Movement & Puppetry:
Performing, coaching and supervising amazing projects on stage, film & TV, bringing all kinds of characters, creatures & animals to life!
Movement & Puppetry Visual CV
Check out my company Performance FX for information about our leading VFX & reference puppetry team, whose work includes multiple blockbusters for Disney, Warner Bros, Sony and others.
As a performer, my background is in Lecoq actor created theatre. I went on to fully develop my work with puppets with Handspring Puppet Company, as a member of the Original West End Cast of War Horse. Since then I’ve performed, choreographed and taught movement and puppetry in all manner of styles, including animal movement, rod puppets, Bunraku-style puppetry, animatronics, skins, motion control flying rigs, wire work, mime, mask & clowning (traditional and contemporary), and many others.
I have also pursued martial arts (mainly Ju Jitsu), tumbling and more recently stage combat, and greatly enjoy all forms of movement. I also occasionally dance, but mainly for pleasure!
Work with Neil Scanlan’s team puppeteering dinosaurs!
Recent projects:
Performing the puppeteered droid D-O in The Rise of Skywalker with fellow puppeteer Lynn Robertson Bruce, and with the amazing creature team under Neil Scanlan. Lead Puppeteer on Tom and Jerry for Warner Bros working closely with the VFX team, as well as Director Tim Story and the lead, Chloe Grace Moretz. Supervising Creature Puppeteer on Fantastic Beasts 1 & 2, Lead Puppeteer on LIFE, Creature Puppeteer on Jurrassic World: Fallen Kingdom, The Last Jedi & The Force Awakens, & Puppetry and motion control on Alfonso Cuarzon’s award-winning Gravity. Voice and Puppetry originating the character of William Whiskerson for BBC Learning. Original West End cast of War Horse as puppeteer and actor. Two stage projects with Complicite. Lead performer and Movement Assistant to Toby Sedgwick in London 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremony, AND dancer and background puppetry on The Muppets Most Wanted.
Making of Gravity - my first feature! Puppetry & Motion Control
I’m really proud to be part of what is a long tradition of British physical theatre. I grew up loving companies like Trestle, Kneehigh, Complicite and Frantic Assembly. I’m so thrilled to have been able to work with so many of my peers, and look forward to continuing as part of this highly creative movement in theatre and film over the coming years.