Courses

I offer live online courses, workshops and bespoke one-to-one mentorship, supporting writers, theatre makers and artist-scholars to develop their creative practice and bring their ideas into focus.

Fiction & Creative Writing

The Next Chapter: Reclaim Your Creative Voice after 45
Sale Price: £295.00 Original Price: £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.

Just Start the Damn Thing!
Sale Price: £225.00 Original Price: £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.

On the Scent: A Creative Writing Workshop
Sale Price: £55.00 Original Price: £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.

Theatre & Performance

The Art of Crafting Solo Performance
£700.00

6-week live Zoom course

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Are you a live artist, performer or theatre maker looking for support to make and develop a solo performance? This six‑week individually tailored course will help you hone your solo voice as a performer. With exercises and prompts to help you generate original material.

Practice-Based Research in Theatre & Performance
Sale Price: £275.00 Original Price: £325.00

6-week live Zoom course
March 2nd-6th April 2027, 5-7.30 pm GMT
Specially designed for artist-scholars developing practice-based research in performance, this small group course will help you define your research methodologies and create and articulate practice-based performance. 

  • ‘Dr Helen teaches from exquisite transformation and eloquent passion. She inspires a palette of prompts and embodied presence that fills our cups of creativity. You will be the change you seek.’

    Dr Kirstie MacDonald Scott

  • “Extraordinary. I am overwhelmingly happy I did this course. It challenged me in a way I have never been challenged and watching everyone artistically grow around me was unforgettable.”

    Just Start the Damn Thing!

  • “Dear future participant, please take the course. Helen will make sure to work with you individually, and that is a rare opportunity. She will continue to challenge you to think, to be open-minded and to bring your individual curiosities to the class.”

    The Art of Crafting Solo Performance

  • “The content and order of assignments for the course helped me immensely in crafting my specific project and articulating my artistic process so far. The teaching pushed students to delve further into their artistic choices while ensuring that the working space was safe, so students felt comfortable responding to questions and trying new things with their material. The assignments and tasks reflected a thoughtful, supportive and rigorous approach to the work.”

    Practice-Based Research in the Arts