Benchtours 

During my 15 years with Benchtours Theatre I worked as workshop facilitator as well as performer, creating related workshop programmes in schools, colleges, adult training centres, unemployed workers centres with people of all ages and abilities. 

This includes working with students from RSAMD, Telford College, Queen Margaret College (both Edinburgh), Dundee Arts Centre and Aberdeen Teacher Training College.

 Theatre Urubaru - Finland & Sweden

Sweden and Finland. Director, teacher and writer of "Noah Part 1 & 2", a street show performed in the darkly satirical "Bouffon" style of theatre.  The first part was created in Sweden and the second in Finland. The company consisted of an international group of ex students from the Copenhagen' "Commedia School".  The show toured successfully throughout Scandinavia.

Imphal Arts Laboratory - India

Manipur, NE India.  Researching and photographing the martial art of "Thang Ta" for International Workshop Festival's "Way of the Warrior" season in London and Dusseldorf. 

Kaleidoscope Theatre - Denmark

Workshop co-ordinator at this Copenhagen theatre workshop space. Facilitated workshops in the "Bouffon" style of theatre with a selected group of professional Danish actors.

Strathclyde University

Script Development.  Working with students on the play writing course.  Involved heightening awareness of performance possibilities such as playing styles and ideas of space.

Survivors Poetry

Directed "Radio SPS" following a long period of intensive workshops. Survivors Poetry arose out of Arts Advocacy and consists of writers who are or have been receiving treatment for the purposes of "improving mental health".

Inverclyde Youth Theatre

Greenock. Co Director/teacher and writer of "The Good Ship India".  This musical street performance was created over a five-week period of workshops and rehearsals. This was the first stage of a larger project marking the "Tall Ships" in Greenock in 1999

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Role Play Work

Kwacha National Troupe- Malawi

Teacher, performer, writer.  The "Preacherman" project was produced by the British Council in East Africa as part of Scotland/Africa Year.  Over a period of six weeks Scots actors and dancers, musicians from the Kwacha National Cultural troupe created this large scale theatre spectacle based on the life of Dr David Livingstone. It toured overland to villages throughout Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia .

Assisted in the creating of modules (Street Theatre, Devising Theatre, Clown) for the BA Contemporary Theatre Practices Course.

Outside assessor for movement department responsible for grading 2^nd year acting course students. 

Director/tutor for MA course solo show at Edinburgh Festival. 

Guest workshop teacher in Clown and Bouffon.

International Schools Theatre Association

Teaching world wide a variety of purpose built workshops such as "Bouffon", "Melodrama", "Script Development" and "Devising a Show" to schoolchildren and teachers in International Schools throughout Europe and India

The Arches Theatre

Glasgow.  Movement Director on "Caligari". Involved in the creation of highly stylised movement with large chorus of performers of varying levels of experience.

Kaleidoscope Theatre - Denmark

Workshop co-ordinator at this Copenhagen theatre workshop space. Facilitated workshops in the "Bouffon" style of theatre with a selected group of professional Danish actors.

Drumchapel Unemployed Workers Centre

Taught job seeking skills (interview techniques, confidence building etc) to school leavers and long term unemployed.

 Which? Theatre Co

North England. Writer and director. The project also called "Which?" was an experimental project involving three professional actresses. Supported by the English Arts Council, it was performed as a "work-in -progress" at a number of theatres in the North of England.