​ABOUT  HER

 

Helen is an Educator, Director,  Actor/Performer, Practitioner-Researcher and Visual Artist.

 

As an educator, Helen's pedagogy has evolved through over 25 years' experience in actor-training, course-development, academic supervision and theatre making in a combination of University and Conservatoire settings.  

 

For the past 12 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, Helen was 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 also part of the The Dot Collective -  Professional theatre created with access needs at its core,  reducing isolation for those with additional needs and dementia' - most recently as mentor and dramaturg for a research and development residency, Sanctuary, at Lighthouse, Poole (August 2025). Previous to this, Helen directed/devised the 2025 tour of Catch of the Day,  R&D for Project Portmanteau (2024),  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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