Role: Movement Director Directed by Heidi Bird Performed by The Watermill Youth Ensemble (11-25).  BSL integrated. Based on Erich Kästner's classic novel, adapted by Carl Miller. When Emil gets robbed on the train, he works together with a gang of children to chase Mr Snow across Berlin and get his money back. Performed at The Watermill Theatre.
Role: Movement Director Directed by Heidi Bird Performed by The Watermill Youth Ensemble (11-25).  BSL integrated. Based on Erich Kästner's classic novel, adapted by Carl Miller. When Emil gets robbed on the train, he works together with a gang of children to chase Mr Snow across Berlin and get his money back. Performed at The Watermill Theatre.
Role: Director Performed by the Watermill Theatre Youth Ensemble (16-25 year olds) plus a BSL integrated performer A Monster Calls based on the novel by Patrick Ness. A story of mischief, grief, healing and finding the courage to survive. This story explores the bravery it takes to face the true in our darkest moments. Performed at the Watermill Theatre. Photo: Phillip Tull
Role: Director Performed by Watermill Youth Ensemble (11-25). Two casts of 30 young people in each cast. When the Darling family’s world is rocked, a window opens into a world of opportunities and adventure that may help Wendy find the answers she seeks. Taking a leap of faith, Wendy and her brothers follow Peter Pan to Neverland, where they discover the extraordinary home of the Lost Boys. Performed at The Watermill Theatre. Designer: Alfie Heywood Lighting: Brett Kasza Photos: Jamie Ledwit
Role: Co-director & writer Performers: 11-Adults How do you find justice for crimes only you believe in, resolve disputes now distant in time and space? What is true to one person is unreal to the next…nothing but a dream…who’s reality should we believe? Devised, scripted and written using members of the casts real stories about fleeing to Britain as asylum seekers. The story looked at how people used imagination to escape from the horrors of real life.
Director & adapted for stage. Performers: 11-15yr A world theatre premiere - an adapted version of the story including devised physical theatre sections & traditional storytelling techniques. This tale explores poverty, child abuse, greed & exploitation & the power of storytelling to save & destroy us. Set in 2046, in an England partly underwater, Lee Raven, has stolen something he really didn't mean to. Now he faces a perilous flight through London as he tries to escape.
Director & Writer Performers 14-19 years New writing looking at identity & the power of secret. If we have to keep part of our identity secret from those we love, what happens when it's let out? How do people perceive you if they don’t know the whole you? Codebreakers of Bletchley Park were a secret force in WW2. They had little idea of how their work would impact their lives & on the future & had to keep it secret at all costs.
‘Sinbad The Sailor’, ‘The Prince and the Tortoise’ & ‘Aladdin’ Role: Director & adapted the story Performers: 3 different groups 14-19, 8-10 and 6-8year olds Part of an epic retelling of the Arabian Nights. With a selection of the stories each being told by a different company.
Role: Director & adapted the story Performers: 3 different groups 14-19, 8-10 and 6-8year olds Part of an epic retelling of the Arabian Nights in a show called ‘Stories for Survival’. With a selection of the stories each being told by a different company. Each piece was adapted for stage with scripted sections and room for each of the companies to devise sections of work.
Director A collaborative project for 8-9 year olds, combining dance and drama to create a performance using stories from around the world.
Role: Co-director & writer Performers: 8-9s and 14-19s. A piece exploring and celebrating black history. Looking at the life of Nelson Mandela and the role he and his counterparts played in history. Combining physical theatre, storytelling, historical text and music.