Theatre Directing
Ensemble-Driven | Visually Compelling | Emotionally Resonant
Artistic Vision
I create ensemble-driven theatre that explores personal growth and transformation through adversity. My work combines visually striking stage images with inventive ensemble storytelling, using the company to transform spaces, characters, and atmospheres.
I am fascinated by the moments of change in a person's life — when innocence gives way to experience, grief leads to insight, or challenges bring growth. This thematic focus guides both the stories I choose and the way I work with my team.
Rehearsal Approach
In rehearsal, I cultivate a calm, focused, and collaborative environment. Actors are encouraged to be curious, inventive, and vulnerable - supported to explore ideas and take risks within a structured and held space. This approach allows the ensemble to discover unexpected possibilities and contributes to performances that feel alive, precise, and emotionally resonant.
Theatrical Style
I am drawn to fluid, dynamic worlds where physicality, music, and movement are integral to storytelling. Ensemble work is central: the company helps shape the space, atmosphere, and characters, creating moments that are simultaneously visually compelling and emotionally powerful.
Through this combination of clarity, collaboration, and creativity, my productions aim to captivate audiences and leave them with memorable images, evocative soundscapes, and a deep emotional connection to the story.
Describe your image
Selected Productions
Mermaid
Director, Guildford School of Acting, 2026
Photos: Nkemjika Ohanyere
Fishlake
Director, Sheepish Productions, 2025
Photos: Ant Robling
Romeo & Juliet
Director, Guildford Shakespeare Company / Orange Tree Theatre, 2025
Photos: Darren Pepe
Alice By Heart
Director, Guildford School of Acting, 2025
Photos: Steve Gregson
Phoenix
Director, Helen Percival, 2023-25
Photos: John Kolikis
The Last Motel
Director, Sheepish Productions, 2022-3
Directing CV
A full list of directing credits and professional experience.
Directing Credits
2026
Mermaid — Guildford School of Acting / Bellairs Theatre
2025
Fishlake — Sheepish Productions / CAST, Rotherham Civic Theatre, Theatre Royal Wakefield
Romeo and Juliet — Guildford Shakespeare Company & Orange Tree Theatre / Secondary Schools Tour, Orange Tree Theatre, Reading Rep
Alice by Heart — Guildford School of Acting / PATS Theatre
2024
Beauty and the Beast — West End In Schools / Primary Schools Tour
Romeo and Juliet — Guildford Shakespeare Company & Orange Tree Theatre / Secondary Schools Tour, Orange Tree Theatre, Reading Rep
2023–2024
Phoenix — Helen Percival / Bloomsbury Festival, Baron’s Court Theatre, Everyman Cheltenham
2022–2023
The Last Motel — Sheepish Productions / UK Tour
2021
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Stageless / UK Private Residences
2017–2019
Northanger Abbey — Cyphers Theatre Company / UK Tour
Communicate — Sheepish Productions / UK Tour
2016–2017
The Life and Crimes of Reverend Raccoon — Sheepish Productions / UK Tour
2016
The Three Musketeers — Cyphers Theatre Company / UK Tour
2015
Great Expectations — Cyphers Theatre Company / Proud Archivist, London
Le Journal d’un Fou — Theatre Alive & Eprouve / Théâtre Reine Blanche, Paris
2014–2015
Henry V — Cyphers Theatre Company / Proud Archivist, London; Holy Sepulchre, Northampton
With Young People / Community
2025
Hamlet — Proteus Youth Theatre / Proteus Creation Space
2023
Jack and the Beanstalk — RABBLE Young Company / The Abbey School, Reading
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — RABBLE (Play in a Week) / Minghella Studios, University of Reading
A Midsummer Night’s Dream — RABBLE (Get Up On Stage) / Caversham Court Gardens, Reading
Robin Hood — RABBLE Young Company / The Abbey School, Reading
The Wizard of Oz — Corn Exchange Youth Theatre / Corn Exchange, Newbury
A Woman of No Importance — RABBLE (Get Up On Stage) / Minghella Studios, University of Reading
2021
Grimm Tales — Proteus Youth Theatre / Basingstoke Walled Garden
R&D / Work-in-Progress
2023
My Evolution of Cave Painting — Cyphers Theatre Company / Proteus Creation Space
2019
Orlando — Cyphers Theatre Company / Barbican Centre, Nuffield Southampton Theatres, Wiltshire Creative
Assistant / Associate Director Credits
2023
The Tempest — Proteus Theatre Company
Director: Mary Swan — Assistant Director
2022
The Tempest — Guildford Shakespeare Company
Director: Caroline Devlin — Assistant Director
2019–2020
Aladdin — West End In Schools
Director: Ryan McBryde — Staff Director
2018–2019
Beauty and the Beast — Wiltshire Creative
Director: Ryan McBryde — JMK Assistant Director
2015–2016
Miss Wilson’s Waterloo — Coppermill Productions
Director: Ellis Jones — Assistant Director
Staying Alive — Blackshaw Theatre
Director: Ellie Pitkin — Assistant Director
Alice in Wonderland — Blackshaw Theatre
Director: Ellie Pitkin — Assistant Director
2014
Le Journal d’un Fou — Theatre Alive
Director: Andrew Visnevski — Assistant Director
2013
Appetite — RADA
Director: Andrew Visnevski — Assistant Director
2010
Othello / The Importance of Being Earnest — RADA Enterprises
Director: Ellis Jones — Assistant Director
2009
The Taming of the Shrew / Hobson’s Choice — RADA Enterprises
Director: Ellis Jones — Assistant Director
Awards & Associations
Associate Director, Sheepish Productions (since 2018)
JMK Trust Regional Bursary Recipient (2018)
JMK Trust Mentored Director (2019–2020)
Proteus Theatre Company — Associate Artist (2021–2022)
Training
King’s College London — BA (Hons) History, First Class
2010–2013