ARTIST STATEMENT 

With a special interest in Literacy development, both in children and adults, my focus is on bringing theatre and performance, including music and song, to small towns and rural communities throughout Wales. I share stories, poetry, song and plays (original, or the work of other writers), with audiences of all backgrounds but especially those with limited access to the Arts, inviting Community Audiences to create stories with me, in the hope that they will feel enriched, engaged and inspired.

 

Mae cyd-weithio gyda phobl sy'n siarad Cymraeg yn bwysif i mi. Fel dysgwr, rwy'n gwerthfawrogi pob cyfle i ymarfer fy Nghymraeg yn y gymyned.  

 

Current Creative Projects 

 

 

Beyond the Border International Storytelling Festival - Mycelium Storytelling Hub 

Funded by the Arst Council of Wales' Connect & Flourish Fund, my role is as Contemporary Cyfarwydd, collecting and reshaping the Stories of Ynys Môn

Ports, Past & Present / Porthladdoedd, Ddoe a Heddiw 

Writer & Performer for the 'Creative Connections' Strand.

Funded by The European Regional Development fund through the Ireland Wales  Cooperation programme, PPP is a collaborative partnership between University College Cork, The University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth University and Wexford County Council. Click below and scroll down to see and hear creative responses to Port Life in North Wales.

Llwybr Dychmygu / Imagine Trail 

Creative Writing & Performance with the community to produce content for an Augmented Reality App which is to celebrate the history and culture of Colwyn Bay and the surrounding area. Radio Play, Podcast, Poetry - to be launched in Summer 2021. 

Arts Council of Wales: Creative Learning

Using Drama Practice, Storytelling and Creative Writing, I work with various Schools in the North Wales region to implement Curriculum Reform, helping to inspire pedagogical change in Teaching & Learning for teachers and pupils. 

The Mermaid's Purse & Other Stories in Rhyme Island Schools Programme 

Funded by the Holy Island Landscape Partnership, this programme explores new writing for children, in a book jointly published by the Uiversity of Wales and Ports, Past & Present. 

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