Creative Learning CV

EMPLOYMENT
Strange Town
Theatre Company
2015 –
Present day
Multiple Positions (see below)
2022 – Present dayYouth Theatre Manager
2024 – Present DayDirector of Tuesday 8-25s Auditioned Youth Theatre group
2021 – 2024Director of Monday 8-18s Youth Theatre group.
2019 – Present dayDirector of Wednesday 11-14s Youth Theatre group.
2017 – Present dayDirector & Co-Leader of numerous
‘Create A Play in X Days’
Easter and Summer holiday projects.
2016-20Leader of afterschool drama workshops
at multiple Edinburgh primary schools.
2017-19Assistant Director of
Fridays 11-14s Youth Theatre group.
East Lothian
Youth Theatre
2016 –
2021
Drama Tutor for weekly
Brunton 5-7s Saturday classes.
2016 –
2021
Drama Tutor for weekly
Brunton 8-12s Saturday classes.
Theatre Sans Accents2019 –
2021
Director & Tutor for weekly
English class of La Troupe.
Acting Out Drama School2019 – 2021Director & Tutor for the Advanced Acting Course,
as well as leading summer workshops
Lyceum Youth TheatreSep-Dec 2021Administrative Assistant & Assistant Workshop Leader
for 5-7s & 16-21s
Edinburgh University
(Creative Classrooms)
March 2020Freelance Workshop leader for PGDE undergraduates
learning creative skills for their classroomns
Edinburgh Napier University
(as Postgraduate)
2017-2019Director and Workshop Leader to undergraduate students
as part of MFA Directing postgraduate degree,
Mix-Up Theatre2018Afterschool Drama Workshop Leader
for Trinity P1-2s and P3-7s
Passion4Fusion2016Drama Workshop Leader for summer workshops
Bedlam Youth Project2016-17Co-director for two successive Easter holiday camps
Edinburgh University
(Guest Lecturer)
2015Guest Lecturer, presenting a lecture on how I
integrated the histories of Poppaea Sabina
and Claudia Octavia into a theatrical production.
Current Employment
EDUCATION
PostgraduateMaster of Fine Arts (M.F.A) Directing,
Edinburgh Napier University
Tutors & Course Leader:
Mark Thomson, May Sumbwanyambe
and Dr Donna Soto-Morretini
UndergraduateMaster of Arts (M.A Hons) Ancient and Medieval History,
Edinburgh University
Tutor: Dr Sandra Bingham
Workshop Topics and Skills
Audition & Performance Preparation
Voice Work & Vocal Warm-up
Confidence Building
Mask Work
Playwriting
Stanislavski
Meisner
Physical Theatre
Ancient Greek & Roman Theatre
Shakespeare
20th Century Classics
Renaissance Theatre
History as Theatre
Improvisation
Drama Games
Storytelling
Choose-your-own-adventure
Adaptation
Create a play in a day
Screenwriting
Directing for Fringe
Working with New Writing
List of Workshop topics