I have many years of experience of teaching drama, playwriting, study skills and IT to students from 12 to 82 years old.
| The work | Details |
|---|---|
| Birkbeck College, University of London | I gave a Drama Masterclass in June 2006. I was on Birkbeck’s panel of lecturers for Creative Writing from 2006 until 2012 and taught a module there every year. |
| University of Brighton | In 2011 and 2012 I taught Degree and Foundation Degree students Professional Practice and Requirements Analysis at Brighton’s Hastings campus. |
| Brunel University | I taught on the Introduction to Writing Drama module. |
| Mousetrap Theatre Projects … | … in conjunction with writernet and The Citizenship Foundation. May-July 2007. An in school project at Park View Academy, Tottenham. A series of playwriting workshops with year 8 and 10 pupils. The work was inspired by Diane Samuels play Kindertransport and citizenship issues. A showcase of selected work from participating schools was presented at The Arts Theatre in July 2007. |
| postSCRIPT | postSCRIPT were a Birmingham-based performance writers’ group. I ran a series of full day Saturday workshops for them at Millenium Point in 2006. The mentoring scheme was supported by SCRIPT |
| Midlands Arts Centre (mac) | A Creative Playwriting Course taught with Deborah Catesby. This was a fortnightly course for first time playwrights. The course ran over 2 terms. It first ran in 2002/3 and again in 2003/4. In 2004/5 I taught it solo. |
| artworcs | In October 2005 I ran a one day Writing for Theatre workshop for artworcs at The Number 8 Community Arts Centre in Pershore.In 2005 I ran a series of workshops with Sheila Farrell as part of artworcs’ Upside Down and Back to Front project. I ran a Making a Scene one-day playwriting for beginners workshop for the company in 2003. |
| Swan Playwrights | I was a founder member of this performance writers’ group. I led several playwriting workshops for them. I directed a showcase for them in December ’03. |
| Birmingham City University | From September 2004 until July 2009 I was a part-time drama lecturer at BCU teaching Writing for Performance, Drama, Theories of Performance and Modern British Drama. I taught at BCU as a sessional lecturer from Autumn 2003. |
| The University of Worcester | I’ve taught drama modules on Theatre Reviewing and British TV Drama. I have guest lectured on playwriting at undergraduate and masters level. I’ve also taught several Information Technology modules. |
| University of Birmingham | Guest lecture (2002) on writing for community theatre for the MPhil in Playwriting Studies. In July 2004 Deborah Catesby and I ran a Play in a Week summer course for their continuing education centre. |
| University of Westminster | 2009/10: Sessional lecturer – Programming Methodology (Java) and Communication and Learning Skills 2008/9: Sessional Lecturer – Perspectives of Computer Science. |
| Worcester Swan Theatre | Sessional worker leading writing workshops for young people at schools and colleges in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. 2002/3 Pearson writer-in-residence. |
| New Theatre Works / Hereford Courtyard | 2003 Pearson writer-in-residence. After the residency finished I continued to work with NTW, assisting with their New Playwrights group and directing for their new writing showcases. |
| Script reading | For SCRIPT (formerly Stagecoach!), Worcester Swan Theatre, New Theatre Works, f-l-i-p and Swan Playwrights. |
| Mentoring | Trained as a mentor with A+MTC. In 2003/4 I mentored a playwright as part of her ACEWM Creative Ambitions award. |
| Youth theatre | Sessional worker at Worcester Swan Theatre from 1998-2002. |
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