January, 2006 – Present |
Birds of Paradise |
Glasgow, UK |
Agent for Change |
- Responsible for all aspects of coordinating this project
which looks at the under representation of disabled actors
in Scottish theatre and what can be done to correct this.
Included building relationship with major Scottish theatre
companies and organizing a national conference for further
education providers.
|
September, 2005 – June, 2007 |
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama |
Glasgow, UK |
YouthWorks Drama Tutor |
- Served as part of a pool of tutors delivering weekly drama workshops to
young people from the ages of five to eighteen.
|
October, 2004 |
ForumInteractive |
Edinburgh, UK |
Actor |
- Employed as actor for forum theatre
events giving training on Disability Discrimination Act to many corporate clients.
|
February, 2004 – December 2005 |
Birds of Paradise |
Glasgow, UK |
Workshop Leader & Fundraising Administrator |
- Responsible for creation and delivery of weekly drama
workshops which promote inclusion by bringing together teens
from mainstream and special schools. Also pursued funding
bodies and grant makers to raise core and project-specific
funds for company.
|
June, 2003 – June 2006 |
Scottish Arts Council |
Edinburgh, UK |
Specialist Advisor |
- Commissioned to author reports on theatrical events and
other art forms for companies who are applying for funding to the Arts Council.
|
August, 2002 – August, 2003 |
Theatre Workshop |
Edinburgh, UK |
Resident Actor |
- Served as member of inclusive ensemble for this professional,
producing theatre company with one year contract.
|
June, 2002 – August, 2002 |
Edinburgh Youth Social Inclusion Partnership |
Edinburgh, UK |
Youth Worker/Project Researcher |
- Instigated a project looking at the ways in which relations can be
improved between taxicab drivers and young people with disabilities in the Edinburgh area.
|
April, 2000 – August 2001 |
Edinburgh Youth Social Inclusion Partnership |
Edinburgh, UK |
Part-time I.T. Advisor/Network Administrator |
- Responsible for the identification and procurement of all computing-related
equipment required to launch the organisation. Maintained network infrastructure,
supervised system upgrades and employed others to serve in a backup capacity to
myself over a 15 month period.
|
Summer, 1997 & 1998 |
Walcoff & Associates, Inc. |
Fairfax, VA, USA |
HTML/Web Programmer |
- Worked during consecutive summers as part of the web programming team of
this marketing communications company. Received extensive on-site training.
|