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COMMUNITY - SELECTED EXAMPLES OF PROGRAMMES DELIVERED : 1996-2019
Older People
  • Drama Artist in Residence – People with Dementia,Adamwood House, Musselburgh
  • Associate Trainer in Creativity, Age Concern (Ayr, Glasgow, Dundee). 3 year period
  • Drama in Sheltered Housing (Perth, Edinburgh)
  • Drama to stimulate ideas for Reminiscence Publication (Kinross)
  • Creativity for Stroke Patients ( Perth Royal Infirmary, Pilot Project and Report)


Special Needs : Physical Disability
  • Multi -sensory installation at the Royal Blind School, Edinburgh
  • 20 workshops in theatre to encourage young people and their carers into the theatre
  • Scottish Executive: Drama input to video by young people with disability aimed at persuading Scottish Executive to promote more inclusive policies in leisure provision
  • Hearing dog toured Scottish schools for first time with deaf actress TIE programme


Special Needs : Learning Differences
  • Lung Ha Theatre Company  : Leading sessions, drawing up 10 week programme aimed at training company members in workshop leading skills
  • Edinburgh’s Telford College : Drawing up and delivering year’s programme linked
to  formal learning outcomes for Pathways and Access students
  • Devising and directing various productions


Youth Theatres
  • West Lothian Youth Theatre  : Week long project on Power
  • Edinburgh Youth Theatre: Co-Directed Seniors in “ The Magdalene”, later reprised for Edinburgh International Festival Fringe
  • Stirling Youth Theatre : mainstream sessions with Seniors and collaboration with Aberlour Trust for 10-14 year olds with special emotional needs


Children and Young People
  • Sikh Girls Group: Confidence -  building and self  expression
  • Royal Court, London: Mentoring Young Playwrights
  • Residential Care and Health Project for looked after people in their teens not attending school (with community nurse and psychological services)
  • Highlands Museums Project: Touring rural Highland museums creating plays in a day  stimulated by museum artefacts. Performing to public, family and friends
  • Several residencies in primary and secondary schools (Fife, Angus, Edinburgh, Motherwell)
  • 2001 An Tobar Arts Centre,Mull                                                                 Around the Heart
Promenade performance about community and identity based on the sounds and stories of Mull. A collaboration with visual artist Alicia Hendrick and the young people of Tobermory. 90 young people for workshops and 12 for production.


  • Mental Health: Workshops, directing performances, acting and voice-over in two award -  winning videos; chairing discussion following premier at Cameo Film Theatre, Edinburgh
  • Health and Well-Being: Youth and health pilot project which led to many in school and out of school projects including a play that I devised and co-wrote with the youth project leader being published and used in schools.
  • 2004/05 Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh                                       A Madman Sings to the Moon
  • Scottish Executive Mental Health & Well-Being Funded Workshops for Adults
Workshop director and leader, also organised tours of the theatre, chaired Q & A sessions with the actors, co-ordinated the workshop programme, addressed funders and guests on first night. Also led public workshops for Girl With Red Hair by Sharman MacDonald.
Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh                                                            A Madman Sings to the Moon
  • Workshop Director for a series of script-based theatre workshops working alongside actor Tony Cownie and Mark Thomson ( director and writer of “ Madman”) Similar workshops  for Sharman MacDonald’s Girl with Red Hair






Adult Drama: Series or day sessions on all aspects of performance. Organised independently or  through local authority. Audition tuition.
Professional development –for teachers at all levels, youth workers, health workers
Creativity – Range of workshops. Includes Kindness and Creativity; Fun and Creativity; Creativity, Fooling and Performance

I have also organised, planned and run theatre-based courses, programmes and events for many other groups and organisations. These include:
  • SOLAS (for people diagnosed as HIV positive)
  • Amnesty International in Glasgow
  • Transition for people recovering from drug and alcohol abuse in Edinburgh
  • Iona Community: week long project in the theme of Hope
  • Dundee Rep. at Whitfield: A Play in a Day with local young people
  • Pilton Video Project: Acting tutor for film students in award-winning film about 2 people in love and aged in their 90s.

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