Fringe beginnings

The Society for New Cuisine (Ed Fringe/Omnibus/Chichester Festival)

Why the Fringe?

The fringe is a precious space where kind-hearted facilitators like the AD of Drayton Arms, Audrey Thayer, or Marie McCarthy at the Omnibus, or the lovely folk at Baron’s Court give young, energetic up and coming artists, the opportunity to test out and stomp about and grow.

The Fringe, and independent theatre, rely on golden-hearted collaborators, people who understand that the financial pragmatics of making theatre can be bone crushing, and so they give artists affordable deals, for reasons borne out of a veneration of community, altruism, and a deep understanding that without opportunities to grow and be seen, the pipeline of talent into our commercially minded spaces, Drama Schools, the West End, higher profile agencies and audition rooms, become that much more inaccessible.

The fringe is for people who have some daring in their eyes. A bit of mongrel. A chip on the shoulder.

It is a place where you learn that the hard work of professionalism, is a shortcut. and it is a luxury to only need to wear one hat.

The fringe is a coliseum, where the intersection of people looking to grow in professionalism and craft leads to unlikely allies, and hard-won lessons.

The fringe is an honourable, stupid, wonderful place. It is where you can see the early morning glimmers of the coming dawn.

Professional Work

Upcoming Commissions as a Playwright: Around the World in 80 days – UK Tour Jul 2026, Frank and Jen – 2027+

Upcoming productions: Global Majority – Sep 2026, The Society for New Cuisine – Chichester Festival and UK Tour 2027

Credits: Frozen (West End), Cyrano de Bergerac (West End), Evita (Regents Park), Your Lie in April (West End), The Society for New Cuisine (Ed Fringe/Omnibus/Chichester), The King and I (Au tour)