EDUCATION

First Class degree in English Literature and Creative Writing, University of Hertfordshire. Graduated September 2018.  Awarded the University Prize for the highest mark by a part-time student of Humanities.

 

MA in Creative Writing University of Hertfordshire. 2021

 

PAST PROJECTS

Assistant director and script editor for the workshop presentation of The Pianist, written and directed by Thom Southerland for MAST Mayflower Theatre 2025.

 

Dramaturg and additional scriptwriter for Abrasion, a comedy by Meg Rose Dixon, for Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2024. https://www.instagram.com/abrasiontheplay

 

Development dramaturg and script development for Marnie & the Kaleidoscope,  a family musical 2021-23. https://marnieandthekaleidoscope.com

 

Script editor for 2024/25 UK Tour of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, for Crossroads Live, directed by Thom Southerland.

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Pitch proposal and first draft of the book for She Loves You, a musical featuring the music of Lennon & McCartney, produced in Denmark 2022. https://shelovesyou.dk/en/home/

 

Script development, contextual research  and pitch proposal for Production #6, a  musical based on Charlie Chaplin’s film, The Great Dictator, for Umeda Arts Theatre, Tokyo. 

 

Script development and contextual research  for The Navigator, a musical based on Bomber Command during WWII. (2012-16).

 

Script editor for Their Finest Hour, a play with music, adapted from letters, anecdotes and personal accounts from WWII. (2017) https://stevedarlow.com/theirfinesthour/

 

Book writer and dramaturg for If This Be Sin, a bio musical of Blues singer and LGBTQ+ pioneer, Gladys Bentley (in development).

 

Assistant Director for Travelling Opera’s flamenco-based production of Carmen.

 

Casting and assistant director for an 80-piece male-voice choir, to perform the Handbag Chorus at the Anya Hindmarch Show at London Fashion Week, 2015.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ8478234m0

 

Assistant director for a 30-piece ensemble of singers, actors and dancers to perform at the opening of Heathrow Terminal 5 in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen, 2008.

 

Participant Manager for the BAFTA Award- winning Queen’s 90th Birthday Celebration, broadcast live by ITV from the grounds of Windsor Castle. Responsible for the logistics for over nine hundred performers, military personnel and amateur musicians, from around the world 2016.

 

KEY SKILLS

 

Dramaturgy from conception to completion.

Pitch Presentations.

Script development.

Scriptwriting and script editing 

Script assessment and evaluation.

Contextual research and analysis.

Nurturing a working relationship with the writers to ensure their vision is clearly articulated.

 

Proficient in Final Draft, Scrivener, Microsoft Word and Excel.

Approved Equity Contractor.

Approved MU Contractor.

DBS checked.

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