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SLT Member 2002-2003 and 2005-Present

Productions as Director (SLT)

• Dying For It (2025) (Old Fire Station)
• The Hound of the Baskervilles (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• Strength and How to Obtain It (Summer Shorts) (2023) (Old Fire Station)
• Gabriel (2023) (Old Fire Station)
• Bottling It (Summer Shorts) and The Most Hardened Creature (Summer Shorts) (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Hapgood (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• Burning (Summer Shorts) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Being Friends & Lost (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Good (2020) (Old Fire Station)
• The Night Heron (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Fest Norwood (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Fest Norwood (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• A Chorus of Disapproval (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• The Great Christmas Vaudeville Extravaganza! (2017) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Dancing at Lughnasa (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• I am a Camera (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• The Accrington Pals (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• The Night Season (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• Mrs Klein (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• Brontë (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Oh, What A Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Burnt By The Sun (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• The Birthday Party (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• A Russian In the Woods (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Kafka's Dick (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (2006) (Prompt Corner)

Other Productions as Director

• Flare Path (2018) (KDC Theatre at Barons Court Theatre)
• Frankenstein (2004) (Network Theatre and Edinburgh Fringe)
• The National Health (2003) (Network Theatre)
• Fallen Angels (2003) (SOAP)
• The Accrington Pals (2002) (Network Theatre)
• Habeas Corpus (2001) (Network Theatre)
• Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead]] (2001) (SOAP)
• Journey's End (2000) (Network Theatre)
• On the Razzle (1999) (Network Theatre)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1998) (Network Theatre)
• The Visit (1997) (Network Theatre)
• Facing Backwards (1996) (GEOIDs)
• Good (1996) (Network Theatre)

Productions as Assistant Director

• The Penelopiad (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Kiss Me Like You Mean It (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Bluebird (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Aspidistra Resistance (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• Heather (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Pomona (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Swive (Elizabeth) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• The Children (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui (2024) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Writer

• Burning (Summer Shorts) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Strength and How to Obtain It (Summer Shorts) (2023) (Old Fire Station)

Productions as Stage Manager

• Dublin Carol (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• Proof (2009) (Prompt Corner)

Productions as Assistant Stage Manager

• A Slice of Saturday Night (2008) (Bell Theatre)

Productions as Lighting Operator

• The Great Christmas Vaudeville Extravaganza! (2017) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls) with Naomi Liddle, Kathryn Ramsay and Mike Smart

Productions as Costume Designer

• Swive (Elizabeth) (2021) (Old Fire Station)
• Father of Lies (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Aspidistra Resistance (2018) (Old Fire Station)
• The Misanthrope (2018) (Old Fire Station) with Caroline Doyle
• Edith In the Dark (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Jeeves and Wooster in Perfect Nonsense (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• The Crocodile (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls) with Naomi Liddle
• Dancing at Lughnasa (2017) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Bette and Joan (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• I am a Camera (2016) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Joseph K (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• The Accrington Pals (2015) (Bell Theatre)
• The Thrill of Love (2015) (Prompt Corner) with Laura Miller
• Mrs Klein (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• Much Ado About Nothing (2014) (Bell Theatre) with Jane O'Hanlon
• Hobson's Choice (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• Butley (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Bent (2013) (Bell Theatre)
• Brontë (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• Oh What a Lovely War (2012) (Bell Theatre) with Caroline Doyle
• The White Devil (2012) (Prompt Corner) with Val Williams
• The Penelopiad (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• Enjoy (2012) (Prompt Corner)
• Our Country's Good (2012) (Bell Theatre) Military Uniforms
• The Importance of Being Earnest (2012) (Bell Theatre)
• The Merchant of Venice (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• Breaking the Code (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Present Laughter (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• An Experiment with an Air Pump (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Burnt by the Sun (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• The Seagull (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Comedy of Errors (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• The Ruling Class (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• The Actor's Nightmare & Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• Measure for Measure (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• Schweyk in the Second World War (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• The House of Bernarda Alba (2009) (Prompt Corner)
• House of Demons (2009) (Bell Theatre)
• A Russian in the Woods (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• The Fire Raisers (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• A Day in the Death of Joe Egg (2007) (Prompt Corner)
• The Dust Collectors (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• The Monster Quest (2006) (Prompt Corner)
• Serjeant Musgrave's Dance (2006) (Bell Theatre)
• Dracula Spectacula (2005) (Bell Theatre)
• A Clockwork Orange (2005) (Bell Theatre) with Michelle Thomson

NB. I love making 'specials' - elaborate period stuff for both men and women, including corsets and period dresses, the odd wedding dress or evening gown, men's suits and uniforms (!). Show me a picture and I can probably do something.

