C.V.
DIRECTOR
(Except where indicated, includes adaptation credit)
2023
EDWARD II
A community-led production for York Shakespeare Project
2022
HEAVEN AND EARTH IN LITTLE SPACE
Site-specific production devised with a community cast for All Saints North Street, York.
THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Artistic Director, coordinating eleven community arts groups.
LINCOLN MYSTERY PLAYS
Performances at Lincoln Cathedral and churches in the surrounding county
2021
THE NORTHERN LASS (Richard Brome)
Rehearsed reading, for York International Shakespeare Festival.
SHAKESPEARE AND THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Contributor and director for a series of excerpts from Shakespeare and the York Mystery Plays, drawing on shared themes and performance styles. With Professor Helen Cooper, Philip Parr, Rowena Hawkins and Damien Cruden. York International Shakespeare Festival.
2020
LINCOLN MYSTERY PLAYS (PART ONE)
A staged reading of the pandemic-delayed Mysteries, performed via Zoom.
YORK MYSTERIES AT HOME
An ongoing series of adaptations of the York Mystery Plays, performed using household items.
2019
BATTLE OF THE BARD
Knock-out competition between every Shakespeare play. The Dogrose, for York International Shakespeare Festival
THE ALCHEMIST (Ben Jonson)
Bronzehead Theatre. The Dogrose, for York International Shakespeare Festival.
2018
YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Artistic Director, coordinating eleven community arts groups.
Individual direction for Guild of Media Arts' "The Annunciation" and "The Shambles Mysteries".
Shortlisted for Outstanding Community Arts Project, York Culture Awards 2018.
TWO NOBLE KINSMEN (William Shakespeare and John Fletcher)
York Shakespeare Project (De Grey Rooms, York, and The Dell, Stratford)
2017
HENRY IV: A PUB WAKE (Adapted from Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2)
Bronzehead Theatre. The Eagle and Child, York, and touring to pubs including Leeds, Ilkley, Helmsley. Part of York International Shakespeare Festival 2017.
THE LAZY TOUR (Adapted from Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins)
Bronzehead Theatre. Rowntree Park and The Shambles Market.
DRACULA (Adapted from Bram Stoker)
Bronzehead Theatre. 41 Monkgate.
2016
RICHARD II (William Shakespeare)
Bronzehead Theatre. Stained Glass Centre York, and Junges Theater Eschwege, Germany.
2015
THE YORK NATIVITY (Adapted from the York Mystery Plays)
York City Centre Churches.
RICHARD II (William Shakespeare)
Bronzehead Theatre. Stained Glass Centre York, and touring to Richmond, Poppleton Tithe Barn, Helmsley Walled Gardens, and Pontefract Castle.
2014
CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF CHRIST (Adapted from the York Mystery Plays)
Butchers Gild. Part of York Mystery Plays 2014, Streets of York.
QUARE (Matthew Wignall)
Off The Rock Productions. Part of FIVE SEASONS QUINTET.
SONNET WALKS (Adapted from William Shakespeare)
York Shakespeare Project. Streets of York.
2013
OLD HAUNTS (Adapted from three medieval ghost stories)
Bronzehead Theatre. Holy Trinity, Goodramgate.
2012
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (William Shakespeare)
York Shakespeare Project. Rowntree Park.
2011
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (Adapted from Robertson Stevenson, with Damien Freddi)
Nightshade Productions, Streets of York.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
2016
YORK MINSTER MYSTERY PLAYS
Dir. Philip Breen with Becky Hope-Palmer
2013
QUICKSAND
Dir. Ruby Clarke
WRITER
A RESURRECTION FOR YORK
Adapted from the York Corpus Christi plays.
Dir. Philip Parr
DIRECTOR
(Except where indicated, includes adaptation credit)
2023
EDWARD II
A community-led production for York Shakespeare Project
2022
HEAVEN AND EARTH IN LITTLE SPACE
Site-specific production devised with a community cast for All Saints North Street, York.
THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Artistic Director, coordinating eleven community arts groups.
LINCOLN MYSTERY PLAYS
Performances at Lincoln Cathedral and churches in the surrounding county
2021
THE NORTHERN LASS (Richard Brome)
Rehearsed reading, for York International Shakespeare Festival.
SHAKESPEARE AND THE YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Contributor and director for a series of excerpts from Shakespeare and the York Mystery Plays, drawing on shared themes and performance styles. With Professor Helen Cooper, Philip Parr, Rowena Hawkins and Damien Cruden. York International Shakespeare Festival.
2020
LINCOLN MYSTERY PLAYS (PART ONE)
A staged reading of the pandemic-delayed Mysteries, performed via Zoom.
YORK MYSTERIES AT HOME
An ongoing series of adaptations of the York Mystery Plays, performed using household items.
2019
BATTLE OF THE BARD
Knock-out competition between every Shakespeare play. The Dogrose, for York International Shakespeare Festival
THE ALCHEMIST (Ben Jonson)
Bronzehead Theatre. The Dogrose, for York International Shakespeare Festival.
2018
YORK MYSTERY PLAYS
Artistic Director, coordinating eleven community arts groups.
Individual direction for Guild of Media Arts' "The Annunciation" and "The Shambles Mysteries".
Shortlisted for Outstanding Community Arts Project, York Culture Awards 2018.
TWO NOBLE KINSMEN (William Shakespeare and John Fletcher)
York Shakespeare Project (De Grey Rooms, York, and The Dell, Stratford)
2017
HENRY IV: A PUB WAKE (Adapted from Shakespeare's Henry IV Parts 1 & 2)
Bronzehead Theatre. The Eagle and Child, York, and touring to pubs including Leeds, Ilkley, Helmsley. Part of York International Shakespeare Festival 2017.
THE LAZY TOUR (Adapted from Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins)
Bronzehead Theatre. Rowntree Park and The Shambles Market.
DRACULA (Adapted from Bram Stoker)
Bronzehead Theatre. 41 Monkgate.
2016
RICHARD II (William Shakespeare)
Bronzehead Theatre. Stained Glass Centre York, and Junges Theater Eschwege, Germany.
2015
THE YORK NATIVITY (Adapted from the York Mystery Plays)
York City Centre Churches.
RICHARD II (William Shakespeare)
Bronzehead Theatre. Stained Glass Centre York, and touring to Richmond, Poppleton Tithe Barn, Helmsley Walled Gardens, and Pontefract Castle.
2014
CRUCIFIXION AND DEATH OF CHRIST (Adapted from the York Mystery Plays)
Butchers Gild. Part of York Mystery Plays 2014, Streets of York.
QUARE (Matthew Wignall)
Off The Rock Productions. Part of FIVE SEASONS QUINTET.
SONNET WALKS (Adapted from William Shakespeare)
York Shakespeare Project. Streets of York.
2013
OLD HAUNTS (Adapted from three medieval ghost stories)
Bronzehead Theatre. Holy Trinity, Goodramgate.
2012
MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR (William Shakespeare)
York Shakespeare Project. Rowntree Park.
2011
DR JEKYLL AND MR HYDE (Adapted from Robertson Stevenson, with Damien Freddi)
Nightshade Productions, Streets of York.
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
2016
YORK MINSTER MYSTERY PLAYS
Dir. Philip Breen with Becky Hope-Palmer
2013
QUICKSAND
Dir. Ruby Clarke
WRITER
A RESURRECTION FOR YORK
Adapted from the York Corpus Christi plays.
Dir. Philip Parr