​Before stepping into the world of business and organisational culture, my roots were in anthropological theatre-making, storytelling, and directing. For more than two decades, I have trained, researched, and created across continents,  blending ritual, identity, and hybrid performance forms into original work.

 

​This artistic foundation continues to shape my current work, bringing storytelling and narrative inteligence to leaders and teams. 

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Selected Highlights

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Academic & Research

• Master of Arts in Dramatic Art (with distinction), University of the Witwatersrand.

• Master’s thesis: The Performance of Identity in Ritualised and Hybrid Performance Forms.

• Performer with Bergen Byspill (2001-2012), a street theatre and production company. 

• Bunka-Cho Fellowship, Japan (2004–2005): independent research on Noh and Butoh theatre.

• International Directors Colloquium, Norway (2002): intensive research programme with Jurij Alschitz.

• Fieldwork in Botswana and South Africa (2007): indigenous healing rituals in exiled communities.

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Performance & Directing

• Beyond the Linoleum Colon -  Experimental performance project. This project has seen three different iterations over a decade. 

• Kashtanka - A Checkov production - performance-as-research project. 

• Performer with Akkel, a Goema music collaboration exploring South African cultural heritage.

• Member of the Drama for Life Playback Theatre Company (2011–2012).

• Tutored and directed drama students at Wits University.

• Directed hybrid, site-specific, and ritual-inspired performances in South Africa and internationally.

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Conferences & Workshops

• Presenter at Performing the World (New York, 2008 & 2011).

• Presented at Design Thinkers Conference (Amsterdam, 2018, 2024)

• Performed Playback Theatre as a research methodology, Dutch Design Week (2024)

• Lead international theatre-making workshops in Russia, Japan, Bali, India, and South Africa.

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Why This Matters

Theatre continues to inform my wider practice. It is the laboratory where I learned about presence, resonance, ritual, and the embodied nature of story. Today, those insights fuel both my performance collaborations and my work with leaders, teams, and organisations.

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👉 Interested in performance collaborations, directing, or cross-cultural projects?