I curated and facilitated a panel discussion on queering audio storytelling for Oorzaken Festival 2025, with guests Nicole Kelly and Randy Vermeulen – I cannot recommend listening to both their work enough. We looked at storytelling through a queer lens, what it can look like to ‘queer’ audio, making ‘queer normative’ audio and how to […]
I worked as Sound Designer for a 4 part series by The Europeans: Who Does It Best? The series looked at which European countries had policies that actually made our lives better, focussing on Housing, Childcare and Drugs. The Europeans has a really playful sound design style, so I had a lot of fun matching […]
From January 2026 – March 2026, I ran the first safe + sound school – a creative short form audio course. The course was online, with 18 international participants from many different disciplines – from drag artists to news reporters. Over 12 weeks, through workshops, 1-1 mentoring sessions, special guest Q&As and peer support spaces, […]
Heard: All About Trans – 2023 – presentI facilitate interactions for All About Trans: a project run by Heard. All About Trans brings together media professionals with a network of trans people for informal, off the record interactions intended as a safe learning space to improve trans representation in the mainstream media. In the Dark […]
I co-wrote, edited and performed a 2 hour show – Drag Brunch – with fellow audio producer and drag performer Brid Addison-Child at XMTR festival in September 2025. You can read a review of the show here (it starts about halfway down the article). Drag Brunch weaves live performance with interview recordings and archival material, […]
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