Freelance Theatre & Film Director

Resident Director at the National Theatre Studio 

Education Associate Practitioner - Royal Shakespeare Company and ATG

Assistant Director Royal Shakespeare Company 2014-2016

As Director: 

Kitchen Tales (short film 2021), The Apologists (Theatre 505 Sydney, Omnibus Theatre London and Vault Festival), Diamond (BBC Arts and Avalon at Bush Theatre and Underbelly), Queen Margaret, Blue Stockings, As You Like It (Mountview), Because (Theatre Royal Haymarket), Taste of Shakespeare (The Crypt), Feydeau (RSC rehearsed reading), Can’t Stand Up for Falling Down, Night of January 16th (White Bear Theatre), Boston Marriage (Cockpit Theatre), Ironmistress (Karamel Club), Can’t Pay? Won’t Pay! (Granary Theatre, Cork).

As Assistant Director:

The Inheritance (West End, dir. Stephen Daldry), The Birthday Party (Harold Pinter Theatre, dir. Ian Rickson) Queen Anne (RSC, Theatre Royal Haymarket, dir. Natalie Abrahami), The Christmas Truce (RSC, dir. Erica Whyman), Fortune's Fool (Old Vic, dir. Lucy Bailey), The Taming of the Shrew, The King James Bible (Shakespeare’s Globe, dir. Toby Frow, Jaqcui Somerville), The Who's Tommy (Prince Edward Theatre, dir. Raz Shaw), Molly Sweeney (The Print Room, dir. Abigail Graham), but i cd only whisper (Arcola Theatre, dir. Nadia Latif)

As Movement Director: Arcadia (ETT, dir. Blanche McIntyre), Translations (English Touring Theatre, Sheffield Crucible and national tour, dir. James Grieve)

Finalist for JMK Award 2019, shortlisted for Genesis Future Director award 2018, JP Morgan Award 2015 and Longlisted for RTST Director Award 2019.

Education/Training:

PG dip Directing (Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts)

BA - English, Drama & Theatre Studies (UCC, Ireland and UC Berkeley, California)

1. Director - Kitchen Tales (short film)

   written by Anupama Chadrasekhar · Jan 2021 - Apr 2021

2. Director - The Apologists (by Iskandar Sharazuddin, Cordelia O'Neill, Lucinda Burnett)

   Vault Festival 2019, Omnibus Theatre 2020 · Feb 2019 - Mar 2020

3. Director - Queen Margaret (Jeanie O'Hare, adapted from Shakespeare)

   Mountview · Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

4. Resident Director - The Inheritance (dir. Stephen Daldry)

   Noel Coward Theatre, West End · Sep 2018 - Jan 2019

5. Director - Diamond (by Beryl Richards)

   Bush Theatre and Underbelly, Edinburgh · Jul 2018 - Aug 2018

6. Director - As You Like It

   Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Mar 2018 - Apr 2018

7. Assistant Director - The Birthday Party (dir. Ian Rickson)

   Harold Pinter Theatre, Sonia Friedman Productions · Dec 2017 - Dec 2017

8. Director - Because (David Edgar)

   UNHCR at the Theatre Royal Haymarket · Mar 2017 - Mar 2017

9. Assistant Director - Queen Anne (dir. Natalie Abrahami)

   RSC and Theatre Royal Haymarket · Nov 2016 - Sep 2017

10. Director - Blue Stockings (Jessica Swale)

    Bridewell Theatre - Mountview production · May 2016 - Jun 2016

11. Director - Eurydice (Sarah Ruhl)

    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Apr 2015 - Jul 2015

12. Assistant Director - The Christmas Truce (dir. Erica Whyman)

    Royal Shakespeare Theatre · Apr 2014 - Jan 2015

13. Director - Her Naked Skin (Rebecca Lenkiewicz)

    Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts · Mar 2014 - Jun 2014

14. Movement Director - Arcadia (dir. Blanche McIntyre), Translations (dir. James Grieve)

    English Touring Theatre · Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

15. Assistant Director - Fortune's Fool (dir. Lucy Bailey)

    Old Vic Theatre · Nov 2013 - Feb 2013

16. Director - Can't Stand Up for Falling Down (by Richard Cameron)

    White Bear Theatre · Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

17. Director - Boxed In (Ben Ellis)

    Pleasance Theatre · Jan 2013 - Feb 2013

18. Director - The Dream Life of a Social Worker

    Theatre 503 Rapid Write Response · Nov 2012 - Nov 2012

19. Assistant Director - Tommy (dir. Raz Shaw)

    Prince Edward Theatre · Oct 2012 - Oct 2012

20. Assistant Director - Strong Arm

    Old Vic New Voices · Jul 2012 - Aug 2012

21. Assitant Director - The Taming of the Shrew (dir. Toby Frow)

    Shakespeare's Globe Theatre · Jun 2012 - Oct 2012

22. Director - Night of January 16th

    White Bear Theatre · Jan 2012 - Feb 2012

23. Director - Boston Marriage (David Mamet)

    Cockpit Theatre · Jul 2011 - Aug 2011

24. Ironmistress (April de Angelis)

    Karamel Club · Mar 2011 - Mar 2011

1. PG dip Directing

   Mountview · Sep 2010 - Sep 2011

2. BA (hons) English, Drama & Theatre Studies

   University College Cork (Ireland), UC Berkeley (California) · Sep 2007 - Jul 2010