Teaching

I lead workshops, classes and residencies in theatre and filmmaking, including:

Practical workshops for theatre directors
Professional development workshops for theatre directors and makers
Audition technique and screenacting for actors
Practical workshops for screenwriters and playwrights

Recent work:

SEPT 2021 (ONLINE): Adapting from Stage to Screen at Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s National Writing Centre

SEPT 2021 Playwriting With Mark Rosenblatt Amy Rosenthal at Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s National Writing Centre

MARCH 2021 LAMDA Short Films Programme (Writer/Director)

MAY 2020 Course Tutor with Amy Rosenthal on ARVON writer’s week-long residency (Totleigh Barton) CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS

DEC 2019 RADA 2nd Year Screen-Acting Module — Directing 2nd year RADA students for a practical screen-acting module

Experience

I have taught students and professionals at:

The Young Vic’s Genesis Programme (Springboard workshops) and their Schools’ Programme;
The National Theatre Studio Directors’ Course
National Film and Television School (mentoring fiction directors working with actors);
The JMK Trust National Programme - at venues across the country (what is directing?; professional development; many others)
The Bristol Old Vic (Shakespeare with the Young Company);
UCL London
Leeds Playhouse (varied/extensive: professional development, skills, including RTYDS Intro to Directing, project development, playwriting)
Shakespeare workshops for Shakespeare’s Globe Education department
Guildhall School of Speech & Drama (audition technique tutelage)
RADA
Royal Welsh College, Cardiff
National Student Drama Festival
Gorch Brothers in Tokyo (workshops for professional actors)

Artist Development

I have vast experience working in artist development in my previous roles as Studio Associate at the National Theatre, Associate Director at Leeds Playhouse and my longstanding involvement as Vice Chair of the JMK Trust.

At the NT Studio my role was to identify and nurture outstanding young theatre directors, many of whom have gone on to leading roles in the industry, including Ned Bennett, Tinuke Craig, Jude Christian, Rebecca Frecknall, Justin Audibert, Jeff James, Sam Pritchard, Rachel Bagshaw, Rikki Henry and Jay Miller. I also spent over 10 years on the board of the JMK Award, a Trust committed to training young theatre directors and for which I helped to design their pioneering National Programme. The JMK Trust has helped start the careers of major talents including Roy Alexander Weise, Kate Hewitt & Liz Stevenson and further back, Natalie Abrahami, Polly Findlay, Bijan Sheibani and Joe Hill-Gibbins. At Leeds Playhouse, as Associate Director, I led on the design of its vibrant artist development programme.

Contact

To contact me about teaching (with groups or individuals), please drop me a line via the contact page. I’m happy to shape workshops or one-on-one sessions around specific needs.