I am a skilled and experienced facilitator focused on: collective making, imagination, and the powerful act of telling our own stories in our own voices. Contact to enquire about me leading workshops with your community, collective, or company.
facilitationyoung peopleI am currently a freelance practitioner with Edinburgh Youth Theatre and Firefly Arts, designing, delivery, and assisting drama classes for young people aged 5 to 11, , developing their skills in world building and collaborative story telling, as well as building confidence through performing.
I assist at Soundplay Projects, helping to facilitating play spaces for early years, workshops for ASN classes, and technical needs for resident artists.
The photo to the left was taken during the R&D for Dr Aby Watson’s “besides/with”, exploring neurodivergent connection.
In 2022, I created a performance in collaboration with a group of 9-11 year olds from Easterhouse, titled Lost and Found, exploring ideas of growing up and lost childhood.
The show was set in The Land of Lost Things, a cardboard box world featuring the river of misplaced socks and the mountain of broken chairs. The work was tender, playful, and importantly inter-generational.
workshops for adultsI lead workshops rooted in my own poetry practice, including exercises that explore collaborative writing, post-modern approaches to poetry, and poetry as a visual art. I have found that these workshops foster a sense of community between the writers, and has been overwhelmed by feedback expressing how these sessions have given experienced artists a new lens to approach writing through.
To the right is an example of piece created by one writer in a workshop, experimenting with creative approaches to omission poetry:
I also lead workshops for non-professional artists, often using art-making to discuss topics pertinent to a certain community. In 2024, I visited a group at KMC to explore labyrinth making. The group chatted and collectively painted a labyrinth, leaving the art piece for all members of the community to walk and explore.
