I specialise in an improvised and spontaneous style of performance which I call Theatre of the Fool.
This has a special focus on exciting chorus work, in which individuals within an ensemble follow, lead, listen and adapt.
A play is created as if from ‘nothing’, a story unfolding in deeply emotive detail.

Fooling is about creativity itself, because it is about being free enough to play with possibilities. The person is liberated from the concept of 'getting it wrong'.

It is permission to innovate, license to fool.

It applies to more than the art of performance but to any discipline where more creativity and playfulness would be of benefit.

It provides a safe, supportive environment for the individual’s self-confidence to be found and trusted.

It is an opportunity to develop self-motivation, communication and self-assessment.

Working with how we locate and develop the physical, technical and psychological tools needed to create theatre- and /or film-based performance work, I encourage and support participants to have a personal relationship with the parts they play and the shapes they create.
So far, amongst other things, this style of working has been applied to helping young people find integration in a school setting, facilitating eco-workshops and community building.

What is the Curiosity Engine?

Imagine a machine that can be set to explore any enquiry you might have about anything:
a self-sustaining process which is powered by curiosity.

Now imagine that you are an integral part of this synergetic creation; that your ideas and impulses, no matter how outlandish, are always relevant and always accepted.

Imagine being inside a question and being able to change shape to become the solution.