Creative facilitation & socially engaged arts work:
Richmond Bells Project
2017 - Lead Practitioner
Organising, planning and delivering workshops in four schools, to over 70 students aged 4-18.
Working with three other professional practitioners, exploring movement, writing, sound design, visual / spatial design
through engaging with the materials, heritage and mechanics of the tower, the bells and the art of bell ringing.
The Tempest schools production - Southwark Playhouse
2017 - Post Show Workshop Leader
PUSH Opera, Glyndebourne & Battle Festival
2016 - Designer & Workshop facilitator
Planning and delivering workshops and costume making sessions with a group of A Level textiles students, and volunteers from the local community whilst designing the opera.
Fox Project - Beautiful Mess Collective
2014 - Creative Facilitator & Designer
Co-running a series of 10 workshops, culminating in a public performance, with a group of adults with learning difficulties. Supporting the group to devise, design and perform the performance.
One Day Creative Education
2013-2015 - Workshop director/facilitator
Planning and delivering day long drama workshops with groups of 30-60 school students aged 4 -18. Themes and issues related to PSHE & school curriculum subjects.
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Konflux Theatre in Education
2012-2015 - Workshop director/facilitator
Planning and delivering day long drama workshops with groups of 30-60 school students aged 4 -18. Themes and issues related to PSHE & school curriculum subjects.
A Town By The River - Walton on Thames
2011 - Designer & Facilitator
A community theatre production based on oral history with a cast of primary school students.
Tandridge Leisure Trust School Holiday Programme
2011 - Art & Craft Workshop Leader
Planning and delivering art, craft and textiles workshops as fun, creative, sociable events for children aged 5-10.
Lakes Leisure Holiday Programme
2010 - Programme Assistant Leader
Co-planning and delivering art, craft, textiles, sports and free-play sessions for a school holiday programme. Children aged 4 - 11.
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The Vision - Woking Community Play Association
2010 - Costume Design Assistant & Schools / community design facilitator
Planning and delivering school workshops (ages 7-16) and drop-in public craft sessions to engage the public in themes of this large scale community theatre production.
Arts Express
2010 - Arts Workshop assistant
Co-delivering art and craft and animation workshops for a term time after school club.
Creative Partnerships Project at Fyndoune Community College
2009 - Creative Practitioner
A Creative Partnerships Change School Program. I ran a term of sessions teaching students in set and costume design.
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Musical Theatre Project - Opera North
2009 - Project Assistant
Assisting lead facilitators to deliver a term of workshops with young people (11-15) with Autism and Aspergers syndrome to develop, write, compose, design and perform a musical.
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Ellershaw Farm Residential Care Home.
2007 - Work experience
Support care for adults with profound and multiple learning and behavioural disabilities. I supported the staff members in sessions doing drama and movement therapy, riding for the disabled, gardening, swimming, art therapy