Training & Development

2008
Master of Arts / Arts in Social Contexts
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow (formerly RSAMD)

2005
Foundation Certificate / Dance Movement Therapy

Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh

2003
M.A. (Joint Honours) / Theatre Studies & English Literature
University of Glasgow

I am always on the lookout for new and interesting ways to further my professional development. Please click on the links below to see details about some of the courses I have participated in:

June Arts Award Qualified Adviser Training (Bronze, Silver & Gold Levels)
Arts Award / Toonspeak

May
Working with Challenging Behaviour
Lila Lifely / Conflux / The Arches

March
Funding the Future
Promote YT Skill-Up (Peebles)

March
Community Soap
Peter Hussey, Crooked House Theatre / Promote YT Skill-Up (Peebles)

March
What is Applied Theatre and why should we apply it?
Stephanie Knight / Promote YT Skill-Up (Peebles)

March
Co-operative Storytelling
Sune Tønning Sørensen, Filuren (Denmark) / Promote YT Skill-Up (Peebles)

March
Starcatchers Symposium
Starcatchers / Imaginate / macrobert / with contributions from Artists in Residence Matt Addicott (Platform), Katy Wilson (Tramway), Hazel Darwin-Edwards (The Byre Theatre) and Sacha Kyle (Carnegie Hall); Andrew Dixon (Creative Scotland); Dr Suzanne Zeedyk (University of Dundee); Ruth Churchill Dower (Earlyarts); Dr Rosemary Geddes (Scottish Collaboration for Public Health, Research & Policy); Professor Aline-Wendy Dunlop & Dr Marie-Jeanne McNaughton (University of Strathclyde); Sarah Munro & Rosemary James (Tramway); and others.

January White Day
Imaginate / Catherine Wheels Theatre Company

January
Early Ideas
Imaginate / Traverse Theatre

January
Starcatchers Playday
Hazel Darwin-Edwards & Sacha Kyle / Starcatchers / Imaginate

November Artists & the Curriculum for Excellence
Federation of Scottish Theatre / Creative Scotland / with contributions from Learning Teaching Scotland, Visible Fictions, Scottish Dance Theatre & Scottish Book Trust

October
What does music do for you?
David Trouton / Imaginate

August - September
INsider Membership
Edinburgh International Festival / with access to the Final Orchestra Rehearsal for Opera de Lyon's 'Porgy & Bess' (France) & Final Rehearsals for Elevator Repair Service's 'The Sun Also Rises' (New York)

August
The work of Heiner Goebbels & the Aesthetics of Absence
Heiner Goebbels / Edinburgh International Festvial

May
Multi-Sensory Theatre
Oily Cart / Dramaworks, RSAMD

May Devising Theatre for Early Years
Barbara Kölling, Helios Theater/ Starcatchers / Imaginate Festival

April Generating Ideas
Steve Small, Strangetown / Promote YT Skill -Up (Inverness)

April
Enchanting the Disenfranchised
Talmud Bah, Second Wave / Promote YT Skill -Up (Inverness)

April
Stand Up Comedy Skills
Si
ân Bevan / Promote YT Skill -Up (Inverness)

April
Site Specific Performance
Sandy Thomson & Matthew McVarish, Poorboy / Promote YT Skill -Up (Inverness)

April
Ensemble Devising
Marcus Romer, Pilot Theatre / Promote YT Skill -Up (Inverness)

April Theatre of the Oppressed
Julian Boal / Dramaworks, RSAMD

January Business Development Skills
Imaginate / Cultural Enterprise Office / West Lothian Council

January Ideas Exchange
Imaginate / Traverse Theatre

January
3-day Masterclass / Performance and Landscape (real, imaginary and man-made)
David Harradine, Fevered Sleep / Imaginate / Birnam Institute

October Anti-Bullying Training
Richard Benjamin, Respect Me / Dramaworks, RSAMD

October Devising Physical Theatre with Young People
Frantic Assembly / Dramaworks, RSAMD

August - September Edinburgh International Festival Arts Practitioner Summer School 2009
Edinburgh International Festival / with contributions from Michael Kantor (Director), Tom Wright (Writer) & Anne Tregloan (Designer) of Malthouse Melbourne (Australia) / Malcolm Martineau (Accompanist, UK), Andrew McKinnon (Practitioner, UK), Basil Jones & Adrian Kohler of Handspring Puppet Company (South Africa), Audrey Grant (Visual Artist, UK), Andreas Staier (Virtuoso fortepianist. Germany), Charles McNeal of the San Fracisco Ballet (Director of Education, USA), Anne Bogart (Theatre Director, USA), Lee Breuer & Maude Mitchell of Mabou Mines (USA), and Composer Giorgio Battistelli's 'Experimentum Mundi' (Italy).

