I'm a freelance theatre-maker, director, writer, creative consultant and facilitator. 

I'm the one on the right in the photo above!

Following 10 months as Artistic Director (Maternity Cover), I'm currently the Creative Associate at Theatre by the Lake.

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The work I make is political, personal, collaborative and also playful. 

I am passionate about making art which invites us to have nuanced, progressive and difficult conversations about things that seem stuck, complicated or can be polarising.

I am interested in stories and voices that have been under-represented – and reaching audiences who have been under-represented too. I am particularly interested in women’s stories and smashing patriarchal norms.

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From 2006-21, I was co-founder/artistic director of award-winning theatre company 20 Stories High, making ground-breaking theatre productions and TV adaptations including “I Told my Mum I was going on an RE Trip…” (BBC) - a verbatim piece about young women’s abortion experiences, and Buttercup (BBC) - a lyrical one-woman performance, exploring surviving sexual abuse.

 

More recently, I have been collaborating with some brilliant organisations including: Liverpool Everyman Playhouse, Rafia Hussain Productions, Storyhouse, Contact, Manchester Jewish Museum, The Neighborhood (Brooklyn), PYA England, Multi-Story Orchestra, Content is Queen, Frozen Charlotte, University of Manchester. And with inspiring artists including: Afreena Islam-Wright, Hafsah Aneela Bashir, Keith Saha, Saphena Aziz, Amy Vreeke, Brodie Arthur and Keisha Thompson. 

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I am also proud to be on the board of Heart of Glass.