Props

• Mirror, Mirror On The Wall (2021) (Old Fire Station)

Other costumes for:

Costumes

• Queers (2024) (Old Fire Station) with Jess Osorio and Jenny Bennett
• Copenhagen (2024) (Old Fire Station) with Caroline Doyle
• Orca (2024) (Old Fire Station)
• Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (2022) (Old Fire Station)
• A Christmas Carol (2019) (Old Fire Station) - costume for Tiny Tim puppet
• Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2019) (Old Fire Station)
• Jack (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls) with Jenni Chadney, Jenny Bennett, Naomi Liddle & Caroline Doyle
• Phileas Fogg's frock coat for Around The World In Eighty Days (2016) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls)
• Oliver! (2015) (Main Hall, Stanley Halls) with Kay George
• The Government Inspector (2015) (Upper Hall, Stanley Halls)
• The Pride (2015) (Prompt Corner)
• Jack the Ripper (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• The Browning Version (2014) (Prompt Corner)
• Educating Rita (2014) (Bell Theatre)
• The Shape of Things (2014) (Bell Theatre) with Michelle Thomson
• Calendar Girls (2014) (Bell Theatre) with Jess Osorio
• The Piper (2013) (Bell Theatre) with SLT Sewing Club & Jenni Chadney
• Little Shop of Horrors (2013) (Bell Theatre) with Caroline Doyle, Naomi Liddle & Val Williams
• Brontë (2013) (Prompt Corner) with Caroline Doyle, Kathryn Ramsay & Naomi Liddle
• Birds Still Fly & Over the Top (2013) (Prompt Corner)
• The Hypochondriac (2013) (Bell Theatre} with Caroline Doyle & Naomi Liddle
• Kes (2013) (Bell Theatre) with Jess Osorio
• Snow White (2012) (Bell Theatre) with Michelle Thomson, Carole Coyne, Alan Buckman, Caroline Doyle, Kathryn Ramsay, Matthew Lyne, Siobhan Campbell & Jenny Gammon
• Babes in the Wood (2011) (Bell Theatre) with Helen Todd, Michelle Thomson, Naomi Liddle, Caroline Doyle & Siobhan Campbell
• A Wedding Story (2011) (Prompt Corner)
• Entertaining Mr Sloane (2011) (Bell Theatre)
• The Thwarting of Baron Bolligrew (2010) (Bell Theatre)
• The Other Cleopatra (2010) (Bell Theatre) with Jenny Gammon & Val Williams
• Cleo, Camping, Emmanuelle and Dick (2010) (Bell Theatre) with Michelle Thomson
• Silver Johnny's jacket for Mojo (2010) (Prompt Corner)
• Dick Whittington (2009) (Bell Theatre) with Alan Buckman, Val Williams, Rachel Judge, Penny Allen, Hazel Hindle, Lian Stephens, Debs Gowans, Caroline Doyle, Shona Doyle, Gavin Parker & James Hough
• Daisy Pulls it Off (2009) (Bell Theatre) with Val Williams, Anthea Martin, Emma Kerby-Evans & Michelle Thomson
• Bullshot Crummond (2008) (Prompt Corner)
• A Slice of Saturday Night (2008) (Bell Theatre)Men's Jackets
• Dracula (2008) (Bell Theatre)
• Aladdin (2007) (Bell Theatre) with Jenni Chadney, Michelle Thomson & Jenny Clements
• The Sleeping Beauty (2006) (Bell Theatre)

Many shows for other companies over the years, including The Gondoliers, Kiss Me Kate, Tickets to Heaven, Lady Be Good, Orpheus in the Underworld, Patience, Valmouth, Lust, Sweet Charity, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Guys and Dolls for GEOIDs AOS.

Set Construction

• Flatspin (2013) (Bell Theatre)

Poster designer

• Dying For It (2025) (Old Fire Station)

Other SLT Roles

• Theatre Director - 2009 - 2018
• Director without Portfolio - 2019 -

Honours

• Bar Champion 2008/9
• Runner-up Bar Champion 2009/10
• Runner-up Bar Champion 2014/15
• Bar Champion 2018/19
• Bar Champion 2019/20
• Runner-up Bar Champion 2021/22

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