​ABOUT  HER

 

Helen is a Lecturer, Director, Actor/Performer, Practitioner-Researcher and Visual Artist. As an educator, Helen's pedagogy has evolved through over 20 years' experience in actor-training, course-development, academic supervision and theatre making in a combination of University and Conservatoire settings.  

 

For the past 11 academic years, Helen has been responsible for coordinating, developing and delivering actor-training for the BA (Hons) Musical Theatre Performance course at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.  September 2024 saw the launch of  the first of Trinity Laban's MA Musical Theatre courses, for which Helen also leads on  Acting, Acting-through-song and Voice. In September 2024, she was also awarded the student choice award for excellence in inclusive practice.

 

Other lecturing includes at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, the University of Chichester, Fontainebleau School of Acting, The MTA, Brunel University and Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds. Helen's teaching draws from considerable experience as an Actor and Theatre Maker. 

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Educationally, Helen holds a PhD in Performance from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, where she was a recipient of a Royal Central School Research Bursary, under the tutelage of Professor Stephen Farrier. She holds an FHEA through Trinity Laban, an MA (with distinction) in Performance Practices and Research, also from RCSSD, and a First-Class BA (Hons) degree in  Acting from Bretton Hall College of the University of Leeds.

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Helen is currently working as guest director for The Dot Collective, soon to direct The Lobster Quadrille aerial production and most recently in R&D for Project Portmanteau, in addition to co-directing the 2023 tour of Alice's Adventures in Aerieland. 

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Helen also holds independent audition-coaching, acting-through-song and script-work sessions for professional actors.  . 

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