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What the papers say:
“Exceptionally
Strong”
Edinburgh Evening News
“Riveting
& Talented”
Oxford Star
“Unique
and Zany”
Folkestone Herald
“Physically
Electric”
The Scotsman 
Post Glasnost Comedians .
Recent Clients include:
Royal College of General Practitioners.
University of Nottingham
University of Leicester
Oxford Psych Course
Human Relations Network
GKB Marketing Ltd
Thoresby Estate.
Creative Agendas
Derby NHS Trust
Performing
topical & satirical material on the comedy
circuit during the late 80’s early 90’s.
also performing at the Edinburgh fringe.
Performed with Leap in the dark Improvised comedy group
Also solo comedian for 2 years prior to post glasnost.
Dracula
by Liz Lochhead
Preformed
the role of van Helsing for Poor Fools Theatre Company
At the Edinburgh Fringe and Etcetera Theatre Club London.
Director: Lisa Napier.
Omnibus:
John Ruskin – The Last Visionary
BBC film
in the Omnibus series. A profile of john Ruskin
The art critic and visionary of the 19th century.
Director: Julian Birkett.
Mime and stand up.
During the
early 1980’s performed a number of solo comedy acts inculding-
The flying pastrami brothers, Diy mime Show , Stephen the Psychic hedgehog
Performing in comedy clubs up and down the country.
Beau Geste in a suitcase (Armpit Theatre with George Bassett) also ran
Spotz Comedy Club In Nottingham.
The
Surrealist from Nottingham. Time out
Other work includes
Kvetch by
Steven Berkoff
Role : Hale
Director: Stephen Steele.
Tell Tale
Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
Directed and performed by
Michael Crook.
Precious
Bane BBC TV
Role. Troublemaker
Director. Christopher Menaul
Film. Out
of Order
Role. Riot Policeman
Director. Jonnie Turie
Video Short.
The True Reality
Role. The Husband
Director. Stephen Steele
Professional
Role Play
Role play is an on going part of my work, I have done 2 or 3 sessions a month
over past 15 years. This has included work with medical students ,doctors
and other health care professionals as detailed below.
Intensive Consultation Skills Course with Dr Martin von Fragstein and Janet Young, May 2010
Intense Consultation Skills Course for Oxfordpsych January 2010
Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competencies Exam
CASC exam Sheffield April 09
Oxfordpsych Overseas CASC Course
Oxfordpsychcourse Mock CASC exam Sheffield 2009 - 2010
Oxfordpsych CASC course coaching HongKong Apirl 2010
Oxfordpsych CASC course coaching Dublin 2010
Oxfordpsych CASC course coaching HongKong Feb 2009
Medical Students
• Role play for communication skills training for 4th and 5th year medical
students using the Calgary/Cambridge framework
• Experienced in debriefing with students
• Role play for Psychiatry OSCE and Communication Skills OSCE.
• Occasionally teach communications workshop.
Psychiatry
• Role play for psychiatry mock exams and OSCE’s for senior house
officers
• Oxford Psych Course
-CASC Course March 2009-CASC Course 2008 - Autumn’07 MRCPsych part1
OSCE
• Acting on teaching DVD for University of Nottingham department of
psychiatry
ADRT WEB SITE. featured character in case study scenario's
Palliative
Care
• 12 years experience in Dying to Communicate workshops for health care
professionals .
GP Refresher Courses
• These involved playing out of scenarios that doctors found difficult
e.g. angry patients – anxious patients etc.
Vocational Training Scheme
• Role play as part of GP training
Telephone
Consultations
• Workshops with out of hour’s surgeries and emergency services.
Clinical Psychology
• Communication workshop with 1st year clinical psychology students
.
• Role play as part of the selection process for the PhD in Clinical
Psychology
