Publications - Conference Papers/Performances - Conferences organised - Professional Practice - Other

Publications

2009 (with Nunes-Tucker, A.) 'Reflection in Action' in Kelly, R., McLean, C. (eds.) (2010) Creative Arts in Interdisciplinary Practice: Inquiries for Hope and Change Detselig/Temeron Books (Chapter invited, currently being peer reviewed)

2009 (with Diedrich, A. and Nunes-Tucker, A.) 'Reflecting on Performance' in Johns, C. (ed.) (2010) Guided Reflective Practice London, Blackwell

2000 (with Richard Boon) 'Maps of the World' in Modern Drama, Vol XLI, No.4, Winter 1999, pp.635-659

1999 'Actors, Players and Citizens: An Exploration of Howard Barker's Use of National Identity as the Basis for Theatrical Form' in Concepts: Theatre and National Identity, Unitext, pp.39-50

1998 'Dramatising the Word (2)' in Leeds Studies in English, XXIX, 1998, pp.293-303

1998 (contributor and co-editor with Chris Jowett) In the Beginning, Leeds: Alumnus 1998.

1998 'Dramatising the Word (1)', Studies in Theatre Production, 16, pp.78-83

1994 'Introduction' to Minna by Howard Barker, Leeds:Alumnus, 1994

1993 'Introduction' to Howard Barker's Arguments for a Theatre (first and second editions), Manchester University Press, pp.3-13

1992 'The Playwright as Tragic Protagonist', Studies in Theatre Production, 6, pp.43-50

1990 (with Professor Martin Banham) 'Wole Soyinka at Leeds', The University of Leeds Review, Vol 33, 1990/91, pp.51-58

Conference Papers/Performances

2010 (with Maria Fordham) 'No Place' Performance Presentation for NHS Bedfordshire Health and Homelessness Conference

2010 (with April Nunes Tucker) 'Please Don't Use The Word Pain' Keynote Presentation for 16th International Reflective Practice Conference, University of Bedfordshire, UK (June)

2009 (with Mary Steadman) 'Last Night I Dreamt My House Was Leaking...' Performance presentation for Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects, Ninth Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association, Lancaster University

2009 (with April Nunes) 'Reflection in Action/Performing Practice' Keynote Presentation at 15th International Reflective Practice Conference, University of Limerick

2008 'You Can't Act Depressed: Rehearsing Sarah Kane's 4:48 Psychosis' for 14th International Reflective Practice Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand

2008 (with April Nunes/Chris Johns) 'Climbing Walls' Keynote Presentation and Dialogue at 14th International Reflective Practice Conference, Rotorua, New Zealand

2006 (with Mike Carter, Mary Steadman) 'Performer Training in HE - A Provocation' at the TAPRA Annual Conference, London

2006 (with Mike Carter, Mary Steadman) 'Creating the Creative: Performer Training in Higher Education' for AITU 2006 World Congress, Urbino

2005 (with Mike Elliston) 'Theatricalising John Donne' for The John Donne Society Annual Conference at LSA, Baton Rouge

1996 'Howard Barker: Nationalism and Transgression' for European Nationalism Conference, Romania

1996 'Howard Barker and the Possibilities of Catastrophe' for The University of Cape Town, South Africa

1996 'Wole Soyinka: The Problems of Art' for Hull University

Conferences organised

2010 Co-organiser (with Professor Chris Johns) 16th International Reflective Practice Conference, Bedford, UK (June)

1999 Conference Co-organiser and contributor for Victorian Theatres in Leeds, a one day conference representing Leverhulme funded research findings.

