The Artist

A close-up portrait of a person with short blonde hair, blue eyes, and light skin, wearing a black and green top.

Through a lived experience with disability and a passion for storytelling, I create and support thought-provoking, inclusive, and imaginative work, as well as community-led practice.

A poster titled 'Fable: Fairy Tales for the Next Generation of Heroes', featuring illustrations of a red and white mushroom, a black and white mushroom, and a colorful dragon, with logos for Arts Council England and Lottery Funding.

“The show is wonderful and the warmth shown to you from the audience is testament to that”

Rachael Bevan.

Head of Learning and inspiration.
Eureka! Science Museum

Acting

The YouTube logo with a rainbow-colored play button on the left and the word 'YouTube' in black letters on a white background.
IT Inclusive Talent logo with a green star over the letter I.

Spoken Word

I have performed my original spoken word shows at The Lancashire Fringe Festival, Frontline Festival, The Harris Museum, Lancaster Arts, the Brewtime Collective, Together2012! and Babylon Arts.

Promotional poster for the Autumn 2024 Lancashire Fringe Festival featuring a stylized red flower with white and yellow accents, with event details in bold white text on a black background.

Directing

Poster for Headlong Origins 2024 with five diverse people at the bottom

I was the director for DADA’s associate artist Porcelain Delaney’s play ‘Toilet Paper Diaries’ at The Lowry, Manchester and served as an assistant director for ‘Tell Me How It Ends’ at The Everyman Theatre, Liverpool.

I am also a Graeae Beyond Associate for 2023-2025, and was part of the prestigious Headlong’s Origins Director cohort for 2024.

Access Consultant

Sign with playful text reading 'Access All Areas' with arrows pointing left and right.

In collaboration with Blaze Arts and the Lancashire Encounters Festival, I produced and facilitated 'Access All Areas', a two-year arts project for disabled young people in Preston.

My DYCP is in Access Coordination, I am currently learning BSL and I specialise in integrated audio description.

Workshop Facilitator

Promotional poster for an audio drama called "Unseen" featuring a photo of Helena Ascough. The poster states the show will stream from March 4, 2024, and includes the website link www.extant.org.uk/unseen. The background is pale blue with a row of colorful houses at the bottom.

I have produced and delivered workshops in partnership with the Liverpool Empire, Lowther Pavilion, Curious Minds, Extant, Blaze and Bonanza Creative.

Abstract colorful illustration with overlapping shapes and a dark silhouette of a person’s face in profile, with text "Create Your Future" below.
Colorful smiling cartoon faces and the text 'Bonanza Creative' in purple.
Babylon Arts logo in pink text with an ADE logo in pink and white oval.
Colorful logo with yellow arrow pointing right and text reading 'GRAEAE BEYOND' in black and pink on a blue background.
Colorful cartoon smiley faces with different expressions, with the text "TOGETHER! 2012" underneath.
The word 'EXTANT' spelled out in stylized purple and white geometric pattern.
Liverpool Theatre logo with the words "Liverpool Theatre" in red and black text.
Logo for The Harris, featuring a stylized capital H with a column on the left and the text "The Harris" next to it.
The word 'Headlong' written in large purple text on a black background.
A cartoon character with a big smile, one eye, and a peace sign hand gesture, set against a black background.
Black background with a yellow border.