Teaching & Corporate

Business and corporate clients have included: Inner Temple, Ground Truth, Pro Direct Sport, Bray Leino, Old Mutual, Cisco, British Gas, Barclays International, Natural England, Trade Secrets, Kings College London, Performance of A Lifetime among others, and delivering the Blueprints for Work programme for Training For Life.

I have run workshops or courses for: young lawyers at Inner Temple; students at International Schools festivals; freelance impro sessions in London, Texas and Malaysia; the ‘Make A Start’ writing course at The Cockpit Theatre and going further back, work for: the National Theatre’s Learning department; the National Youth Theatre; the National Theatre of Scotland; Scene and Heard, a brilliant children’s charity based in the Somerstown area of North London; the extraordinary Equal Voice programme under the aegis of Mike Dalton, including a term of development in an academy school in Finsbury Park, north London; two educational projects for Snap! Theatre (now Theatre Is), one in a  Secure Unit for young people; the National Student Drama Festival; High Tide Festival; The Shakespeare Schools Festival and The Primary Shakespeare Company.

I have also run the diploma and degree Improvisation courses for Drama Studio London’s in Ealing for ten years, and have led other workshops specifically about improvisation for: Millennium Performing Arts, Woolwich; The Philosophy Shop; The School of Night, and Showstopper! (see ‘Improvising’ page for more details), and assisted with many prison sessions for The London Shakespeare Workout.

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Selected teaching and course work

2008-2022	Course Leader	Drama Studio London, Ealing	Improvisation course for diploma (1yr) group and degree courses
2020	Online course	Cultural Community College (Slung Low)	Screen acting for adult students
2020	Online Video content	Slung Low (for Tanglin Trust School, Singapore)	Background in Devised & Outdoor Theatre
2019	Course Leader	Rose Bruford	Introduction to classical text
2018	Project Leader	RADA	2nd year Shakespeare/Stanislavski project
2018	Director	Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts	Postgraduate Shakespeare project
2018	Course Leader/Director	Rose Bruford	Shakespeare project (foundation students)
2013-Ongoing	Special Tutor	RADA	Exploring Shakespeare through improvisation
2015-ongoing	Student Ensemble Leader	ISTA (International Schools' Theatre Association)	International schools around the world
2016	Masterclasses	DAMA Academy, Kuala Lumpur	Short courses in verse impro
2016	Visiting Teacher	Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts	Running classical scene study and Shakespeare modules
2015	Director	Primary Shakespeare Co.	Directing primary groups (Yr 4/5) in scenes from Hamlet
2015	Teacher/Actor	Austin College Sherman, Texas	Teaching and demonstrating literary improvisation
2014	Group Tutor	University of Winchester	Co-leading term-long devising course for BA Drama &Combined Hons.
2014	Course Leader	Guildford School of Acting	Running basic impro classes with BA students
2013	Course Leader	Scene & Heard	Co-ordinating a group of 8 teenagers and 20 adults to a performance of plays written by the children.
2013	Workshop Leader	Shakespeare Schools Festival	Workshops for teacher/directors (Spring) & school groups (Autumn)
2011	Workshop Leader	NT Learning	Workshops on 'Beauty & The Beast' with London primary schools
2010	Course Leader	National Youth Theatre	Two week summer acting course with approx. twenty 16-21 year-olds
2010	Workshop Leader	National Theatre Primary Classics	5-workshop courses to primary groups ending in a Shakesperean-themed presentation
2009	Teacher	Millennium Performing Arts, Greenwich	Improvisation classes
2009	Workshop Leader	Shakespeare Schools Festival	Shakespeare session mixing two schools to prepare rehearsed presentations
2009	Course Leader	National Youth Theatre	Shakespeare workshops at the Brierley Hill Project
2009	Teacher	London School of Dramatic Art	Improvisation classes
2008	Workshop Leader	Shakespeare Schools Festival	Shakespeare session mixing two schools to prepare rehearsed presentations
2008	Course Leader	National Youth Theatre	Two week summer acting course with approx. twenty 16-21 year-olds
2008	Course Leader	Scene & Heard	One on One acting course
2008	Auditioner/Workshop Leader	National Youth Theatre	Annual intake auditions (included co-running a workshop for forty 14-20 year-olds)
2008	Workshop Leader	National Student Drama Festival	Improvisation workshops
2008	Workshop Leader	Equal Voice	Islington Arts & Music School (IAMS) Year 11 BTec presentation – devised material and scenes from Roy Williams’ Fallout.
2007	Volunteer	Scene & Heard	Playmaking One course; one-on-one dramaturgy with 9/10 year-olds
2007	Workshop Leader	The Performing Academy, Newcastle	Shakespearean verse masterclasses
2007	Teacher	Actors Centre, London	Improvisation Classes
2007	Course Leader	Scene & Heard	Stage One Acting Course for 11 and 12 year-olds
2006	Workshop Leader	Equal Voice	Running workshops for International Children’s Day at City Hall
2006	Facilitator/Workshop Leader	Equal Voice	Emotional learning workshops (part of PHSE/SEAL programmes) in primary schools in the Borough of Barnet.
2006	Workshop Leader/Performer	Snap Theatre Co.	Work on a short play on child security issues, with residents of Tiffield Secure Unit, Northamptonshire.
2006	Workshop Leader	National Theatre of Scotland/Scene & Heard	Writing workshops for National Theatre of Scotland launch event – a 30 minute play written by young people from Livingston.
2006	Facilitator	Training For Life (education/training charity)	Delivering the personal development training programme, ‘Blueprints For Work’.
2005	Assistant Producer	Scene & Heard	Running workshops for child playwrights, overseeing production, rehearsal, technical preparation and performance of 9 short plays by adult professionals
2005	Director/Facilitator	Snap Theatre Co.	Year 11 students devised a short drama performed to students of primary intake schools