Hello! Thanks for coming here.

I live in London and direct & produce comedy shows and teach stand up comedy (and sometimes still perform).

Recent work

Directing – shows I’ve directed the Best Newcomer Prize at the Edinburgh Fringe (2022 – Grl, Ltnx, Def by Lara Ricote), have won the Main Prize at the Leicester Comedy festival (2023 – “Spoilers”,  Stuart Goldsmith), and been turned into major BBC shows (2023 – “Juice”, Mawaan Rizwan)

Dramaturgy – I was the dramaturg on the Sky Comedy Rep 2022/23 An 8 month collaboration between Sky Comedy and the Birmingham Rep to help 8 new writers create and the have staged 8 new comedy plays. I am the dramaturg on the Victoria Wood Prize

Teaching – In the past 18 months previous alumni of my courses have won Britain’s Got Talent, So You Think You’re Funny (with 6 getting to the semi finals), won the NATYs and been finalists in Funny Women, the Musical Comedy Awards, British Comedian of the Year, the BBC New Comedian of the Year and won King Gong.

Production – in 2023 I produced 3 benefit shows for Choose Love with performers including Nish Kumar, Elif Shafak, Bridget Christie and David Baddiel.

I’m also one of the co-founders and co-owners of the Bill Murray comedy venue in Islington

Thanks,

Dec

Recent work