About

I am a professional theatre and film director, acting coach, teacher and mentor with over 14 years experience in the industry. 

I have a wide range of theatre directing credits and have worked at a variety of venues including Jermyn Street Theatre (West End), Theatre Royal Plymouth, The Bunker, King’s Head Theatre, New Theatre Royal, The Cavendish Arms, Tristan Bates, Theatre on the High Street and for Graeae Theatre Company. I co-directed and edited the music video for Graeae's anarchic version of the Ian Dury anthem Spasticus Autisticus featuring the entire cast and crew of the critically acclaimed, hit musical Reasons to be Cheerful. 

I am currently the Acting Tutor and Project Director at the world-renowned Royal Academy of Music for their new Junior Academy Musical Theatre course, training young performers aged 14-18 and designing the drama program. I am the new acting tutor at the London College of Performing Arts on their BTEC Acting course and have previously taught, lectured and directed at some of the UK’s leading drama schools including Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts on their MA and Foundation Musical Theatre courses, ALRA on their previous BA Acting course, a Screen Acting workshop at Identity School of Acting and at the University of Portsmouth on their BA (Hons) Drama and Performance course for three consecutive years. I have been invited to create and facilitate a number of acting workshops for The Harlem School of the Arts in Manhattan, New York. I regularly coach professional actors with clients in the UK and internationally whose credits include The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Emilia (The Globe/West End), Hecuba, Othello, Merchant of Venice (RSC), Eastenders (BBC), Emmerdale (ITV), Dr. Who (BBC), Mamma Mia (West End), Rock of Ages (UK No.1 Tour), Hair (50th Anniversary Cast), Prometheus (directed by Ridley Scott), iZombie (Warner Bros), Supernatural (The CW) and The Mummy (featuring Tom Cruise). I was recently the resident drama tutor at Poplar Union and have taught storytelling and debate for Dance & Arts Ltd. I have also taught filmmaking for Mediorite and at Poplar Union. 

My most recent output was directing the award-winning musical film Street Magic (Best Romantic Short at Indie X Fest, LA and nominated for Best First Time Filmmaker at the San Francisco Indie Short Festival).

For over 10 years I worked as a professional actor touring the UK and internationally in Brazil, Mexico, Germany and at the Theatre National de Nice, France. Nationally I have performed in venues such as Theatre Royal Stratford East, Hackney Empire, New Wolsey Theatre, West Yorkshire Playhouse, Hull Truck, Liverpool Everyman, The Bush, Theatre 503, Oxford Playhouse, Southbank Centre, Dundee Rep, Watford Playhouse, Hall for Cornwall and Nottingham Playhouse.

I originated the lead role of Vinnie in Graeae Theatre Company’s award-winning cult musical Reasons to be Cheerful, appeared as Boycie in Rock and Chips - the prequel to Only Fools and Horses for BBC One, toured in the critically acclaimed First World War adaption of Henry V, appeared as Ray Davies in the musical radio drama Arthur for BBC4, recorded at Konk Studios by Ray Davies himself and starred in the Kink's frontman's musical Come Dancing (What’s On Stage award for Best Off West End Production). I have appeared in Holby City and Silent Witness for the BBC and featured in the Paralympic Opening Ceremony on Channel 4.

In 2015 I founded Amplified Theatre, an accessible and inclusive company that focuses on gig-theatre productions and music driven films, working with disabled and non-disabled artists. I was invited to speak on a panel at the Edinburgh Festival about how I make my work accessible using DIY creative captions. The event, Demystifying Access, was chaired by Nicola Wildin, who at the time was the Associate Director of Royal Exchange Manchester and was produced by Unlimited. Following this I wrote an article for The Stage about my approach to access as an independent theatre maker. In 2019, Amplified Theatre was made resident company of Zoo Co’s Theatre on the High Street and received funding by Arts Council England.