theatre directing

10 speaker tips for sharing a product story as the Hero's journey

10 speaker tips for sharing a product story as the Hero's journey

Explaining how a complex product comes together to an audience can be hard. How much logic is enough logic, and when does detail become too much detail in a talk?

With my theatre director’s hat on, I’ve put together these tips around how I shaped my product story as a speaker at the product makers’ conference JAM London.

Why does depression have to be sad? Reasons to be ridiculous

Why does depression have to be sad? Reasons to be ridiculous

Why laughter and ridiculousness are so central in my theatre company Parrot in the Tank’s approach to making work about depression, as we unpack what writing a comedy about depression is really about.

Post written together with my colleagues Sam Bailey and Joe Connor, originally published in Exeunt Magazine.