I am a writer, painter and theatre-maker. I have written novels, plays for radio, for the stage and for non-theatre locations. I have exhibited paintings and sound works in the UK and abroad.
I am co-Artistic Director of Darkfield
I am an Associate Lecturer at Wimbledon College of Art

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My debut play, 'End of the Round', was produced as part of The London New Play Festival at the Old Red Lion Theatre in London in 1994 and directed by Ken McClymont

I adapted Oskar Kokoshka's 'Murderer, Hope of Women' (1994), and Klaus Mann's 'Mephisto' (1995) with director Katrin Magrowitz. They were staged at Greenwich Studio Theatre/BAC and at the Riverside Studios respectively 

'untitled (comedy)' and 'Cuckoo' had rehearsed readings at the Royal Court Theatre in London, directed by Phyllis Nagy (1996) and Gordon Anderson (1999)

I directed my play, 'Closer to Ormsby', at the shunt arch in 2000

'Romcom' (2003) and 'Hello for Dummies' (2011), shows for unrehearsed actors and audience, created with Ant Hampton, toured to Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, Argentina, Canada, New Zealand, Poland, The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Hong Kong and USA

'The highs and lows of owning your own home' (2004) and 'The Superheroes' (2007) were presented at the shunt vaults. Mark Espiner directed a new production of The highs and lows.. in Berlin in 2019 

I made two short films, 'The Breast' (2004) with director Amber Sealey, and 'The Itch' (2007) with video artist Susa Dietz

My debut novel, 'The Outgoing Man' launched Portobello Books in 2005 and was shortlisted for the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award. 'The Fat Plan' was published in 2008

'Gantenbein' (2006), an adaptation of Max Frisch's novel, was commissioned by Hebbel am ufer and staged in Berlin and Zurich 

'Hide' (2007), a collaboration with designer Lizzie Clachan, was part of the Overture event that re-opened the refurbished Royal Festival Hall in London. Audiences watched scenes taking place among the unsuspecting public from the safety of a hide

'The Breach', a sound installation, featured at Manifesta Biennial of Contemporary Art in 2008

'Body considering its pains', an installation with recorded text (2010) was presented at the shunt vaults, at the ICA in London and in Dublin

I have written plays for BBC Radio 4: 'Listen Up' (2009),  'Six Impossible Things' (2010), 'Occupied'  (2010), 'The Long Count' (2012) and a two-part adaptation of 'The Arabian Nights' (2015), with producer/director Boz Temple Morris 

I collaborated with Hannah Ringham on three shows, 'Free Show (bring money)' (2011), 'Wedding' (2014) and 'Die or Run' (2018), that toured the UK

'Unpack', a collaboration with writer Neil Bennun and video artist Susa Dietz, was presented at Camden People's Theatre Sprint Festival in 2015

I worked with Extant, New Earth and Upswing on 'Flight Paths', which toured the UK in 2019

David Rosenberg and I created two shows in complete darkness - 'Ring' (2013) and 'Fiction' (2015) - that toured the UK and abroad and had sell-out runs at the BAC in London

We then founded Darkfield with  Andrea Salazar in 2016 to make shows inside completely dark shipping containers. Our shows: 'Séance' (2017), 'Flight' (2018), 'Coma' (2019), 'Invisible' (2020), 'Eulogy' (2021), 'Arcade' (2024) have been presented in the UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey

During the COVID pandemic we created digital shows for people to do in their own homes: 'Double' (2020), 'Visitors' (2020), 'Eternal' (2020) and 'Knot' (2021), which were presented at numerous film festivals such as Venice, Tribeca, SXSW and IDFA. They have since been realised in venues, including as part of the BFI London Film Festival

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