My creative practice is grounded in theatre and performance. I undertook professional training at Contact Theatre through their Young Directors’ programme, and at Middlesex University, RESAD Madrid, and GITIS Moscow. From this starting point I began a creative journey which has now lasted for more than twenty years.

I am Director of Small Things Creative Projects, and a fellow of the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and the RSA. I hold a Diploma in Applied Permaculture Design and am a Certified Permaculture Educator. In 2022 I launched the UK’s first Full Permaculture Design Course specifically focused on artists and creatives, and am a pioneer in the exploration of ideas around permaculture design, imagination and art.

In 2017 I established a local community group working to maintain and improve 120 acres of meadows and woodland at the point where the River Roch and River Irwell converge in Bury, North Manchester. In 2023 the site became a local nature reserve – the first to be declared in Bury for over 20 years.