Kate was the Artistic Director of award-winning Theatre6 for 14 years. She is winner of the Noel Coward Trainee Director Bursary at The Salisbury Playhouse. She is currently Creative Producer for Valley Arts in the Chew Valley and Mendips area. 

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Kate trained on the Chicago Director's Lab, at the National Theatre Studio and on the Postgraduate Director's Course at Drama Studio London. She has a First Class BA Honours degree from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in Drama, Applied Theatre and Education. In 2009 Kate founded Theatre6, leading the national touring company to win the Evening Standard Award for Best Musical for The Scottsboro Boys. 



Kate is based in Bristol, Somerset. She makes magical, visually powerful drama with live original music. Kate enjoys telling extraordinary stories about ordinary people in brave and imaginative ways. Kate co-directed large-scale community play Rising Waters for Valley Arts in 2024, also originating the concept and producing the project.

 

Kate directed, adapted and produced the world premiere adaptation of Dickens 'Great Expectations' called Estella which toured to Trinity Theatre, Thorington Theatre, Trebah Garden, Rondo Theatre Bath, Brighton Open Air Theatre and the Omnibus in Clapham. Kate's direction of Jane Austen's Persuasion toured to audiences across the UK. Kate directed the revival of Moira Buffini's Gabriel, staring Paul McGann and Belinda Lang, touring to Richmond Theatre, Windsor Theatre Royal, Liverpool Playhouse, Theatre Clywd and Yvonne Arnaud in Guildford. The Lost Boy, written by Stephanie Dale was produced by Theatre-in-the Quarter in Chester. Directed in the same year, both shows received substantial critical acclaim from national press. 

 

Kate regularly adapts novels for the stage and works as a dramaturg in the UK and internationally. Kate's first piece of original writing, new musical, Moments, was co-created with Theatre6 Resident Composer Maria Haik Escudero and showcased at Chichester Festival Theatre.

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Kate firmly believes in the power of theatre to tell unheard stories and empower young people and adults alike. She has worked as a coordinator, project manager and director for many organisations including Shakespeare's Globe, Shakespeare Schools Foundation and Ambassador Theatre Group. She is a regular staff director at Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.