My research interests centre on performance practice, especially directing and acting, and how these are brought together through rehearsal, and devising and performer training. My research has focussed on Odin Teatret and now especially concerns contemporary directors and directing, and performance-making practices internationally. Currently, I am focussing on the work of the director Anne Bogart.

Recently, I published a monograph on contemporary directing and acting, The Question of Skill: Directing and Acting in Contemporary Theatre (Methuen, 2025) and have recently co-edited work, including journal special editions on contemporary director training, and theatre laboratory. I co-edited the book Making Interdisciplinary Performance: Processes and Practices in Collaboration with Prof Gianna Bouchard (Methuen, 2025).

My ongoing practice as research activities includes work with The Bone Ensemble, where I am co-artistic director. Recently, the company created work for the Commonwealth Games cultural programme, and is now creating a 'gig theatre' performance The Islander, in collaboration with island communities internationally. This work has regularly been funded by Arts Council England, the University of Birmingham, several Trusts, and commissioning partners. 

Before joining the department at Birmingham, I was a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University College Cork, Ireland, and a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Hull.

Alongside my academic work, I have directed and led projects internationally in a variety of situations and settings, including professional productions and tours, in drama schools and universities, in the community and with my own company.

I am a member of the 'scientific committee' of the Journal of Theatre Anthropology.

I have acted as external examiner for universities internationally, and have collaborated with European and Indian universities.