ABOUT ME
Creativity sits at the heart of my career, with over 7 years of experience working in advertising and just over a year working in theatre. Within advertising, I gained experience in media planning, buying and account management up to an Account Director level. I have worked with prominent brands within the Health, Finance, Retail and Beauty industry. After taking an Introduction to Theatre Directing course at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama I opted for a career change. I have gained assisting directing experience at Park Theatre and the Young Vic. I then went onto enhance my writing ability by getting onto the Royal Court Introduction To Playwriting group. I have just directed a show that was part of the StoneCrabs Young Directors festival at Southwark Playhouse (2021), building 120 Moments a media production/distribution company and seeking opportunities to get involved with writing and directing. Feel free to connect with me or check out my CV/Online work below.
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
Roles & Responsibilities
THEATRE DIRECTOR
BIRMINGHAM HIPPODRONE AND TECHNIS THEATRO TAMASHA
Nov 22
Tamasha's Come Through scratch night for Fishbait by Vivian Xie
AUDIO DIRECTOR
TAMASHA
Jul 22
No Connection an audio piece written and directed by myself as part of Tamasha Director's programme
THEATRE DIRECTOR
BLUE ELEPHANT THEATRE
Apr 22
R&D session The Apple Of His Eye by Vicky Olusanya
THEATRE DIRECTOR
7 BLACK WOMEN (R&D)
Dec 21
R&D session Purple Walls by Winnie Imara
THEATRE DIRECTOR
SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE
Sep 21
With A Little Bit Of Luck by Sabrina Mahfouz - A 45 minute show as part of StoneCrab's Young Directors Festival
THEATRE DIRECTOR
7 BLACK WOMEN (ONLINE)
Mar 21
Face Yourself by Kathryn Roth.This was a monologue directed and filmed virtually for 7 Black Women. The performance was shared across their social media pages.
THEATRE DIRECTOR
KDC THEATRE (LIVE ONLINE)
Jul 20
You havent changed a bit by Donna Hoke and
100 Ways The Fire Starts by Max Wilkinson. These pieces were performed live on Zoom and streamed to YouTube and Facebook.
THEATRE DIRECTOR
THEATRE 503 (ONLINE)
Apr 20
Invisible Wounds written by Rebecca Crookshank. This was a short piece for Rapid Write Response inspired by Paper Cut written by Andrew Rosendorf . I directed the piece virtually during quarantine. Scroll down to watch the piece.
THEATRE DIRECTOR
ENATIONAL THEATR (ONLINE)
Apr 20
Home From Home written by Laura Shoebottom. I directed this online piece during quarantine. Scroll down to watch the show.
BORIS KARLOFF TRAINEE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
YOUNG VIC
Jan 20 - Feb 20
Nora: A Dolls House written by Stef Smith and directed by Elizabeth Freestone. I was able to support the directing by providing additional research.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
PARK THEATRE
Oct 19 - Nov 19
Entropy written by Kate Reid and directed Gabriella Bird. I was able to assist the director during Park Theatre's Script Accelerator program. I supported with research, reading in for actors and participating in warm-ups.
THEATRE DIRECTOR
CENTRAL SCHOOL OF SPEECH & DRAMA
Oct 18 - Nov 18
Working with actors to refine my skills in classical theatre directing across select scenes from Antigone and The Seagul.
WRITING EXPERIENCE
Current & Upcoming Projects
Oct 20 - Mar 21
ROYAL COURT THEATRE - INTRODUCTION TO PLAYWRITING GROUP
I was part of the 2020 Cohort. Across the program I was able to refine my skills and develop a full length script.
CURRENT PROJECT
WRITER - THE AUNTIES
In development - A comedy following a group of friends on a night out.
CURRENT PROEJECT
WRITER - BOXED IN
In development - A comedy following a family dealing with unexpected revelations from a mum who is suffering with dementia.
CURRENT PROJECT
WRITER - SHELVED
In development - A comedy following friends reconciling in the middle of the pandemic.
DIRECTING DURING LOCKDOWN
EDUCATION
My Studies
StoneCrabs
YOUNG DIRECTORS PROGRAM
This program has provided me with the opportunity to collaborate with 9 other young directors to put on a festival at Southwark Playhouse. I further developed my skills in marketing, fundraising as well as directing.
Royal Central School
of Speech and Drama
INTRODUCTION TO THEATRE DIRECTING
Through taking this course, I was able to learn the artform of theatre directing. I builts skills in analysing and researching plays, collaborating with actors and gaining exposure to working with designers.
Birmingham City
University
BA (HONS) BUSINESS AND ADVERTISING
Across this 4 year course, I learned the pschology behind business and advertising, how to media plan and develop media strategies. On the 3rd year of the course I undertook a placement year with The Walt Disney Company. For the year I was their Digital Media intern.
ADVERTISING
AND MEDIA STRATEGY
Across the last 6 years that I worked in advertising, I developed skills in media strategy, online advertising (social, native and programmatic), media planning and buying (internaion and domestic). Brands that I worked on included Estée Lauder, DFS, Carpetright, Healthspan plus many more.