TEACHING & DIRECTING
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
April ‘24 – July ‘24
THE ACTOR’S PLAYGROUND
Co-Director
THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA
April ‘24 – July ‘24
ACTING DIPLOMA: TEXT
Director
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING, Athens
January ‘24 – March ‘24
3 MONTH ACTING INTENSIVE
Director
THE ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA
October ‘23 – December ‘23
AUDITION TECHNIQUE SHORT COURSE
Director
MOUNTVIEW
August ‘23 – September ‘23
ACTING, MUSICAL THEATRE and PART–TIME FOUNDATION
Direction of ‘Truth and Connection’ project, Acting Tuition
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING
August ‘23
SUMMER INTENSIVE
Co-direction of Shakespeare Project
PRIMA DEL TEATRO
July ‘23 – August ‘23
DEVISED PROJECT, European Festival
Co-direction of three week workshop
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING
April ’23 – June ‘23
TEXT PROJECT, Y2 Acting
Direction of Text Project, management and pastoral duties
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE
December ‘22 – March ’23
WORKSHOP LEADER, Universities and Correctional Facilities across the US
Various workshops on Acting and Shakespeare
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Mendoza College of Business, Indiana
Brigham Young University, Utah
Rice University, Texas
Kansas State University, Kansas
John Carroll University, Ohio
University of North Alabama, Alabama
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING
November ’22 – December ‘22
MODERN PROJECT, Y1 Acting
Direction of Modern Project, management and pastoral duties
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING
June ‘22 – present
TIMETABLE & CURRICULUM DESIGN, Acting Programmes
Design of new timetable and curriculum for international student body
ARTS ED
September ‘21 – July ‘22
ACTING TUTOR & INDUSTRY LIAISON, BA Acting, Foundation, Musical Theatre
Design and delivery of modules in Acting Approaches (Chekhov), Improvisation, Contextual Studies, Classical Pieces and Duologues
Intimacy Training inductions (MT), Industry, production and pastoral support
ROYAL CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH AND DRAMA
September ‘20 – December ‘22
ACTING TUTOR & RESEARCH STUDENT, MA Actor Training and Coaching
Direction of multiple research-based workshops for Y1 BA Acting Students
GUILDHALL SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND DRAMA
Freelance director, workshop facilitator and researcher, 2014 – present
March ‘22 – present
COACHING ASSOCIATE, Corporate Coaching Training
Workshops to reframe the work for a corporate client
May ‘21
TUTOR, Acting, Widening Participation
Design and delivery of workshops for ‘Monologue Bootcamp’ with Support Application Scheme
April ‘21
TUTOR, Acting, Widening Participation
Design delivery of workshops for ‘Final Round Audition Workshop’: combating nerves and anxiety
January – March ‘21
TUTOR, Strings, Wind and Brass: Year 1 students, Stage Presence for Musicians
Design and delivery of workshops
January – March ‘21
FACILITATOR TRAINING, Acting, Widening Participation
Design delivery of workshops for ‘Festival of Support’: Write Like an Actor, Working from You, Movement and Shakespeare
November ‘20
FACILITATOR TRAINING, Acting, Widening Participation
Design of workshops, and training of newly recruited workshop facilitators for marginalised youth groups, theatre companies and
schools UK-wide
September ’20
TUTOR, Acting Programme: Year 2 MA Students, Creative Entrepreneurship
Research, planning and online delivery of programme, introducing acting students to Creative Entrepreneurship, MA Assessment, budget management
July ’20
ACTING TUTOR, Widening Participation for Acting, Monologue Bootcamp
Teaching acting online to a diverse group of marginalised young people to support their application to Guildhall, team leading, collaboration
January – March ’20
ACTING TUTOR, Perspectives, Preliminary Acting Course, Working From You
Innovation and delivery of a new strand of work based on Stanislavski research, budget management, written and presented project proposal to faculty
September – December ’19
DIRECTOR, Preliminary Acting Course, Romeo & Juliet and BLANK (Alice Birch)
Design and delivery of 12-week programme in acting, pastoral care of 25 students, Safe-Space training and facilitation, team leading
September – December ’19
DIRECTOR, Vocal Studies Year 3, Thinking the Text
Evolution of acting practice to work with opera singers, devising piece of theatre using Shakespeare excerpts, classical and folk music
September ’19 – present
