About me

Having been a drama teacher for 27 years I embarked last year on a full-time MA in Professional Voice Practice at Birmingham School of Acting. I initially trained for the professional theatre at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, and then spent ten years as a lecturer in Drama and Performing Arts at Kidderminster College, teaching primarily BTEC Diplomas in Performing Arts to HND level (specifically Acting, Directing, Playwriting, Arts Administration, Children's Theatre, Production Techniques and Stage Management).
From 1998 to 2015 I was Head of Drama at the King's School, Worcester, teaching Drama throughout 11-18 age range and to GCSE and 'A' level.

I have been closely and actively involved with the Swan Theatre, Worcester, joining the youth theatre in 1974 at the age of ten. As a director I have directed 17 productions since then at the Swan Theatre, the most recent being 'Journey's End' and 'Entertaining Mr Sloane'. I was Assistant Director on major professional productions at Bir