I’m originally from South Africa, where I spent a number of years studying and teaching psychology. It was at some point during my research into daydreaming that I realised I was being pulled towards something else. So it was that I packed up my life in sunny South Africa and moved to the UK to begin in the theatre. I studied Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway College and then Theatre Directing at RADA. My primary focus is on making my own work, however my productions far have run the gamut from Shakespeare to new writing.

I have the affliction of not liking to be pinned down about the focus of my work, a quality I share with many colleagues. I will, nonetheless, make an attempt. Some of my interests are: failures of empathy and by extension failures to recognise shared humanity; exploring ways to have better conversations and disagreements, especially between people who are fundamentally ideologically opposed; celebrating diversity and doing what I can to increase opportunities and space in the arts.

Fundamentally, I have found myself looking for some element of optimism in each piece I create. Cynicism is easier, as is simply reflecting negativity. I seek to be relentlessly optimistic and through my art, in whatever small ways I can achieve, bring people together.