Training

Training
2019 Naked Comedy with Deanna Fleysher (USA)
2019 Devising with the Red Nose with Igne Barkauskaite (Slovakia)
2019 Intro to Clowning with Holly Stoppit (UK)
2018 Integrating Clowning and Circus Disciplines with Jon Davison (UK)
2017 Acting the Puppet with Gavin Glover (UK)
2016 Moving in and out of Contact with Janis Claxton (UK)
2016 Clown and the Comic Universes with Andrea Jimenez (Spain)
2016 Animating the Inanimate with Julian Crouch (UK)
2015 Games Exchange with ENCI (Belgium)
2014 How to Teach Clowning with Joe May (UK)
2014 Show in a Bag with Pablo Volo, Karen Bell & Dafe Bullock (UK & France)
2014 Theatre in Pictures, Clown Chorus with Jose Piris (Spain)
2013 Devising Forum Theatre with Active Inquiry (UK)
2013 Facing the Artist, performance art with Pablo Volo (France)
2013 Mentor your Show, Improve your Character with Loco Brusca (ARG & Hungary)
2012 Embodied Theatre with Al Seed & Alex Rigg (UK)
2012 Social Circus with Theatre Modo (UK)
2012 Freestyle Theatre with Arek, Let's Circus (UK)
2012 Making Worlds with Francis Gallop, Scenehouse (UK)
2011 Sign Mime & Bouffon with Ramesh Meyyapan and Al Seed (Singapore & UK)
2010 Bouffon with Tim Licata (UK)
2010 Ensemble training with Ewan Downie from Song of the Goat (Poland & UK)
2010 Characters in Transition, Sign Mime with Ramesh Meyyappan (Singapore)
2009 Conflux teacher training (UK)
2009 Physical Performance & Space Engineering with Derevo & Akhe (Russia)
2009 Neutral Mask to Red Nose with Giovanni Fusetti (France)
2007, 09 & 10 Clown training with Tim Licata (UK)
2008 Event Safety Passport
2008-09 Butoh with Lindsay John (UK)
2007-10 Contact Improvisation with Janis Claxton (UK)
2007 Fool Workshop with Jonathan Kay (UK)
2007 Clown Retreat with Alan Clay (NZ)
2005 Commedia dell’Arte (NZ)

Education
2017 - 2018 Circomedia, Masters in Directing Circus, (UK)
2008 - 2009 Adam Smith College, Diploma of Physical Theatre Practice (Scotland)
1994 - 1996 Auckland Institute of Technology, BA in Communication Studies - Major in Film and Television (New Zealand)

Further training & experience
Acro-balance, Butoh, Capoeira, Contemporary Dance, Fire spinning, Hip Hop, Hoola Hoop, Reiki, Stilt-walking, Theatre Sports, Yoga

PERFORMANCE

CREATION

PRODUCTION

TEACHING

FILM & DOCUMENTATION

ABOUT ME

I am a New Zealand performance artist, director, teacher and producer based in the UK. With over fifteen years’ experience, my passion lies in physical theatre, circus and street arts. Participation has formed the centre for my work, whether by involving community & artists in the creative process or creating work that asks the audience to become involved. I enjoy the power of the arts to inspire and for people to be active participants in theatre, empowering them to realise their own creative potential.

My skills are many and varied and span arts and event management, production, design, teaching and performance. I am proficient in marketing, PR and business development, with skills in administration, web design and office management. My project management skills incorporate planning, budgeting, tour management & reporting. I am also a teacher, choreographer and director of dance, physical theatre and circus.

My portfolio of work has taken place across the globe, from New Zealand and Australia to the UK and Europe, from Central and South America to the islands of the Pacific.

TRAINING