Remember that mysterious Mikron show I mentioned two posts ago…? Well, the cat's out of the bag now, and I can reveal with much excitement that I've signed on as Composer-Songwriter for their 2024 show, ‘Common Ground’…
The…
Read moreDec 14 2023
Remember that mysterious Mikron show I mentioned two posts ago…? Well, the cat's out of the bag now, and I can reveal with much excitement that I've signed on as Composer-Songwriter for their 2024 show, ‘Common Ground’…
The…
Read moreNov 16 2023
Apr 18 2023
I'm humbled (there, I said it) and excited to start rehearsing next month as Musical Director for Mikron's production of A Force To Be Reckoned With.
I've followed Mikron for years, visiting shows with my daughter, and was always blown…
Read moreNov 29 2022
Really looking forward to my next collaboration with Leeds Conservatoire - this time working with multi-award winning storyteller, director, performer & writer Debs Newbold, as she directs Chris Hannan’s Crime & Punishment - an exciting, fresh and accessible…
Read moreNov 29 2022
Around the time I was composing for Twelfth Night & Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse, Leeds theatre company Wrongsemble kindly invited me to engineer the recorded music for their forthcoming Christmas show, A Town Called Christmas. What could I say…
Read moreNov 29 2022
Fresh from performing three lovely shows at Saltaire Festival last month, Siân and I are looking forward to returning to Rotherham, where we have been invited to present our theatrical storytelling of Owl Babies at Rotherham Civic Theatre! The…
Read moreNov 29 2022
...seriously, if I had longer I'd have come up with a better title, but I was in rehearsals and wrote it in about three minutes so there you go.
I'm beyond excited to be working as Composer, Sound Designer and…
Read moreAug 15 2022
Siân (my fantastic collaborator) and I are really chuffed to be performing Owl Babies at Saltaire Festival!
We’re performing three times during the day on Sunday 11th September in Roberts Park. Exact times and location to be confirmed…
Read moreJul 19 2022
I'm indebted to writer/directors Elvi Piper (Wrongsemble) and Dan Mallaghan (154 Collective) and Arts Council England, for helping me smash though my near ten-year creative roadblock, and start writing the script for Darcy Filthound in earnest.
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Read moreJun 28 2022
On Tuesday 31st May, Siân and I are presenting our story performance of Owl Babies at Grimm’s Gathering, a pop-up festival celebrating stories of all shapes, featuring masterclasses and workshops with leading musicians, authors and artists, over the Old Town…
Read moreApr 7 2022
Throughout Easter, Sian Williams and I will be presenting a magical, playful story performance, for free, at libraries throughout the Bradford District.
Watch baby owls, woodland creatures and a grumpy magpie…
Read moreJan 25 2022
Oct 5 2021
Hot on the heels of the great DYCP news comes the news that the achingly wonderful Wrongsemble have commissioned me to write the music for two new projects, AND musically direct a third.
It's going to be a busy summer...
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Read moreJul 14 2021
My application for the Arts Council’s Developing Your Creative Practice grant has been successful. DYCP supports individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners and want to take time to focus on their creative development. I'm a bit blown away -…
Read moreOct 14 2020
I’m so happy to be writing the theme music for Wrongsemble’s new production, HUMBUG.
HUMBUG is a set of short online films, set at Christmas, that create a narrative which families can watch from home. The script is…
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