Work

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Young

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Communities

  • Beth has worked extensively with our Year 1, 2 and 3 students across the BA (Hons) Acting and BA (Hons) Actor Musician programmes, making a significant contribution to their artistic and personal development. Her work consistently builds students’ confidence, technical skill, resilience, and professional discipline. Beth is compassionate, honest and highly constructive, while also demanding the highest standards from those she works with. The productions she has led, including Our Town with our Year 2 Acting cohort, were of an excellent standard and provided rigorous, industry-facing training. Beth’s practice prepares students to meet the realities of professional performance with confidence and integrity.

    Tom Aldersley - Acting Coordinator, Leeds Conservatoire

  • We love working with Beth on National Theatre Connections, as one of our Associate Directors. She is warm, responsive and consistently reliable - she is also extremely clear, with a very calm, generous presence throughout Connections the process which benefits the participants and directors we work with hugely. We also really value and trust her artistic judgement and directorial taste - a highly valued member of the team. 

    Jenny Wilkinson - Connections Producer, The National Theatre

  • Beth is a superb theatre maker. Her innate talent for creating theatre utilising young people’s words, ideas and passions makes for unique, moving performances which cut to the heart of the audience. She cares about the people she works with and collaborates with participants to give them appropriate artistic challenge and showcases great skill at bringing disparate ideas together coherently and beautifully.

    Hannah Draper - Director of Creative Engagement, Harrogate Theatre

  • It has been such a joy having her in school, and it has been so amazing to see how comfortable and confident she has made the children whilst they've been pushed out of their 'normal' or 'comfort zone'. They have felt excited, supported and encouraged at every opportunity and it is always so wonderful when someone comes into school and really inspires the children in this way. Nothing has been too much to ask, and her clear boundaries and high expectations, whilst having so much fun with the kids, has meant they have flourished. It has been great to see some children shine particularly, but mainly how inclusive the process has been, and that has been because of Beth's brilliant efforts and encouragement.

    Rosie Castle - Teacher, Sheffield Theatres Education Project

Selected Current/Previous Work

Connections Associate Director Since 2025 (Previously Mentor Director since 2024)

Collaborating closely with the National Theatre’s Connections Team to provide artistic leadership for the annual festival. Including: shortlisting companies for the National’s hosted festival; working closely with performers, directors and production teams to realise the full potential of the work; supporting the development of future plays for the programme.

Future Makers Artist, Feb - July 2023

Delivering collaborative sessions with young people in secondary schools in Sheffield and Chesterfield towards developing ideas for new work for young audiences.

Visiting Artist Since 2022

Delivering projects and working with students across BA Acting, Actor-Musician and Musical Theatre.

Creative Engagement Artist, June 2014 - July 2023

Planning and delivering weekly sessions and directing 5 productions with Young People aged 8-19 and delivering regular workshops with Older People and in schools.

Visiting Director Since July 2023

Delivering projects and working with participants across Sheffield Theatres core engagement and eduction work.

Youth Theatre Director, Jan 2019 - March 2023

Planning and delivering weekly sessions and directing 13 productions with Young People aged 3-18.