montalembert, Alain Perroux and Mike Alfreds.
As an actor I’ve performed across Europe, the US and Russia, most recently playing Juliet on a US Tour of Romeo and Juliet with Actors From the London Stage, and Maria in Twelfth Night directed by Kirsty Bushell.
Voice-over
2013 – present
I have voiced multiple audiobooks, audio-dramas and video games including Battlefields V.
All titles available on Audible.
Training / Qualifications
2010–2013
Guildhall School of Music and Drama
BA Acting, 2:1
2020–2022
Central School of Speech and Drama
MA Actor Training and Coaching, Distinction
2021
Anti-Racist Theatre
Level 1 & 2
2021
Safeguarding Level 5
2023
Rewriting Justice
Trauma Informed Pedagogy
Clean Break