Notable Experience

As Leadership and Consultant

    • Artistic Director (With CEO Function) at The Spark Arts for Children. A registered Charity and Arts Council England, National Portfolio Organisation

    • Founder Artistic Director and CEO of Warts and All Theatre. A project funded Social Impact driven Not For Profit

    • Trustee for Zest Theatre

    • Established a Multi-Year Paul Hamlyn Foundations funded project, Building Brave Spaces which explores child voice, agency and belonging in primary schools

    • Talent Development Consultant: Artist development models for Arts Organisations and Local Authorities across the UK

    • Consultancy project around community arts/ social impact for Mansfield Palace Theatre

    • Scale up business consulting for creative industries

    • Development and Implementation of the Child Action Group (The Mega Bosses of Spark Operational Co-Creation) at The Spark Arts

    • Curation Vital Spark Symposium, March 2024

    • Co-Creation Speak Your Truth: Black Lives Matter at Warts and All Theatre

    • Lead Co-Creation partner in Thriving Communities social prescribing project

    • Led multiple Vision, Mission and Values Identity refreshes for organisations

“What I admire is the spirit of collaboration with other organisations, a strong commitment to place-making, diversity and inclusion and social justice and the determination to have young people’s voice at the centre ”
— Morag Ballantyne, Consultant
“A brilliantly driven person who gets stuff done and makes real and lasting change to people, things and places.”
— Ben Anderson, Director, Lincoln Arts Centre

As Director and Creative

    • Co-Creating the interactive From The Ground Up with Joeri Smet for Almeida Theatre at Shoreditch Town Hall and after transferring to Edinburgh Fringe

    • Co-Creating Oh No Not Snow! at Royal & Derngate in Northampton

    • Co-Creating Short Changed and Truth About Youth at Theatre Royal Plymouth

    • Reparation Island at Birmingham Hippodrome with Bravo 22 and The British Legion

    • Co-Creating Out Of Office an innovative role playing murder mystery, through mobile phones

    • Trained at East 15 Acting School and National Theatre Directors Course

“He has a vision for the future and an understanding of the need to have solid business-like foundations in place to achieve that vision and continue to be able to deliver incredible art into the future.”
— Heather Dunlop, Contando
“He works tirelessly with a sense of humour and high standards, constantly adapting but never sacrificing quality of experience. ”
— Laura Tipper, Actor

As Project Manager & Producer

    • Vital Spark Ideas Fund Projects and Spark Festival 24

    • Group Coaching programmes

    • BoroughBash- with Made With Many- Community driven arts and culture festival

    • Various youth arts and social impact projects

    • Social impact projects such as the Wailingborough podcast and The Wellow Pages

“I think Chris is one of the most innovative and inspirational people that I have come across in the cultural sector. He’s always optimistic, never says no and believes in better. ”
— Miki Lentin, Consultant, People Make It Work
“Chris is a champion of artists, providing quality training to those early in their career and providing rigorous, yet supportive challenge to those with more developed practice.”
— Jane Pawson, Head of Artistic Projects, Theatre Royal Plymouth