I left the University of Durham in 1997 with a Master of Engineering degree. Whilst there I was very involved with student theatre, working backstage and designing for many productions. These included  Cyrano de Bergerac, It Runs in the Family, A Month of Sundays, Accrington Pals, Trespass, Henry V and The Wind in the Willows.

I worked for two years for Montgomery Watson Limited as a design engineer in wastewater treatment before completing a Postgraduate Certificate of Education at Loughborough University. As a secondary school teacher I have taught Design and Technology, ICT and Art. 

School productions were the highlight of my school year and I designed Grease at Wilnecote High School and Brother Jacques and West Side Story at Queen Elizabeth’s Grammar School, Ashbourne. I was also Assistant Director for West Side Story. 

In 2004 I attended a scenic art summer school at RADA.

In the year 2005-2006 I attended the Motley Theatre Design Course run by Alison Chitty OBE, Ashley Martin-Davis and Anthony Lamble.

Theatre Design

ORPHEUS by Kenneth McLeish (Battersea Arts Centre, 2008). Directed by James Quaife

THE PENDULUM by Alexander Fiske-Harrison. (Jermyn Street Theatre, 2008) A Mephisto Production, directed by Allison Troup-Jensen

WARRIOR SQUARE by Nick Wood. (A Sheffield Theatres tour, 2008). Directed by Alexander Ferris.

DANCING IN THE DARK  (Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield,2008) Directed by Richard Stone.

PRINTS OF DENMARK by Nick Bain (Tara Studio, London, 2007) A Mixed Company and Tara production. Directed by Mukul Ahmed

200 YEARS (Watford Palace Theatre, 2007) A Watford Palace Theatre production. Directed by Gbolohan Obisesan.

PRINTS OF DENMARK by Nick Bain (Edinburgh Fringe, 2007) Director Mukul Ahmed.

TOPDOG/UNDERDOG by Suzan Lori Parkes (Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 2007). A Sheffield Theatres production in association with Birkbeck University of London. Directed by Allison Troup-Jensen

Associate designer for Alice Purcell on SHARROW STORIES (Crucible Studio, Sheffield, 2007) An Encounters production.

THE WINTER’S TALE by William Shakespeare (QEGS, Ashbourne, 2007) – The Players, directed by Suzanne Alford and Andy Mee

HAPPY DAYS by Samuel Beckett (Madcap Arts Centre, Milton Keynes, 2006) – A Pepper’s Ghost production. Directed by Natasha Ellis, produced by Rosemary Hill.

I have led workshops in Theatre Design at the Crucible Theatre and for Sheffield Galleries Youth Forum, with the later resulting in the installation of a ‘diary room’ in the Graves Art Gallery.

Production Design

RUNNING CRAZY (director Verity Healey, 2006), ILLUMINATION (director Amir Shafiean, 2007). Both were short films produced with the London Film School.