Directing + Theatre Making
Work across new writing, Shakespeare, adaptation, reimagined classics and actor training.
Selected Work
Explore the work — select a production photo to discover the process behind it.
Witch Girl Summer
by Margarita Valderrama Lion & Unicorn Theatre · 2026 Horror, movement and immersive sound collide in a darkly comic exploration of friendship, grief and life online. |
Mary's Daughters
by Kaya Bucholc, in collaboration with Will Wallace The Space · 2024 A haunting exploration of inheritance, motherhood and the lives of Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley and Fanny Imlay, using movement and theatrical transformation to bring past and present into conversation. |
Much Ado About Nothing
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Maira Vandiver
Far Between Theatre · 2026
Shakespeare reimagined through the world of 1920s jazz, using live music, rhythm and direct audience relationship to unlock the play’s wit, desire and vulnerability.
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Maira Vandiver
Far Between Theatre · 2026
Shakespeare reimagined through the world of 1920s jazz, using live music, rhythm and direct audience relationship to unlock the play’s wit, desire and vulnerability.
Don't Panic
by Taylor Carmen Etcetera Theatre · 2026 A darkly comic dystopian two-hander set in a theatre at the end of the world, exploring hope, human connection and the impulse to keep creating when everything seems doomed. |
Portia's Julius Caesar
by Kaitlyn Riordan, adapted from William Shakespeare The Space · 2024 Reimagining Shakespeare from the edges, placing the women of Rome at the centre of the political world and asking whose stories are remembered — and whose are left outside the history we inherit. |
YAGA
by Kat Sandler The Drayton Arms Theatre • 2022 Myth, transformation and dark comedy collide in Kat Sandler's contemporary reimagining of Baba Yaga. |
Lysistrata
by Aristophanes, adapted by Kay Brattan
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Painted Lady, 2017
A riotous, feminist reimagining of Aristophanes, combining burlesque, physical comedy and ensemble play to turn an ancient anti-war comedy into something immediate, irreverent and joyfully theatrical.
by Aristophanes, adapted by Kay Brattan
Toronto Fringe Festival
The Painted Lady, 2017
A riotous, feminist reimagining of Aristophanes, combining burlesque, physical comedy and ensemble play to turn an ancient anti-war comedy into something immediate, irreverent and joyfully theatrical.
Directing Actors in Training
Creating ambitious, ensemble-led productions with actors in professional training through movement, play and collective discovery.
Step inside the rehearsal room — select a production photo to explore how each world was built with the ensemble.
Ransacking Troy
by Erin Shields · East 15 Acting School · 2026 A visceral, ensemble-driven reimagining of the Trojan War, using movement, live sound and collective storytelling to place women’s bodies and voices at the centre of the myth. |
Paradise Lost
by Erin Shields · East 15 Acting School · 2025 Milton meets Hyperpop in a feminist musical reimagining of Heaven, Hell and the battle for knowledge — playful, rebellious and driven by movement, music and ensemble. |
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Anthony Neilson • East 15 Acting School • 2023 A playful journey through Wonderland built through ensemble, physical transformation and theatrical invention, inviting the actors to create an ever-changing world from the ground up. |
The Bride and the Moon
devised by the Ensemble · inspired by Federico García Lorca's Blood Wedding • East 15 Acting School • 2023 A devised response to Federico García Lorca’s Blood Wedding, created with the ensemble through movement, improvisation and collective storytelling, transforming Lorca’s world into something strange, physical and entirely their own. |
Additional Work
Selected productions and projects from across my directing practice.
Party Favour
by Alexandra Sophia Ashe and Shelby Corley Bite the Hand Productions The Etcetera Theatre, 2026 
Love You More
by Sarah O'dell Etcetera Theatre, 2025 
Carmilla
adapted for the stage by Adam Steel PointedCap Playhouse Toronto Fringe, The Painted Lady, 2018 
What You Will, or Twelfth Night
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Kay Brattan Little Lion Theatre Company The Tea House Theatre, 2020 |
Cymbeline
by William Shakespeare, adapted by Kay Brattan East 15 Acting School MFA International Acting The Bridewell Theatre, 2023 
We'll burn that bridge when we get to it: and I guess that's now
by Nicola Lanthier-Rogers Little Lion Theatre Company The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, 2025 
The Devil and The Deep Blue Sea
by Natalie Frijia New Ideas Festival Alumnae Theatre, 2018 
Mustard
by Kat Sandler Little Lion Theatre Company The Drayton Arms, 2020 |
Scratches + Shorts
Workshops, short-form work + pieces in development.
