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