I have been teaching theatre-making, movement, physical theatre and performance since 1980 to students of all ages, from 11 - 90 years, with a range of abilities and attitudes, within and outside educational institutions.
My workshops are student-centred with an emphasis on ensemble work and collaboration. I believe I create an atmosphere, which is both exhilarating and demanding as well as relaxed and supportive.
I am especially interested in exploring ways to create the best possible environment for people to learn, imagine and create.
My work can be described as a blend of physical theatre, movement, live and visual art, which is often developed in collaboration with artists from different disciplines. Somehow this particular and perhaps peculiar blend of forms lends itself well to be transferred to almost any education and community context or situation and has the possibility to enable participants in workshops I facilitate to begin to re-think, re-imagine and re-discover their potential for creativity and making 'art'.
I am currently studying for a PhD...in walking...at the University of West of England. This focusses on people's everyday walks to and from their home to work, school, the shops, pub, church, mosque and bus stop...
As part of this I have been working on themes of home and journeys with a women's group from Community at Heart. We are in the process of completing a visual art piece which will be on show at the Community at Heart Centre in Barton Hill from the middle of April, with a launch party on Thursday, April 17th 2008.
I am also interested in working with schools and other groups who are excited by the idea of taking the daily walk as a starting point for exploring personal stories, memories as well as local geography, history and ecology. | 
