CV
Training & Education
2019
BSL Level 1
2012
Rondo Theatre Internship
2010
RSC Directors' Workshop
2009-10
Drama Directing MA
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
2004-08
Classical Studies & Latin MA (Hons)
Uni. of St Andrews
Directing Credits
2023
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, adapted by Pins & Needles. Lyric Hammersmith, & The Berry, Southampton
Associate Director [Dir: Emma Earle]
2022
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, adapted by Pins & Needles. Lyric Hammersmith
Associate Director [Dir: Emma Earle]
A Midsummer Night's Dream in Eastville Park Swimming Pool adapted by the company. Insane Root, Bristol
2021
Hansel & Gretel at Arnos Vale Cemetery Woodlands adapted by Saikat Ahamed. Insane Root, Bristol
2020
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, adapted by Pins & Needles. Lyric Hammersmith
Associate Director - Filmed version [Dir: Emma Earle]
2019
Rumpelstiltskin at the New Room adapted by Matt Grinter. Insane Root, Bristol
2018
Flies by Oliver Lansley - Pins & Needles and Les Enfants Terribles. Pleasance Two, Edinburgh Fringe [co-director with Emma Earle}
Romeo & Juliet in Eastville Park Swimming Pool adapted by Hannah Drake, Justin Palmer & Ellie Showering (Insane Root), Bristol.
2017
The Tempest in St John on the Wall's Crypt adapted by Hannah Drake & Ellie Showering (Insane Root), Bristol.
Orpheus & Eurydice in the Suspension Bridge Vaults by Alison Farina & Ellie Showering
(Insane Root), Bristol.
2016
The Room Upstairs by Ben Callon - Theatre West, Cheltenham Everyman & The Wardrobe, Bristol
Macbeth at the Redcliffe Caves Insane Root, Bristol - Remount
NewsRevue - Hurlingham Club, London.
2015
The Brave Tin Soldier by Clare Reddaway, BS13 Company, Zion Centre, Bristol.
NewsRevue - Canal Cafe Theatre, London.
Macbeth at the Redcliffe Caves (Insane Root), Bristol.
2014
Shakespeare Recital, Shakespeare in Italy, Teatro Comandini, Cesena, Italy.
The Snow Maiden by Chris Yapp, BS13 Company, Zion Centre, Bristol.
Canopy of Stars by Miriam Battye, Theatre West, The Brewery, Bristol.
Lockdown by Sarah Curwen, Theatre Royal Bath Engage, The Egg Theatre. Bath.
2013
A Lonely Place by Ioannis Souris, Theatre West "Short", Alma Tavern. Bristol.
100 Miles North of Timbuktu by Tom Phillips, Theatre West A2Z, Alma Tavern, Bristol.
East of the Sun West of the Moon devised by the Company & Jo Drake, Homespun, Rondo Theatre, Bath.
An Act of Twisting by Ian McGlynn, Provocation Theatre, Bristol & Bath Tour.
2012
Product Displacement by Dom Rowe (Edible Theatre Co.), Rondo Theatre, Bath.
Convicts, Conflict & Love, Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
East of the Sun, West of the Moon devised by the Company & Jo Drake, Homespun, Edinburgh Fringe.
Fertility Objects by Alison Farina, Butterfly Psyche, Rondo Theatre, Bath.
Alliance - A New Writing Showcase by the Rondo Writers' Group, Rondo Theatre, Bath.
2011
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde, FTC Theatre, Redgrave, Bristol.
Chronicle of a Bully by Andy Hickson, Actionwork TIE, International Tour.
No Milk, No Stamps by Gill Kirk, Roughhouse/Engage, Ustinov 24 hour Plays, Bath.
2010
86,400 Seconds by Jo McAnish, FTC Theatre, Brewery Theatre, Bristol.
Remember Me by Dom Rowe for Eddie King..., Edible Theatre/Darkstuff, Tobacco Factory, Bristol.
Someone Who'll Watch Over Me by Frank McGuinness, FTC Theatre, Courtyard Studio, London.
Book Ends by Dom Rowe, Ferment, Bristol Old Vic Paintshop, Bristol.
Book Ends by Dom Rowe, Bristol Old Vic 24 hour plays, Theatre Royal Bristol.
Assistant / Resident Directing
2019
Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs, adapted by Pins & Needles. Lyric Hammersmith / Warwick Arts Centre
Dir: Emma Earle
2016-17
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, Devised by the Company, National Tour (National Theatre/BOV)
Dir: Sally Cookson
2013
Untitled by Gareth Potter (Sherman Swingers), Sherman Cymru, Cardiff.
Dir: Matt Ball
2012
Lighthearted Intercourse by Bill Naughton, Octagon Theatre, Bolton.
Dir: David Thacker
2011
Unrestless by Ben Ellis (Old Vic New Voices 'Coming Up' Season), Debut Tunnels, London.
Dir: John Kachoyan
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe (BathLitFest 2011), Masonic Hall, Bath.
Dir: James Runcie
2010
The Crucible by Arthur Miller (BOVTS), Bristol Old Vic.
Dir: Sue Wilson
An Actor's Life For Me Revue (BOVTS), Mini Tour, South West.
Dir: Malcolm McKee
A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare (Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory), Tobacco Factory, Bristol.
Dir: Andrew Hilton
The Nativity by Toby Hulse (BOVTS), Schools' Tour, South West.
Dir: Toby Hulse
Script Development, Eduction & Misc.
2020
Visiting Tutor - Stanislavski Project, Boomsatsuma, Bristol
2017
Adapter. The Tempest in St John on the Wall's Crypt adapted by Hannah Drake & Ellie Showering (Insane Root), Bristol.
Visiting Director. Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. (Text Project)
Dramaturg. Orpheus & Eurydice in the Suspension Bridge Vaults by Alison Farina & Ellie Showering (Insane Root), Bristol.
2016
Acting & Directing Tutor, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, Bristol
Visiting Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: Constellations by Nick Payne (Text Project)
Visiting Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: The Ruff Guide to Shakespeare, by Toby Hulse. TIE South West Tour & Edinburgh Fringe 2016
2015
Visiting Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare, adapted by Toby Hulse. TIE South West Tour & Edinburgh Fringe 2015
Visiting Director, University of Cumbria: How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found by Fin Kennedy, Stanwix Studio Theatre, Carlisle.
Adapter. Macbeth at the Redcliffe Caves (Insane Root), Bristol.
2014
Visiting Director, University of Cumbria: Our Country's Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, Stanwix Theatre, Carlisle.
Visiting Director, University of Cumbria: Dream Play by August Strindberg & Caryl Churchill, Stanwix Theatre, Carlisle.
Visiting Director, Bath Spa University: Orpheus Descending by Tennessee Williams, Burdall's Yard, Bath.
2013
Dramaturg/Initial Director, Butterfly Psyche's Christmas show The Blue Bird (Maeterlinck adapted by Alison Farina)
Visiting Director, University of Cumbria: 13 by Mike Bartlett, Stanwix Studio, Carlisle.
Script Reader, Script Space @ Tobacco Factory, Bristol
Script Reader, Open Sessions @ Bristol Old Vic.
2012
Workshop Leader, Rondo Theatre Acting Workshops.
Script Reader, Script Space @ Tobacco Factory, Bristol.
2011
Venue Manager, Paradise Green @ Edinburgh Fringe.
Visiting Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: The Pain & The Itch by Bruce Norris (Text project).
Associate Director, King James Bible Reading Challenge, BathLitFest.
2010
Visiting Director, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School: On the Shore of the Wide World by Simon Stephens (Text project).
Auditioner, Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (to present).