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A Place At The Table
The piece was conceived as an attempt to understand the eruption of violence in Burundi in 1993: a major factor in the lead up to the Rwandan genocide. A friend[...]
Sympoiesis: a bio-inspired dance performance
“Sympoiesis” is a bio-inspired dance performance. Coined originally by Beth Dempster, this term implied ‘multi-species making together.’ The performance emerges from the relationship between myself, a plant, a slime mould,[...]
The state of the Art – an analysis of the theater industry through my experience
This case study wants to be a technical analysis of my expectations and disappointment, hope and rewards, in my 4 years of experience in theatre/Opera/festival/digital shows. I am a young set[...]
We Are Nature
The inspiration for the costumes was a book that I wrote in 2016 called ‘Journey’. In the format of a continuous poem, the book tells the story of me walking[...]
Festival Trash is a Designer’s Treasure – A Sleeping Bag Metamorphosis
Hoax took inspiration from Jules Verne's Journey to the Centre of the Earth the piece evolved into Stuck. Part art-installation, part absurdist theatre, using clown, rhetoric and soft sculpture to[...]
Net Zero West End
The project is an ongoing attempt to frame my learning and ideas around theatre production and sustainability, both in practical and thematic terms. It is unusual for a project in[...]
Dramatising Conservation Playwriting, nature reserves and voicing nature
...is about – ongoing. I am working with two reedbed nature reserves (Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire (run by National Trust); Strumpshaw Fen in Norfolk (run by RSPB) and focusing[...]
Cultivating Anti-Extractivist Body Relationships
In the ocean, the Mermaid is free. On land, she cannot swim or breathe, and is vulnerable to pollutants of chemicals, scents and food from human settlement. It is not[...]
Bridging stage design with nature connection to shape sustainable communities and wellbeing
The show was conceived following dancer Christina Liddell’s outreach work with the Edinburgh Children’s Hospital Charity. She describes it as ‘a poetic response from […] many, beautiful encounters’ that had[...]
