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2020

12 March - The Ballad of Isosceles and premiere of The Ballad of Isosceles in VR at New Adelphi Theatre

​24 January - The Witching Way at Square Chapel Halifax

2019

15 November - The Witching Way ​at Lancaster Arts 

31 October - 1 November - The Witching Way full premiere at the Royal Exchange Theatre 

26 October - The Witching Way  gig set (songs only) at Halloween in the City Festival  (8pm kickoff)

14 July - My play-for-video BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS was released on Manchester International Festival's BBC live stream, thanks to being selected as one of 20 Creative Lab artists for M.I.F. 2019.

26 June - The Cabaret is a Prison / The Cabaret is a Paradise (performance lecture) @ Glogauir Studios, Berlin

May-July 2019 - Manchester International Festival Creative Lab Artist

​​3-31 March - Artist Residency at Somos Berlin 

23 February - SLAP Festival 2019 (York)

2018

5 October - SLAPover performance @ York Medical Society for York Mediale
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13-17 August - SLAPover commissioned artist @ SLAP York 

28 July - Flying Donkey Cabaret for First Draft @ Newcastle Castle

22 July - The Witching Way @ Royal Exchange Theatre Studio 

22 June - The Witching Way (for invited programmers) @ Studio Theatre, University of Salford 

6 May - Vocals w/ Dave Luvin Trio @ MaltDog, Eccles, Salford

4 May - Witch Meets Weinstein @ RITE, Partisan Collective, Cheetham Hill, Manchester

​4 May - Vocals w/ Keith McGee Trio @ Annie's, Manchester

29 March - 3 May - Observer Director for RashDash's Three Sisters at the Royal Exchange. Read my blogs here and come to the show because these women rule. 


2017

​30 Oct.-3 Nov.- Halloween Residency for Witches...! with with Leo Burtin at the Lowry Studio, Salford

18 October - The Best of Both Worlds  (with Leo Burtin), Wickham Theatre, Bristol

22 September - Witches....! scratch at the Lowry Studio, Salford

14 May - The Best of Both Worlds  (with Leo Burtin), The HUB, Leeds - TICKETS

28 April - Locker Room Incantation at HEAR ME ROAR Festival's Queer Boots, Lancaster

15th March – The Best of Both Worlds (with Leo Burtin), ARC, Stockton

10th March – The Best of Both Worlds (with Leo Burtin, Waterside Arts Centre, Sale (Greater Manchester)

21st February – The Best of Both Worlds (with Leo Burtin ), Lancaster Arts at Lancaster University

15th February– The Best of Both Worlds (with Leo Burtin), University of Chester

3rd February - Locker Room Incantation at RITE, Islington Mill, Salford


2016

18 October - BOBW with Leo Burtin @ Theatre y Castell/Aberystwyth University (Aberystwyth) 

1 October - BOBW with Leo Burtin at Tom Thumb Theatre (Margate)

​1 April - Short&Sweet presents FOOL @ Victoria Baths, Manchester - tickets here

25 March - The Best of Both Worlds at Sprint! Festival @ Camden People's Theatre (London) - 9pm​

2015

​7 December -The Ballad of Isosceles at Fix Festival/Catalyst Arts (Belfast)

​​12-16 November - The Best of Both Worlds residency with Leo Burtin in London (various locations)

3 October ​The Best of Both Worlds work-in-progress at Word of Warning's Emergency Festival

25 September - Work-in-progress performance/presentation of The Best of Both Worlds for the University of Salford Performance Directorate students at Robert Powell Theatre.

10-13 September - Residency at East Street Arts (Leeds) with Leo Burtin, developing The Best of Both Worlds.

3-6 September - Residency at ARC Stockton with Leo Burtin, developing The Best of Both Worlds.

27 June - The Ballad of Isosceles work-in-progress showing at Contact Theatre as part of Sensored.

22-27 June - SENSORED artist in residence at Contact Theatre.

2014

18-19 July - What The Money Meant @ Fresh Blood, Chelsea Theatre (London)

5 May - Lancaster-specific SERVUS! as part of OPEN event @ Lancaster Institute for Contemporary Arts 

1 May - SERVUS! @ Ausland (Berlin)

30 April SERVUS! @ Universät der Künste (Berlin)

19 April - ​Premiere of Lancaster-specific SERVUS! @ Encounters 2 festival, Lancaster, UK. A micro-festival focusing on gift, exchange, and public intervention.

​22 February - R&D day for a Lancaster-specific SERVUS! @ Encounters 2 festival, Lancaster, UK. A micro-festival focusing on gift, exchange, and public intervention. 

6-7 February - WHAT THE MONEY MEANT @ SITE I festival, Aberystwyth Arts Centre. A new micro-festival of genre-defying performance happening in unusual styles and spaces, WTMM is being programmed alongside Rotozaza, Third Angel, David Rosenberg (of Fuel) and others. Tickets HERE!


2013

24 October - SERVUS! at Power/Play (with Tattenbaum and Deluca) @ Toynbee Studios (London)

20-23 September - WHAT THE MONEY MEANT @ Castle Theatre / Y Castell (Aberystwyth)

9-10 March - Guest lecture with Rebecca Louise Collins for MA students in Performing Arts Practices & Visual Culture (Madrid, Spain - University of Alcalá in collaboration with Reina Sofia Museum)

12 January EVE SPEAKS as part of THE THEATRE MACHINE TURNS YOU ON @ Project Arts Centre (Dublin, Ireland)

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  • PROJECTS
    • THE WITCHING WAY
    • THE WITCHING WAY ALBUM
    • THE BALLAD OF ISOSCELES
    • BOBBY, LUNCH IS DARKNESS
    • THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS
    • WHAT THE MONEY MEANT
    • SERVUS!
    • EVE SPEAKS
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