I am a theatre practitioner, educator and scholar. I trained at the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre in Paris and began my professional career with the Zimbabwean theatre company, Over The Edge. Since then, I have worked on a range of theatre projects across the UK, Europe, the USA and southern Africa with support from national and international creative industry partners.

My research interests focus on two related areas. The first is the theatrical representation of race and racism on the British stage, particularly in dramas by black playwrights of African and Caribbean heritage. I have published chapters and articles on this topic and am the author of the book Black British Drama: A Transnational Story, which was shortlisted for the Society for Theatre Research Book Prize.

Research for this book resulted in Raising the Bar, an award-winning 10-part BBC Radio 4 documentary about the history of black performance on the British stage and screen, presented by Sir Lenny Henry.

I have been working with the National Theatre for over a decade to create the Black Plays Archive, an online catalogue of plays by black dramatists of African and Caribbean heritage produced in the UK.

My practice as research explores environmental and social justice issues relevant to people living in the UK and countries in the global South. From 2010 to 2015, I founded and ran Fourth World Productions with artist and activist Chipo Chung. I produced and toured international theatre productions exploring themes of immigration and asylum (Chasing the Moon), truth and reconciliation (You Cannot Escape Our Love) and racial injustice (The Gospel of O and The Man Who Committed Thought). 

I established the new MA Creativity: Innovation and Business Strategy which had its first intake in 2019.

I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, FHEA

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I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students on any subject related to my research expertise.