CV
EDUCATION CONTEXTS:
2009- ongoing: Lecturer in Contemporary Performance on the BA Contemporary Performance Practice at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow
2006 – 2009: Daily Practice tutor and contemporary performance tutor at the RSAMD, Glasgow
2004 -2009: Drama Tutor, RSAMD Youthworks Drama, Glasgow.
2004 – 2005: Facilitator, WORD AND ACTION (DORSET) LTD, Denmark.
2003-2004: Guest Director & Workshop leader, working with A-level drama students at QEGS, Penrith, Cumbria.
2002-2004: Workshop Leader for GOALS (Greater Opportunities of Access and Learning with Schools) leading educational Drama workshops with 14-15 year olds to promote participation in Higher Education, Glasgow.
2004: Drama Worker for West Lothian Youth Theatre, Livingston, Scotland.
2004: Guest Director/Workshop Leader with Quondam Youth Theatre, Cumbria
2004: Guest Director with Primus Young Persons theatre company, Cumbria
2004: Workshop writer and leader of a Residential Drama workshop for adults with learning disabilities, Eden Mencap, Cumbria
2003: After School Drama Teacher, Hutchinson Grammar School after school club, Glasgow
2002: Co- founder/ Co-Director of Off the Rails Young peoples Theatre Company, Cumbria.
2000-2003: Workshop Leader at the RSAMD Junior Academy of Drama Summer School, Glasgow. Devising and leading workshops towards the creation of large-scale outdoor performances with 60 young people aged 7-16 years old.
2000: What’s in a face?, A collaboration with Director Sally Hobson and Royston Stress Centre, Glasgow
2000: Forum Theatre project . Touring Scottish secondary schools with director Morven Gregor of Birds of Paradise disability arts theatre company Glasgow.
SOLO ARTS PRACTICE (commissions and performances):
February 2010 – RAW (body as machine) – The National Review of Live Art, as part of the New Territories international festival of Live Art, produced by New Moves International, Arches, and Glasgow
February 2006 – IN A MOMENT – The National Review of Live Art, as part of the New Territories international festival of Live Art, produced by New Moves International, Tramway, Glasgow
December 2005 – Solo#3/ process#3 (work in progress of In a Moment) Co-commissioned by New Moves International and the CCA Glasgow, presented as part of the CCA Live Art festival.
April 2005: Missing Things 1 & 2, The Royal Collage of Art, London, as part of the Don’t interrupt your activities performance programme.
September 2004: Missing Things 1 & 2, Commissioned by The Merchant City Festival, Glasgow.
March 2004: Missing Things 1, A ‘One Year On’ artist commission at The National Review of Live Art, Glasgow.
November 2003 – February 2004 : Creative Lab residency at the Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow.
April 2003: LIFEDRAWING, A commissioned performance by the Belluard Bollwerk International Festival and FRI ART, Contemporary Centre of Art, Fribough, Switzerland
February 2003: LIFE DRAWING, The National Review of Live Art 03 Glasgow
June 2002: LIFE DRAWING, Tramway, Glasgow as part of RSAMD’s Into The New – The Platform.
December 2001: LIFE DRAWING: in parts, Tramway, Glasgow
COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS:
April – July 2010: On the Verge new work festival. Mentoring and collaborating with 3 young artists, Stephanie Elaine Black, Tom Mculloch and Alyson McKechnie, in the creation of three solo works, performed at On the Verge festival Glasgow and Cast Festival, Manchester.
2005-2006: Dirty girls need…. A series of duet performances at the CCA lab night, Arches death disco and Tramway’s Freespace.
August – October 2005: Supervision, Assistant Director with The Builders Association, New York City, US.
June 2004: Flesh and Blood, Director for Primus Theatre Company, Cumbria, UK. Collaboration with students and a self-injury support clinic based In Carlisle, Cumbria.
June 2003: Ties that Bind, Chandler Studio Theatre, RSAMD, Glasgow.
March 2003: This far no further, a collaboration with artists Gillian Lees and Sonya Sier. Tramway, Glasgow
PERFORMING CREDITS:
July-August 2006: Slope, directed by Stewart Laing, new writing by Pamela Cater. Performed at Tramway, Glasgow.
October 2004 – March 2005: A performer with Word and Action Theatre Company, Denmark.
August 2002: Human Statues, ‘Summer in the City’ Festival, Glasgow.
March 2002: Breathe, directed by Lucinda Purvis, performed at Tramway as part of ‘Into The New’ Glasgow.
May 2001: Talking to yourself, directed by Sally Hobson, The Arches, Glasgow, as part of the Scottish Directors Awards
March 2001: Tale of Tales, directed by Iain Jonstone and Andy Cannon. RSAMD, Glasgow
February 2001: Newtopia, directed by Ewan Forster. RSAMD, Glasgow
June 2000: Dogwomen, directed by Jules Dorey Richmond. RSAMD, Glasgow
OTHER:
2010: Mentor for Arches Live Festival 2010 2007 Scottish selector for National Review of Live Art elevator Programme
2003: Technology and Performance Symposium Curator, Glasgow. On behalf of Tramway and The Builders Association (TBA) NYC
2003: Assistant Production Manager with Workshed Films
2002:Production Assistant, Alladeen, a collaboration with moti roti (UK) and The Builders Association NYC,
2002: Curator of ‘Sleepless Night’ a 2-day multi art event at Tramway, Glasgow in collaboration with Reckless Sleepers.
2001 – 2002: Assistant Programmer and Production Assistant to Steve Slater, the Senior Producer of Tramway, Glasgow
PAPER PUBLICATIONS:
Royal College of Art Galleries, Do not interrupt your activities, 2005
The National Review of Live Art, 1979-2010, a personal History, 2010
WEEK LONG WORKSHOPS:
2007: Jamie McMurray and Alexander del Rae, New Territories winter school, Glasgow (http://web.mac.com/fnfestival/iWeb/Site/Main.html)
2005: Franko B, New Territories Winter school, Glasgow (www.franko-b.com)
2003: Raimund Hoghe, as part of New Territories Winter school, Glasgow (www.raimundhoghe.com)
