Inspiring and supportive teaching and mentoring
for writers and performers

Courses, workshops and one-to-one mentoring to help you connect or reconnect with your creativity, deepen your practice and move your work forward with confidence.

From absolute beginners to those already on a writing/artistic journey – all welcome.

Unlock your creative potential

Do you want to write fiction but aren’t sure where to start? Are you developing a new performance project and want a creative mentor to help shape your ideas?

Have you reached a point in your life where you’re ready to connect or reconnect with your creative voice and discover what’s next?

I offer thoughtful, tailored support and guidance for writers, theatre makers, and artist-scholars at every stage of their creative journey. Whether you’re beginning a novel, developing a solo performance, or navigating a new direction in your practice, I’ll meet you where you are. Together we’ll build the confidence, structure and momentum to help you show up for your work – and yourself.

I’ll champion your ideas, ask the questions that move you forward, and offer honest, encouraging feedback that helps your work grow. This is creative teaching and mentorship rooted in collaboration, curiosity and care: someone alongside you to challenge, encourage and accompany you as your creative practice evolves and expands.

  • I offer online courses, workshops and bespoke one-to-one mentorship, helping writers, theatre makers and artist-scholars develop their work in a supportive, inspiring environment. Feel free to send me an email or book a Zoom call to find out which option might work best for you.

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  • Are you a new writer wanting to build creative confidence? Would you like feedback and advice about creative next steps? I mentor writers, theatre and performance artists, graduate students and university faculty in the UK and internationally. For me, mentorship is a creative beside-ness: a relationship in which I champion, challenge and accompany you on your creative journey. My approach is attentive, rigorous and deeply supportive. All levels of experience welcome.

    Mentoring packages

  • I offer editorial support for writers seeking thoughtful, rigorous feedback to develop their articles and manuscripts and prepare their work for publication.

    Editorial help for writers

Upcoming courses

Just Start the Damn Thing! Just Start the Damn Thing!
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Just Start the Damn Thing!
£225.00 £265.00

6-week live Zoom course
Jan 4th-Feb 8th 2027 6-8 pm GMT
A new resolve for the new year! Just start the damn thing! is a small group course focused on ways in to writing, for writers at all stages of experience who are tired of waiting to feel ready and want to begin, restart, or strengthen a fiction project.

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The Next Chapter: Reclaim Your Creative Voice after 45 The Next Chapter: Reclaim Your Creative Voice after 45
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The Next Chapter: Reclaim Your Creative Voice after 45
£295.00 £345.00

8-week live small group Zoom writing class
Jan 17th-Mar 7th 2027 4-6 pm GMT
Write your next chapter in 2027. Created specifically for women in midlife and beyond who want to make more space for creativity, reconnect with their voice and explore new possibilities on the page.

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On the Scent: A Creative Writing Workshop On the Scent: A Creative Writing Workshop
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On the Scent: A Creative Writing Workshop
£55.00 £65.00

2 hour workshop
Sunday 15th Nov 2026 4-6 pm GMT
Working with smell can help us build vivid character, setting and sense of place in our writing and cultivate deeper connections with our readers. This two-hour live small group Zoom workshop is for writers and artists who want to use smell, memory and sensory detail as creative material.

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  • “Helen is a gifted teacher who sees you for who you are as a writer. She supported me in finding my best writing practices and in helping me gain the confidence to see myself as a writer who has something unique to say.”

  • “I spent a week on one of Helen’s writing retreats, The Next Chapter. She is a wonderful teacher: inspiring and supportive. Her creativity and dedication inform her lessons in a way that scoops you up and makes you believe that you can do it!”

  • “Helen has such an interesting sensitivity to dramatic language within her work, both aesthetically and intentionally. Alongside this, her work is awe-inspiring. It has been an eye-opening experience to be mentored by her, and I believe it will help me grow both as an artist and a human being.”

  • “Helen’s classes are so thoughtfully created. She has the brilliant ability to craft sessions with a narrative arc themselves, sessions that lead participants through a journey of self-discovery. You will end up with a raft of pages and a renewed purpose as a writer.”

My story

I’m a novelist, performance artist and the director of London’s Curious theatre company. My work moves between fiction, theatre, live art and creative research, and my performances have travelled to audiences around the world, including the Sydney Opera House and the Royal Shakespeare Theatre.

I’m the author of Lost Property, a book about love, loss and finding your place in the world and The Invisible Women’s Club which centres around themes of female friendships, the power of finding your voice and comes with a dash of menopausal vigilantism! I love to travel and practice yoga and most of all I love to share my creative skills with others. I have taught writing and performance for thirty years and am dedicated to mentoring writers and artists at all stages of their careers.

I am passionate about working with women mid‑life and on – 
my fellow ‘Queenagers’ – to help them discover the power 
and beauty of their voice.

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