June Approaches to developing work with Young People
Professor Jonothan Neelands, University of Warwick / Promote YT / Scottish Youth Theatre

May Working with Young People on the Autistic Spectrum
Dramaworks, RSAMD

March & May An introduction to Circus Skills
Theatre Modo

March Dealing with the real world
Professor Jonothan Neelands, University of Warwick / Promote YT Skill-Up (Dunfermline)

March Diversifying Delivery
Neil Bettles & Laura Sutton, Frantic Assembly / Promote YT Skill-Up (Dunfermline)

March Writing words that want to be heard
Carl Jørn Johansen, Rogaland Theatre (Norway) / Promote YT Skill-Up (Dunfermline)

December Sharing Practice / Dr Korczak’s Example
James Brining, Dundee Repertory Theatre / Imaginate

December Sharing Practice / A Theatre of Possibility
Jo Timmins & Lewis Hetherington / Imaginate

November Kickstarting the Devising Process with Young People
Firefly Arts

May Early Years Focus Day
Imaginate Festival

May Design & Story Seminar / How much can you do without & still tell it all?
Gitte Kath, Teatret Møllen / Imaginate Festival

May Critical Encounters & Practice 1 / Encountering Children & Animals
Quarantine / Victoria / Tramway

April From Playing to Play
Deborah Andrews & Gerry Ramage, Solar Bear / Promote YT Skill-Up (Perth)

April Bathgate to Bucharest (via Los Angeles)
Scott Johnston / Promote YT Skill-Up (Perth)

March Changing Roles
Birds of Paradise / CCA

February - March Lastness, Raiding the Archive, & Pedagogical Practices in Performance
Goat Island Performance Group, Chicago / Nuffield Theatre / Dance 4

February Scotland / Creative Nation, Cultural Summit
Scottish Arts Council

January Ideas Exchange
Imaginate / Traverse Theatre

January 3-day Masterclass / The Realm of Possibilities
Mark Storor / Imaginate / macrobert

December Forum Discussion / Creative Ambitions
Imaginate / Federation of Scottish Theatre

November - December
Directing Labs
Katya Kamotskaia / RSAMD

November
Making it Visible / Exploring the role of Creativity & Imagination in Health & Wellbeing
Artfull / Scottish Arts Council / Platform

November Masterclass / Acting & Directing
Richard Wilson / RSAMD

June Writing Lab
Maggie Kinloch / Imaginate

May Masterclass / Minor Matters
Peter Rinderknecht / Imaginate Festival

April - May Asylum Seekers in Scotland / Support Group Training
Scottish Refugee Council

April Common Work / The Socially Engaged Artist
University of Stirling / Tramway

February Symposium / Theatre for 0-3 Year Olds
Starcatchers / North Edinburgh Arts Centre

February Scripts & Young People
Julie Ellen, Playwrights' Studio Scotland / Promote YT Skill-Up (Drumnadrochit)

February Directing / Everything is for the Audience
Guy Hollands, TAG Theatre / Promote YT Skill-Up (Drumnadrochit)

January - March Acting & Directing
Katya Kamotskaia / RSAMD

November Exploring Shakespeare & Grotowski
Nazli Tabatabai / Zendeh

November New Writing
Nazli Tabatabai / Zendeh

November Devising & Storytelling
Morna Burdon / Zendeh

August
Screen Acting
Maggie Kinloch / RSAMD

June Approaches to Devising
Lynne Clark & Jo Timmins / QMUC

June Open Space Forum
National Theatre of Scotland / Improbable

April Creative Learning Conference
West Lothian Youth Theatre / Howden Park Centre

February Rhythm Method / The Musicality & Physicality of Text
Gerry Mulgrew & Paddy Cuneen, Communicado / Promote YT Skill-Up (Glasgow)

November Creating Music in Workshops
Dave Boyd / National Theatre of Scotland

November Conference / Where Learning Happens
Scottish Arts Council / Horsecross

October
TAG Approach to Creative Learning
Emily Ballard, TAG Theatre / National Theatre of Scotland

October Using Magic & Multimedia
Vox Motus / National Theatre of Scotland

October Digital Approaches to Creative Learning
Pointless Creations / National Theatre of Scotland

October E-jay, DJ & Multi-Artform Approaches
Tania Swift / National Theatre of Scotland

October Creative Learning & Good Practice
National Theatre of Scotland

August 10-Day International Physical Performance Course
Goat Island Performance Group, Chicago / Cork, European Capital of Culture 2005

June 3-Day Physical Performance Course
Goat Island Performance Group, Chicago / Nottdance 2005

May - June The Art of Acting III
Iain McAleese / Centre for Lifelong Learning, University of Strathclyde

May Expanding the Senses / Making & Producing Work in the Dark
Andrea Brooks, Zygo Arts / The International Workshop Festival at The Brighton Festival

2004
November Celebrating Forests / Puppetry, Lantern Making & the Environment
Gordon MacLellan, Creeping Toad / Moray Council

November Pottery
Diana M. Ferrari

September - October
Performance Development Workshops
Davey Anderson & Clem Sandison / Push Bar To Open

August Artistic Inclusion & Drama
Katrina Caldwell / Giant

April Shakespeare & the Landscape
Karen Farnbank / Theatre Wild, Argyll

2003
August Work Placement, 'Peeling' Tour
Graeae / Edinburgh Fringe Festival


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