A TIMELINE OF MY WORK
TIMELINE
From being tiny, all I can remember is being enthralled in pop culture. A huge film fan from a young age, I could never make my mind up as to whether I wanted to be a writer, actor, director, jedi or wizard. I guess I still don't know
2016 (16 Years Old)
MY FIRST CAMERA
Childhood
FILM FANATIC
I finished high school and immediately went and made my first short film with two of my mates. It was called Peripetie and followed the story of a young boy who finds his own dead body in a field. There's some shoddy camera quality, some very questionable blood and a cool VFX shot provided to me by my dad! Although very rough around the edges, it was my first go at some visual storytelling and I'm pleased with the neat little circular narrative.
2016 - 2018 (16-18 Years)
COLLEGE
I studied Psychology, Drama and Film at Paston College in Norfolk and the three subjects beautifully linked. It was during this time that I developed a passion for acting, wanting to pursue this as well as writing and directing
2018 (18 Years Old)
BACKSTAGE THEATRE
I got my first job at as an assistant stage manager at a Panto in Great Yarmouth. I found that I had a knack for it and also studied technical theatre following this. It was through working at theatres in Norfolk that I was able to learn how theatre companies operate and start working on my own.
2020 (20 Years Old)
LOCKDOWN
When lockdown happened, I had a renewed sense of the dream I had when I was little and when the world stopped, I found solace in writing. It was during lockdown that I wrote my first one-act-play, 'My Other Half' which followed the lives of two nameless characters in a relationship who miraculously swap bodies. It took the normal body-swap genre and gave it a crime thriller twist.
Apr 2021 (21 Years Old)
ACE FUNDING
I found out that my first Arts Council England application was succesful and I acquired a project grant to produce my first production professionally, paying young local actors above equity minimum.
Jul 2021 (21 Years Old)
MY OTHER HALF
My Other Half was produced in July 2021 at Sheringham Little Theatre, St George's Theatre, Great Yarmouth and was chosen by Anwen Hurt to be performed at Holt Festival.
Apr 2022 (22 Years Old)
FIRST TOUR
In April 2022, I produced my first small-scale East Anglian tour of My Other Half, visiting eight venues across the region. This tour was entirely self-funded through my day jobs and maintained a payment to my actors above equity minimum
Jun 2022 (22 Years Old)
FIRST COMMISSION
I was approached by Guestwick Community Festival to write an outdoor piece of theatre. I wrote a thirty minute performance called 'Last Shot' and we staged this out in the woods for the festival.
Aug 2022 (22 Years Old)
FIRST FRINGE
Raising Cain Productions took My Other Half to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for a week long run at the Space UK. It was nice to finally stage our work to a wider platform.
Oct 2022 (22 Years Old)
LAST SHOT AND CONFESS TOUR
I wrote another 30-minute thriller to accompany our commissioned work 'Last Shot' called 'Confess' and Raising Cain Productions toured this with a team of creatives to six different theatres and village halls in East Anglia.
Oct 2022 - Apr 2023 (22 - 23 Years Old)
DYCP GRANT
I received the 'Developing your Creative Practice Grant' from the Arts Council in October 22. It gave me the funds to pursue studies in acting and filmmaking that I would've received through uni or drama school. These options never felt right for me so this was an amazing opportunity to expand my skills in a different way. I worked with amazing teachers such as Scarlett Verey and Deobia Operai (Sex Education, Game Of Thrones)
Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 (22 Years Old)
THE BOOK AT THE END OF THE SHELF
I began to release my six-part anthology series called 'The Book at the End of the Shelf'. This was a series of rhyming bedtime stories for grown ups that followed dark and often gory themes. I produced these with Raising Cain Productions and narrated them myself. They can be found on all streaming platforms.
Feb 2023 - (23 Years Old)
MUSIC CAREER
I took two comedy songs that I had written about my experiences of working in pubs to my first open mic at Voodoo Daddy's Showroom in Norwich. They were received so well that I began to cultivate a stage show and album for these songs.
Mar 2023 - (23 Years Old)
LAST SHOT AND CONFESS TOUR 2
We completed another five date rural tour of Last Shot and Confess
May 2023 - (23 Years Old)
A YEAR AND A DAY
Under the careful direction of dramaturg, Rosanna Mallinson, I staged the first two previews of my new play A Year and a Day. This was a solo show that I had developed as a script from one of my The Book at the End of the Shelf episodes, and performed in. It was received phenomenally.
Jun 2023 - (23 Years Old)
SIGNED
I was signed to Mane and Rose talent agency in June 2023, after having never been to drama school or university, but through my hard work in the industry
Jul 2023 - (23 Years Old)
A FESTIVAL PERFORMER
After having only started my music career 5 months prior, I was booked to perform a 30 minute comedy music set at my first festival, Harlequin Fayre.
Aug 2023 - (23 Years Old)
FRINGE NUMBER 2
I took A Year and a Day to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for two weeks. We received phenomenal feedback and were booked for two large scale theatres following this.
Sep 2023 - (23 Years Old)
A YEAR AND A DAY TOUR
I received Arts Council England funding to complete some rural touring of A Year and a Day to 11 different venues.
Oct 2023 - (23 Years Old)
TALES FROM A NORFOLK COUNTRY PUB
I completed my first 1h 15min comedy show at Sheringham Little Theatre. 100 tickets were sold for my first ever performance of this work.
Nov 2023 - (23 Years Old)
FIRST AWARD WIN
I won the Peter Barrow Bursary Award for Best Newcomer at the Norfolk Arts Awards.
Nov 2023 - (23 Years Old)
FILM SCRIPT
I finished adapting my play A Year and a Day into a Film Script whilst on the road in New Zealand after being approached by a production company. Hopefully one day something will move ahead with this script
Feb 2024 - (24 Years Old)
CHRISTCHURCH COMEDY
I was lucky enough to hit the comedy scene in Christchurch New Zealand and despite a quintessentially British comedy set, the material went down really well.
Feb 2024 - (24 Years Old)
A YEAR AND A DAY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD
I performed A Year and a Day at Wellington fringe on the other side of the world. It received some phenomenal reviews! ALso a friend of my Mum's happened to be passing by and saw it...small world.
MAR 24 (24 Years Old)
LAST SHOT AND CONFESS TOUR 3
I returned to the U.K to tour my double act of comedy thrilers with the backing of the Arts Council to some local community venues.
APR 2024 (24 Years Old)
TALES FROM A NORFOLK COUNTRY PUB
I performed my second full theatre show of Tales from a Norfolk Country Pub at the Quay Theatre Sudbury. It was a fantastic night with some awesome feedback.
MAY 2024 (24 Years Old)
NEW WIMBLEDON THEATRE
I managed to get A Year and a Day into New Wimbledon Theatre and had a short run in London.
MAY 2024 (24 Years Old)
BRIGHTON FRINGE
I took A Year and a Day to Brighton Fringe and was nominated for the Lauren Varnfield award for theatre.
MAY 2024 (24 Years Old)
PRAGUE FRINGE
A Year and a Day sold out its first and last shows at Prague Fringe, won the award for best performance and has been nominated to be taken to New York for the fringe encore series.