Where are you joining Epsom from? Tell us about your career to date.
My last position was at Leighton Park School, a Quaker boarding school with a particularly strong reputation for the arts. Before that I was working in professional theatre as an actor, writer and director. I trained in theatre at Dartington College of Arts and later did an MA in Gender, Society and Culture at Birkbeck College and I completed my teacher training at the University of Reading.
What attracted you to Epsom?
I was attracted to the beautiful grounds, supportive environment, responsive students and the thriving drama department.
What have you most enjoyed in your time at the College so far?
I have thoroughly enjoyed directing Tartuffe – the Senior Play this term – the cast are very talented, inventive and responsive to direction.
Outside of your department, what else are you involved with at the College?
I have a wonderful tutor group in Lower School. It is a delight to get to know these young people at the start of their life in the school, just as I am at the start of mine.
What do you enjoy outside of work?
I have a ten-year-old daughter, so much of my free time is spent concocting adventures for the two of us. I am a poet (one collection published), so I am always looking for opportunities to sit down with my notebook. I love distance running, for fitness and relaxation, particularly – when I get the chance – along the Sussex coast. I am a member of the British Museum, The Prince Charles Cinema and Middlesex Cricket Club, so you are very likely to find me in one of those places – probably with my daughter.
