Work

Theatre & Performance

The Secret Life of Ponds

Writer/Performer

The Secret Life of Ponds is an Arts Council England and Wildlife Trust funded project run by UCL Culture. It’s a collaborative poetry commission bringing together poets, sound artists and freshwater scientists, exploring the decline of UK ponds and their extraordinary biodiversity, for a live performances and an audio installation at The Grant Museum, London and The Forum, Norwich.

Massive Sense of Urgency

Writer/Performer

I wrote and performed a satirical, multi-disciplinary solo show about an office temp who tries to deconstruct our economic system using power tools and mime. Incorporating physical theatre, video and audience interaction, it received two rounds of Arts Council funding, and was performed in London at:

The Old Vic –  commission for CONNECT: Now, a selection of five contemporary monologues (2018), Latitude Festival – Cabaret Stage (2018), Ovalhouse – First Bites (2018), Brainchild Festival – Comedy Stage (2017), The Roundhouse – Last Word Festival (2017), Camden People’s Theatre – SPRINT (2016)

The show was further supported for R&D by: Battersea Arts Centre, Omnibus Clapham, Soho Theatre Comedy Lab. Directors, dramaturgs & collaborators included: Kirsty Housley (The Encounter, Complicite), Caitlin McLeod (The Yard), Eve Leigh (Midnight Movie, Royal Court), Jon Davison

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Fierce Sisters

Writer/Performer

Fierce Sisters was an immersive, outdoor theatre production for Shakespeare’s Birthplace Trust in 2018, produced by all-female physical theatre company Mimbre. I was commissioned to adapt and perform Beatrice from Much Ado into modern-day spoken word, applying her trademark wit to contemporary gender politics whilst maintaining the word-play, imagery and crass jokes that’s so particular to Shakespearean language. Beatrice’s character was the narrator and central link with the audience, guiding them between scenes while also performing a prologue and several original monologues in between.

Poetry

I won the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2016. Credits include work for BBC iPlayer, Nationwide, The Guardian, The Natural History Museum, KFC and The London Underground.

International work includes a lengthy engagement with  Amsterdam’s Forum for European Culture, collaborating with jazz musicians for a music-poetry response to Brexit and Europe’s attitude towards immigration. I’ve also planned and delivered spoken word poetry and performance workshops for schools, prisons, and hospitals.

  • Fierce Sisters

  • Old Vic: ConnectNOW

  • SoFar Sounds

  • DeBalie, Amsterdam

  • Secret Life of Ponds

  • Roundhouse Poetry Slam Final

  • Massive Sense of Urgency