DOB: 27.06.1992
From: Preston, Lancashire
1. Do you have a favourite colour? Why?
Purple. Fun fact: purple dye was discovered when trying to invent a cure for Malaria.
2. Which is your favourite work of Liz's? Why?
Through No.3. I experienced it first hand on my daily commute to work and it never failed to brighten my day.
3. Where do you find inspiration?
In people, rather than places. I read a lot of autobiographies by funny people or have a rant with friends.
4. What did you train in?
I studied Drama at University of Manchester, focusing on production and playwriting.
5. What did you do before?
I’ve worked as a producer for a site-specific theatre company and as a project manager for visual arts events.
6. What do you do in your spare time?
I started climbing (bouldering) last year, so spend a lot of my spare time trying not to fall off walls.
7. Do you have a favourite quote?
“Decide what your currency is early. Let go of what you will never have.” (Amy Poehler)
8. What song is your current obsession or what music are you listening to?
I listened to Wanderer Wandering by Slow Club roughly 15 times yesterday. The rest of the time I’m listening to a back catalogue of Woman’s Hour and Desert Island Discs podcasts, because I’m slowly turning into my mother.
9. In your opinion, what is the most important issue facing the arts today?
Across the sector, it’s funding and how broader cuts are undermining the value contributed by the arts. But ensuring your practice is commercially viable can be both a necessary evil and a source of creative opportunities.
10. What is the biggest risk you have ever taken?
Often putting adventure before stability – but you only live once!
11. Have you ever experienced creative block? If so, how did you overcome it?
Yes, all the time. For me, it’s accepting defeat, taking a step away from it and trusting that you’ll get it when you come back to it refreshed. Even if that has to be 6am the following morning.
12. Who are your favourite artists or practitioners?
Two physical theatre companies, Rash Dash and Theatre Ad Infinitum.
