Work

GROOVE

2022
Performance

Outbox and Shoredtich Town Hall present -

Venues & dates:
Oxford House, London
20 Sept - 1 Oct

Contact, Manchester
5 - 7 Oct

Based on the real stories and testimonies of LGBTQIA+ people across generations, GROOVE is a brand new performance exploring the dance floor as a place of protest, identity, belonging and desire, embracing what it means to be queer, then, now, and in the future.

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GROOVE Participation

2022 - in progress
Participation

Partner projects to the GROOVE show inspired by music and dance floor and that will bring together queer people from across the generations.

BRIGHTER

2020-ongoing
Writing-for-performance project
Series of short films

A free online writing-for-performance project worked in collaboration with LGBTQIA+ groups across the country.

Writing submitted was published as a collection both online and in print as the BRIGHTER booklet and we made 4 short films. Read more︎︎︎

And The Rest of Me Floats

2017-19
Performance

Bush Theatre, London (2019)

Rose Lipman Building, London/
SHOUT Festival, Birmingham REP) (2017)

A devised show all about the messy business of gender. Performers from across the trans, non-binary, and queer communities weave together autobiographical performance, movement, pop songs, stand-up and dress-up in an anarchic celebration of gender expression and identity. Read more︎︎︎

affection

2016
Performance

The Glory, London/
A. E. Harris, Birmingham

A devised show about bodies, intimacy and HIV.

This is 2016: More gay men than ever are contracting HIV, confusion surrounds what it is to be positive and undetectable, the government are denying medicine to the most vulnerable and at-risk. Read more︎︎︎

HOOKUP

2015
Performance

Queer Show and Tell festival, Hackney Showroom, London/
Contact, Manchester

A wonderland of camp and catwalks from a collection of intergenerational stories. Amidst the glitter, smoke & mirror balls, HOOKUP takes a frank and intimate look at the fears and thrills of discovering sex and sustaining your sexuality across the decades. Read more︎︎︎

Snapshots

2014
Performance

Arcola Theatre, London

A collection of short plays by established and emerging LGBTQIA+ playwrights around a particular aspect of queer life. This sell-out show saw contributions from Alexi Kaye Campbell (The Pride) and Tom Wells (Jumpers for Goalposts). Read more︎︎︎

You Could Move

2013
Performance

Arcola Theatre, London/
Contact, Manchester

You Could Move mixes up verbatim with physical storytelling, evocative soundscape, glamour, grit and gay abandon to portray contemporary scenes of queer life. Read more︎︎︎

Reach Out and Touch Me

2012
Performance

Shoredtich Town Hall

Reach Out and Touch Me looks at what it takes to be part of a community, how far people will go to connect and what truly defines queer culture. Read more︎︎︎

The Front Room

2011
Performance

The Drill Hall, London/
mac, Birmingham

The Front Room tells the true stories of defining decades for the LGBTQIA+ community. Based on interviews with people who lived the history, we look at how stories of generations can be erased and re-written.

SSA

2010
Performance

Webber Douglas Studio, London

Based on Professor Michael King's 2009 report 'The response of mental health professionals to clients seeking help to change or redirect their same-sex sexual orientation', in which he uncovers that one in six UK health professionals have assisted at least one client to reduce their gay or lesbian feelings.