I’m a Creative Producer, Fundraiser & Project Manager based in Wigan in the North West, having moved up from the East Midlands in 2025. I work across multiple art-forms, often choosing the best creative way to tell the story we want to tell or make a change for the people we are working with.

I founded and run Carbon Theatre, creating new projects and supporting others do the same, and co-run 60 Miles by Road or Rail with founder Andy Routledge, to make theatre and creative heritage projects. I'm an alumni of Mountview (MA Creative Producing), Stage One (workshop & bursary recipient 2021) and a recipient of an MGCfutures bursary in 2021.

I have significant experience of producing and managing projects in the cultural sector, specialising in creative heritage, community-led and combined arts projects. My projects have previously included theatre & performance, audio & visual installations, oral histories, comic books, exhibitions, films, photography, textiles, VR, dance, festivals, events, conferences, sensory and multidisciplinary workshops.

I have a strong track record of fundraising for and managing successful projects. I've raised over £1M from a variety of funders including Arts Council England, National Lottery Hertiage Fund, National Lottery Community Fund, Youth Music, local community funds and smaller trusts and foundations.

Dream

Carbon Theatre is a producing company dedicated to new work and new ideas - we love dreaming up new things to inspire, excite and intrigue. We dream with artists to think of ideas for projects or new art pieces that are normally focussed on social justice or something personal and important to the artist we are working with. Or. We dream with communities and individuals directly to imagine a project that brings joy, sparks conversation or contributes to improving something.

Alongside dreaming to create artwork and projects that excite us, we also help other people dream for themselves - asking questions, bouncing suggestions and shaping ideas that they are passionate about taking forward into real-life ventures.

Develop

From ideas, we work hard to make things a reality - to make things happen!

We develop ideas, often with artists, communities and partners, to create fundable and impactful projects - either for ourselves or for other creatives and organisations. This involves shaping and imagining the activity, who’s involved, what happens when and what we could and want to achieve. When it’s ready we’ll find the right funder and apply for much needed funds. And then probably apply again for good measure.

Deliver

At the joyful moment where a project is planned out and the funding secured - it’s time to get started. We love this part of the process, managing and delivering the projects that have often taken months or even years to get to this stage. We, of course, deliver our own projects but we also work with other organisations to produce projects and events for them too.