I am a theatre director/deviser, facilitation specialist and community artist | (she/her)
Reading, England
Joined January 2009
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Very excited to be an Associate Director on the NT Connections Festival this year, supporting some amazing companies to bring their shows to the Dorfman!
We’re thrilled to announce the ten companies performing at the @nationaltheatre Connections Festival in our Dorfman Theatre in June!
📷 Andreia Leitao
ALT Young people wearing party hats in front of a pink neon sign reading 'Connections'
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Last week the @DonmarWarehouse #LOCALResidency young artists that I’ve spent the last 3 months creating new work with, shared their 90s Dreamworld horror drama about friendship and a spider called Greg designed by the incredible Alice Hallifax at @HCANews 🕷️
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There was a terrifying soundtrack from @domcoyote and incredible workshops and support from @AminitaFrancis @CuiyiCen and Ayla Wheatley
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Great final day of preparation for #DonmarLOCAL Residencies
Getting ready for our #DonmarLOCAL Residency sharings tomorrow, in partnership with @HCANews and Alice Hallifax, @JordanaGol and @FreyjaWinterson
ALT Set designer Alice Hallifax stands in a courtyard surrounded by stools and ladders with painted tube map patterns
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Amazing start to the year with @DonmarWarehouse @HCANews Local Residency
Big weekend of kicking off this year’s #DonmarLOCAL continues… New LOCAL Residencies with @HCANews and alum from LOCAL projects taking over our @DonmarWarehouse rehearsal site, working to create new work over the next three months with a brilliant team of artists
ALT Donmar warehouse rehearsal room with a group of young people and directors
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Such a privilege to create work with brilliant young artists
✨ Congratulations to all our brilliant young artists from Hampstead School, Haverstock School, Pimlico Academy and Walthamstow School for Girls.
This afternoon they performed on the Donmar Stage as part of our Take the Stage programme!
#DonmarLOCAL
Massive shout out to @phil_mccormack @Sammy_Fiorino and the rest of the Donmar Local team for an amazing project
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I have had such fun working with year 9s at @WalthamstoWSFG on our response to The Band’s Visit
🌠 This Friday, four schools who are taking part in our Take the Stage programme for THE BAND’S VISIT will be sharing their work on our stage with full technical support. They will perform to an invited audience including family, teachers and Donmar staff.
#DonmarLOCAL
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Had a gorgeous first trip to @theatreporto with my nieces on Friday to see the stunning @WADRoars - can’t wait to visit again soon 🐉
Fantastic day note taking for @NTConnections Directors Weekend for the absolutely brilliant @LisaMMcGee and @ThatDesKennedy - I can’t wait to see youth theatres and schools take on The Heights 😍
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So inspired to meet the staff team at Sybil Elgar P16 @Autism and explore this exciting new partnership with @SSF_UK
Had a brilliant afternoon yesterday with the inspiring staff at @Autism Sybil Elgar Post 16 running CPD on animating the People, Places and Themes in Shakespeare for @SSF_UK with @FreyjaWinterson and @louisedefroment
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Thanks for a great morning and much food for thought @CollEnc
We have now co-created the agenda for Utopia or Dystopia? Future Possibilities for Cultural Policy at The World Transformed 1/5. Does policy have a place in culture? #culture #arts #education @TWT_NOW
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Was so amazing to finally see The Trials brought to life by the amazing team @DonmarWarehouse on Saturday, was so inspiring to be a tiny part of this process and to see the impact it's had on young people across London
Your first look at THE TRIALS 🌍 by Dawn King (@wiggedy) with photos by @helenmurraypix
The near future.
The climate crisis is unfolding and our generation is being judged.
The jurors? Children. But are they delivering justice, or serving revenge?
It has been such a joy and a privilege to support this project, this amazing group of young people created fantastic work in such a short space of time captained by the brilliant @knockback78 🔥
A brilliant sunny Sunday on the South Bank @NationalTheatre with @GraeaeJennyS & @knockback78 as part of @we_flytheflag! Inspiring to witness this performance piece inspired by Article 20, the Right to Protest…
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what a project! what a team! cannot wait to see how these young people share their stories next weekend
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Liverpool pals - I’ve been directing the 3rd year musical theatre students at @LTSchool and their show is this week at @HopeStTheatre - they are very brilliant and the show is a gorgeous story with stunning music thanks to wonderful MD @gstrickland91
Proper treat to be working with an amazing group of students and @gstrickland91 on this fab show 🪵
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Such a privilege to be part of this amazing team working with fantastic young people from across London thinking about Climate Crisis and doing lots of theatre making
Day one of the intensives @DonmarWarehouse & @CSSDLondon partnership … massive turnout … our rehearsals rooms are packed with young people and amazing directors & I’ve already lost my first game of Splat!
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It's been so fun creating and delivering the Discover schools programme with the lovely #OmarBynon for this show over the last month. Last night's schools performance at @DonmarWarehouse was 🔥🔥🔥
Hear the fascinating history of Henry V at the Globe 😱
Max Webster's production at @DonmarWarehouse hits UK cinemas 21 April.
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This was the most exciting way to start the year - the NT tech teams and Carmel created the most exciting and technologically astounding workshops and it was a complete joy to mentor one of the groups
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Just been sent the video clips of @anothercarnival first session of The Future is on Fire. Young people making fab new work about the climate emergency with @johnyoung1 @TheThomasFrith I cannot wait to get stuck in in a few weeks for the second half of the process