Professional Practice

2012 Deviser/Director (in collaboration with Mike Carter, Antje Diedrich) of an adaptation of The Sandman by Hoffmann

2012 Performer in Trailer/trash by Mike Elliston, directed by David Verrey at The Hen & Chickens, Islington (25 October - 10 November)

2012 Performer and Co-Deviser of Trying to Be Tom Waits in association with the Oxjam Takeover Event

2012 Performer in The Beast Within by Mike Carter, with LifeBox Theatre Co.

2012 Producer of Divine Nights, a performance experience, at The Bierkeller Theatre, Bristol

2011 Performer and Co-Deviser of Fugitive Songs at Bath Spa Live (Feb), The Brewery, Bristol (April), International Performance Festival, Mainz (May), Brighton Fringe (May), Houston Fringe Festival (Aug)

2010 Performer and Co-Deviser of Please Don't Use The Word 'Pain' University of Bedfordshire Theatre (Senior TestBeds) (November)

2009 Performer and Co-Deviser of Last Night I Dreamt My House Was Leaking... Sprint Festival, Camden People's Theatre

2009 Performer and Co-Deviser of Last Night I Dreamt My House Was Leaking... British Live Art Festival, Performing Arts Depot, Mainz, Germany

2009 Co-organiser of ScriptBeds, a Festival of New Writing originating from and performed in Bedford

2008 Performer and Co-Devisor of Last Night I Dreamt My House Was Leaking... Bath Spa Festival Live

2003-05 Dramaturg/Director on the Reinvention/Theatricalising John Donne project

1999 Director for Blank Canvas Theatre Co. on Beauty and the Gaze by Linda Taylor, performed at the Hill Street Venue for the Edinburgh Festival.

1998 Co-director of Caryl Churchill and David Lan's A Mouthful of Birds for the University of Murcia, Spain

1998 Actor/Deviser - A Knight's Mare, performed at the Workshop Theatre, Leeds and The Boilerhouse Arts Venue, Huddersfield

1997 Director of Caryl Churchill's Top Girls and Harold Pinter's Mountain Language for the University of Murcia, Spain.

1996 Co-director of Mankind for the Medieval Theatre Convention, Camerino, Italy.

1996 Actor - British premiere production of Ego in Arcadia by Howard Barker at Huddersfield University.

1995 Three months research and teaching at the University of Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania

1994 Director - Professional tour of Spanish Universities and Theatres with the premiere production of Howard Barker's Minna

1992 Actor/Deviser - The Sadeian Songbook at the ICA Theatre, London

1991 Director - The Queen With Rotting Teeth by Mike Elliston at the Theatre at the Mill, Bradford

1990 Director - The Changeling by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley for the Leeds Actors' Co.

1989 Director - Here Comes a Chopper by Eugene Ionesco for Bag of Heads Theatre Co. at the De Marco venue for the Edinburgh Festival

1989 Director - The Possibilities by Howard Barker at The Arts Centre, Winchester

1984-6 Understudy/Assistant Stage Manager - The Mousetrap at St Martin's Theatre, West End, London

1984 Co-Producer/Director - Engaged by W.S.Gilbert at the Arts Centre, West End, London

1983 Understudy/ASM - British Council Tour of India with John Russell Brown.

1982 Deputy Stage Manager - Amadeus by Peter Shaffer, directed by Sir Peter Hall at Her Majesty's Theatre, West End, London

1982 Deputy Stage Manager - The Crucible by Arthur Miller for The Royal National Theatre in the West End, Comedy Theatre

1981 ASM - resident in the Cottesloe for The Royal National Theatre. Actor/ASM on The Mysteries by Tony Harrison, directed by Bill Bryden

1981 Director - The Maids by Jean Genet for Soi-Disant Theatre Co. at The British Theatre Association, London

1980 ASM - resident at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith

1979 ASM/DSM - resident at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre

1979 Director - The Diary of a Madman by Gogol at The Brum Studio

1978 ASM - resident at Nottingham Playhouse

Other

1998-99 (with Tim Skelly and Dr Gail Marshall) Leverhulme Funding for Victorian Theatres in Leeds project

1996 'The Actor, Desire, and the Text', a Weekend Acting Workshop for Huddersfield University