creative director
I’m a creative director with 12 years experience leading diverse teams of creatives, professionals, artists, academics to deliver extraordinary experiences from events to theatre, concerts to festivals.
With a passion for unlocking teams and individuals to go beyond the initial imaginations, and work in new ways that excite, motivate and … often scare them. I am working professionally in London, New York and LA and i’d love to hear what you’re up to.
EVENTS
TALKS
TECHNOLOGY
IMMERSIVE
INCLUSION
CONSULTANCY
clients include
IMMERSIVE
Steph founded and is the current artistic director of BitterSuite a company who’s work has toured Brooklyn Academy of Music, Roundhouse, Southbank Centre, The Arnolfini, Royal Opera House. Pitted as the “forefront of immersive” by ITV and as “Disarming and Wonderful” by Vice, the company have been shaking the immersive world with their disarming combination of intimate choreography and original music. with a recent collaboration with internaitonally renowned pop singer Christine & The Queens. Steph also creative directed an immersive treasure hunt for 3000 people to a secret party for the London Olympics, founded and directed a cross london festival Open Senses. Worked as a creative artist for Punchdrunk. And co-founded the netflix sensation Whisperlodge with Melissa Lauw & Andrew Hopefner.
““Steph is an extraordinarily talent, always brimming with new and smart ideas that have the ability to suck everyone in together to feel part of something truly exploratory and adventurous” ”
INCLUSION
Steph has had the pleasure of collaborating with the deaf and blind community since 2014, acting as the guest artistic director for Sensibility Festival 2017, an immersive and inclusive festival in Birmingham delivered in collaboration with Graeae Theatre Company. Steph also is the artistic consultant for international the inclusion and immersive project Revelland, responsible for consulting with Access All Areas, and six international bands tasked with transforming their gigs from gigs to accessibl & immersive experiences. Steph has also collaborated with artists with learning disabilities at Heart n Soul as the creative director of a sensory season the Making Sense Season. Steph is pasionate to keep inclusion at the forefront of her mind and study. A forever student.
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TECHNOLOGY
Steph was awared the Beyond Opera prize by the the Finnish National Opera House to create the worlds first digital operatic Diva who took to the main stage and wowed thousands of audiences over 26 performances in the auditorium. Steph lead an international team of creatives spanning LA, Canada, London, New York to take a team of creatives from conceptulisation through the phases of design, storyboarding, avatar character design, rigging, motion capture, vfx, and edit - overseeing teams in Unreal Engine and Rhino. In addition the team delivered a 360 spatialised audio using the lates d&b soundsystem. Suited and designed to be auditroium filler spectacle.
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CONSULTANCY
Let’s get disobedient
Steph loves spending time working out new ideas, building confidence in teams, and pushing ideas beyond where teams think they can go. A master a bringing people together to enjoy and love the art of disobedient thinking.
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ARTIST CREATIVE DIRECTION
Steph works with international artists all the way from entry to established. She works with artists to to dig into identity, creativity, vision and stage shows. If you’re looking for a dose of confidence, play and experimentation. Get in touch!
Artists i’ve worked with include…
“Working with Steph was just a dream, and we want to emphasise this not exaggerated! Her endless energy and flow of creativity is infectious and every time it felt we got stuck she could help us get going again. She would always create new routes in our heads without making our creative process her own. Finding and open mind and endless opportunities. It’s truly inspiring to work with her and we’ve learned a lot. If creativity would be a person it would be her.”
NWANDO EBIZIE
KRANKK
K!NGDOM
PERHAPS CONTRAPTION
Tanya Auclair
“I’m often juggling a lot of roles in my career as an independent artist, over the past 8 years Steph has been an invaluable sounding board at pivotal points, whether that’s working through professional, practical and creative matters .. or just asking really good questions! She approaches everything with sensitivity and positive energy, and is great at balancing the strategic / producer ’hat’ as well as the creative / imaginative one.”
UNUSUAL EVENTS
Steph took a routemaster bus, stripped out the inside and turned it into a travelling museum of british invention & innovation that toured the UK & Scotland between 2016-2018. She also led Keep Britain Tidy to develop a series of talking bins hosting the.voices of celebrities thanking people for putting their rubbish in the bin.
Her unusual events garnered major press attention including Sky News, Aljezzera, Good Morning Britain, Time Out, Guardian, Russel Howards Good News, ITV Daybreak and more.
TALKS
Steph has spoken at major events and hosted inspired panels, discussions and led talks with TedX, Brown University, Oxford University, LEAP Festival Saudi Arabia, Sky News.
She has also led difficult and deep conversations exploring topics of radical justice reform, joy, sexual violence, trauma and how the arts play a part in reigniting the UK’S hope. Steph has spoken directly to Sadiq Khan, Yvette Cooper (MP), Dame Vera Baird and the House of Lords.
