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Over one cup of tea talking about costume practicalities for a dance project I became a core member of this collective. Frances Donohoe, who bought this group into being, was keen to learn more circus skills and bring them into their devised contact improvisation dance...

Pangolin’s Ark was a social arts organisation which I founded in 2009. It was the first project I initiated and it set the way for my long-term commitment to raising awareness of sustainability in an applied context. I secured funding from Arts Council England and...

I unwittingly found myself a specialist in making wonky vegetable costumes. It seems it is easy to buy a cosmetically perfect vegetable from many a fancy dress supplier, but once again the wonderful wonky ones are shunned. Making a ‘wonky’ costume can be a great excuse to...

Edible Education started out as a dream to take over school dinner halls and put on performative food surplus feasts cooked and served by students. I haven’t quite realised this dream (yet) but I did secured funding from David Tyler Trust, Awards for All, and...

‘The complexities of a food system in which waste is so prevalent are mind boggling. The facts and figures surrounding this environmental and social tragedy are confusing and disempowering. Cirque de Surplus engages people on a meaningful level while using participatory theatre to bring a...