Working as Director and co-writer, throughout later 2021, we finally got to take our naughty adult panto to the stage, which had been delayed, due to COVID.
February: A Red Red Rose
For Valentines Day, I Directed a short filmed version of the Robert Burns classic poem 'A Red, Red, Rose', with actor Biz Lyon and film maker Brian Maitland.
Photo Credit: Brian Maitland/Film Central London/Car Crash Productions
March: She/Her
She/Her ran for the full month, and was a month of programming with Car Crash Productions, focused around women's issues, for international Women's Day. I worked as a producer on the event.
April: Total Insight
In April I worked with Total Insight Theatre to facilitate a project with young people
Focusing on how to bring stories from the page to the stage and healthy eating.
May: Growing Pains
Working with Nea Corner, I directed them in their self written short piece Growing Pains. Thinking about how we treat the world and mother nature's response to that, we filmed this piece as part of a season of work for World Environment Day. Director of Photography:: Brian Maitland
July: Amber House
Throughout the year 2022, I worked with young people from Brent to create music for their show Amber House. I collated their ideas and lyrics to write music for the finished production.
Photo Credit: Louis Gaffney/Unique Community
July: Hope Road
Paired with Amber house, I worked with older youth to compose and write music for Hope Road. A show focused on migration and the effects of lack of empathy.
Photo Credit: Louis Gaffney/Unique Community
August: This is Memorial Device
In August I worked as Assistant Production manager for the Royal Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh. I worked across their three shows 'Truth's a Dog Must to Kennel', 'Blood and Gold' and a particular focus on 'This is Memorial Device'.
Photo Credit: Mihaela Bodlovic
August: Tales of Transatlantic Freedom
I worked in late July and early August with Yard Heads International again, as their stage manger on new piece Tales of Transatlantic Freedom, an exploration of culture and music and shared humanity, our cultural interconnectedness, and our potential for healing and true reconciliation.
Photo Credit: Carolyn Sittig
October: Boris and The Bullshit Factory
A passion project of mine, focused on the rise and beginning of the fall of Boris Johnson. I wrote the play over a few years and directed this initial R&D run of the show. I also programmed a multi surface projection for the show that brought the media storm of Bori's time in office to life.
Photo credit: Car Crash Productions/Brian Maitland
November: DYCE
In November I ran a process-drama workshop focused on Empathy and Critical. Created by Unique Community as a response to the war in Ukraine, I assisted and lead workshops in both primary and secondary schools throughout Brent and Harrow.
Photo credit: Harrow Council
December: Jungle Bonk
In December I directed Bampot and Dafty's latest Adult Panto, The Jungle Bonk, a filthy version of the classic Jungle Book story. I also accompanied the show on piano, and had the 'honer' of getting creme pied every night.