RESEARCHER & FACILITATOR, Safe-Space Development
Discussions, data gathering and innovation to facilitate the school’s response to the #MeToo movement
September ’19 – present
FOUNDER & FACILITATOR, Preliminary Acting Course, Performance Creative Entrepreneurs, Writing Companions
Innovation and delivery of new strand of work, facilitation of collaboration between two established courses, working with writers, poets and spoken-word artists to find a new interdisciplinary pedagogy
June ’19 – present
PANEL MEMBER, BA Acting: 3 year programme, Preliminary Acting Course
Training in unconscious bias, sensitivity to the room, attention to the individual and the whole, prioritising duty of care in the process
January – March ’19
DIRECTOR, Preliminary Acting Course, Measure for Measure and Wasted (Kate Tempest)
Design and delivery of 12-week programme in Acting, pastoral care of 25 students, Safe-Space training and facilitation, team leading
July ’19
DIRECTOR, Acting in Musical Theatre, Summer Programme
Direction of musical theatre scenes, devised with text, collaboration with choreographer and musical director, team leading
October ’18 – present
FOUNDER & FACILITATOR, Guildhall Short Courses, The Female Actor
Conception and delivery of workshop series to examine what it means to identify as female in today’s industry, working with Guildhall graduating students and alumni, budget management, written and presented project proposal to faculty
July ’17 and July ’18
CO-DIRECTOR, Acting in Contemporary and Classical Theatre, Summer Programme
Direction of Shakespeare and modern scenes in a three-week course for actors of mixed abilities, ages and experience
January ’18 – October ’19
RESEARCHER & PRACTISING ARTIST, École des Écoles and Erasmus, Artistic Entrepreneurship Project
Collaboration and research with community of European conservatoires to examine how to better train actors and interdisciplinary artists, budget management, fundraising report, conclusive articles
Jan ’18 – Hamburg, University of Music and Theatre
May ’18 – London, Guildhall School of Music and Drama
November ’18 – Copenhagen, The Danish National School of Performing Arts
February ’19 – Lyon, Ensatt National School of Arts and Techniques du Théatre
July ’19 – Pisa, European School for the Art of the Actor (Prima Del Teatro)
October ’19 – Lisbon, Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema
September ’17
TUTOR, Strings, Wind and Brass: Year 1 students, Stage Presence for Musicians
Design and delivery of workshops
July ’14 and July ’15
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, Acting in Contemporary and Classical Theatre, Summer Programme
Assistant-direction of Shakespeare and modern scenes in a three-week course for actors of mixed abilities, ages and experience
January ’14 – present
WORKSHOP LEADER, Widening Participation for Acting
Design and delivery of workshops to diversify the acting intake, for marginalised youth groups, theatre companies and schools UK-wide
IAMPRO
July ’19 – present
ACTING TUTOR, Iampro Online Drama School
Design and delivery of 10-step programme, ‘Working from You’
UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA
July – October ’19
WORKSHOP LEADER, Clinical Psychology: Doctoral students, Confidence and Connection training
Design and delivery of workshops
DULWICH COLLEGE
September ’18
DIRECTOR, Drama: Years 7 – 11, The Greek Myths
Direction of devised piece, Edward Alleyn Theatre
BELARUS FREE THEATRE
June ’17 – present
WORKSHOP LEADER, Help Refugees
UK-wide workshops on acting, devising and creative writing with political refugees
ACTORS FROM THE LONDON STAGE
August – November ’18
WORKSHOP LEADER, Universities and High Schools across the US: Various workshops on Acting and Shakespeare
University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
Mendoza College of Business, Indiana
University of Texas Austin, Texas
University of Texas San Antonio, Texas
San José State University, California
University of Florida Gainesville, Florida
Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee
Lake Superior State University, Michigan
CHEEK BY JOWL
May ’17 – present
WORKSHOP LEADER, The Winter’s Tale and Shakespeare and the Space
UK-wide workshops with schools and youth-groups
ACTOR & FACILITATOR, Directors Workshop with Declan Donnellan, Macbeth
Delivery of workshop and performance of text
FONTAINEBLEAU SCHOOL OF ACTING
October ’16 – present
ACTING TUTOR, Acting Programme: Years 1 and 2
Acting and movement teaching, support on productions, student pastoral care, management of team dynamics, administrative support