Aug 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…
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Jul 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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Jun 28 2022
After the inevitable delays and breaks caused by Covid, weather, families and isolated outbreaks of procrastination, it's been great to Get Back (see what I did there? Sorry) into Trapdoor Studios this month, to begin the final push towards finishing…
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Jun 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…
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Apr 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…
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Jan 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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Jul 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 -…
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Apr 14 2021
The perpetually delightful Wrongsemble theatre company (in partnership with Bradford Literature Festival) have kindly invited me back to write the music for their latest project, Aladdin and the Stolen Stories.
And it's completely free!
It'll be launched on…
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Feb 4 2021
Several months ago, Bradford Council opened applications to its Make: Film fund, looking for creative short films, made by contemporary storytellers based in Bradford district.
Film-maker Jax Griffin, animator Lou Sumray and I submitted an application to fund a film…
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Jan 5 2021
The Ivors Academy is the home of all songwriters and composers. For over 70 years they've represented music creators in the UK, and bestowed the biggest honours in the industry to giants of modern composition and songwriting.
So I'm pinching…
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Oct 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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