Participation & Outreach
I am an experienced facilitator, educator, and participation producer, with experience leading sessions for 4 years old to postgraduate level students and theatre-makers. Read on to hear about the specific facilitation projects I am qualified to deliver, my outreach work within producing organisations, and my experience as a mentor. I am available to hire for outreach within arts projects, and to deliver both on-off sessions and workshop series' for your organisation. Please get in touch to enquire about rates for standard and bespoke offers.
Academic Teaching
in schools and universities
From Reception and Nursery up until postgradute studies - I am currently teaching drama and theatre studies to students with a range of experience and ability.
In schools I deliver term-time teaching, planned and developed alongside the national curriculum. In universities I lecture as a guest practitioner, faciltiating the growth and development of budding producers and arts managers.
Vital Xposure: Wellspring
Vital Xposure is a bold, dynamic disabled-led theatre company. They ensure quality experiences for talented disabled artists and audiences alike, and their productions lift the lid on vital social issues raising awareness and uncovering new voices in the arts.
Wellspring supports 8 London-based disabled, d/Deaf or Neurodivergent writers and playwrights.
Participants take part in a creative writing training course delivered in partnership with key producers of new work in London: Paines Plough, Soho Theatre, Bush Theatre, Theatre 503, and Camden Peoples Theatre.
Arts Emergency
Arts Emergency is an award-winning charity that helps young people get a fair start in the arts and humanities.
Arts Emergency mentors work voluntarily with a young person over the course of a year, helping them to gain confidence, connections and the advice they need to succeed in their chosen subject/industry.
ice&fire
Since 2020 I have led community and educational outreach for ice&fire's new project - a verbatim musical exploring sex education, relationships, and consent.
On behalf of ice&fire, i forged connections with schools, charities, youth grouos and more to facilitate workshops with young people to develop this verbatim script in their own words. Since I have led tour booking with schools, working in tandem with organisations like Drama UK to reach Priority Places.
Omnibus Theatre
I am the learning and participation producer at Omnibus, a multi-award-winning independent theatre in Clapham. We provide a platform for new writing and interdisciplinary work, aiming to give voice to the underrepresented and challenge perceptions. I am rebuilding the participatory producing department, managing fundraising, facilitation Here, I develop the artistic vision for participatory work within education and communities, ensuring that the voices of community participants are represented at any strategic planning stage of relevant projects. I manage fundraising opportunities, project manage and deliver ROUTES among other theatre engagement work.
Click here to discover the full Omnibus participation programme
Arts Award
Interested in your young people gaining their arts award?
Through Arts Award, young people get actively involved in creative activities and produce their own art work.s. Since Arts Award’s launch in 2005, over 240,000 awards have been achieved at one of five levels. A three year study comissioned by Trinity College London and Arts Council England showed that the five key benefits for young people doing Arts Award are:
LIFE SKILLS
Transferable skills of organisation and leadership
ARTS CHOICES
Supporting successful applications for further study
ACCREDITATION
A highly respected and truly universal qualification
CREATIVE PATHWAYS
Nurturing understanding of routes to employment in the creative and cultural sector
ENTREPRENEURIAL SKILLS
Independent learning, communication and networking
Participation Producing
Are you an organisation trying to build connections with audiences and partners?
I have built relationships with schools and youth organisations to develop workshops, R&D's and tour routes. Working within communities, particularly with underepresented groups, to foster and nurture relationships with arts organisation is a specialty area of mine.
Get in touch or click here to learn about my freelance producing rates
