They Fell To Earth {A Flight Log}
We are back in the studio working on a new project, a duo with performers Zov Vélez and Xavier De Santos. The performance explores the spectres of invention and hubris through a triangulation of spatial concepts: The myth of Icarus inspires imagery of falling and landing through time and space. A DIY aesthetic, with the stage transforming into a garage, a liminal threshold space where ideas are tinkered with. The evocative imagery of the photographs of Robert and Shane Parker-Harrison, which feature strange landscapes of a dreamlike, illusory nature of flight and invention. The performers are driven by their pursuit of the impossible task of flying; will they heed the warnings of past invention, or do they succumb to hubris and fall again?
Their endless invention holds a tension between the desire to fly at whatever cost and the failure to take responsibility for their plight.
For all booking enquiries for 2027, please contact us via the contact page.
Freelance Workshops and University Lecturing
Over the past year, I have been running interdisciplinary workshops for creatives in Bristol.
I have also been teaching as a Guest Artist through the wonderful Bath Creative Playground.
In the coming months, I am planning to run day-long retreats. These will be posted HERE!
I have also been teaching extensively as a freelance Associate Lecturer and Senior Visiting Lecturer. I have been running workshops in Physical Theatre and Devised Performance for BA Acting Students at New Buckinghamshire University and recently on the MA and BA Dance at Bath Spa University. I can design bespoke workshops for these university courses.
.jpg)
Movement and Text Improvisation workshops at The Island, Bristol, 2025/6. Photo credit: Xavier De Santos
In 2025/26, I presented in-person talks at Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol and Front Room Theatre, Weston-super-Mare.
Talks
Imagining Beyond: The Eeriness of Place
Join me for an atmospheric and thought-provoking talk that dives deep into the uncanny power of derelict mansions, spectral landscapes and towns.
With the current resurgence of the “English Eerie” and “Folk Horror” gaining momentum and the eerie creeping ever closer into the mainstream, there’s no better moment to explore our relationship with unsettling landscapes, abandoned and derelict sites, and places where the past haunts as a spectral presence. The eerie fascinates; it does not reveal its source, but lingers as a feeling that arises when ‘things are not what they seem’, disturbing our sense of reality and opening us to mystery, otherness and the inexplicable.
This one-of-a-kind evening draws on the work of M R James, David Lynch, PJ Harvey, among others, and thinkers such as Mark Fisher and Robert Macfarlane. Alongside personal stories and performance footage, I explore landscapes in performance through the lenses of the Eerie, Spectrality and Hauntology. I consider how my practice intervenes with what has been termed 'The English Eerie' and Folk Horror genres.
"I really enjoyed hearing about the inspiration behind the work of Dust Ensemble, presented in such an engaging manner. The talk has also refined my perception somehow. I’m now more open to the unexplained, the strangeness of certain places, situations and sounds, and I like the way this newfound awareness sparks my imagination". (Audience Member, Front Room Theatre, Weston Super Mare)