About

Alison is an award winning multi-disciplinary artist and scenographer, working across performance, installation and social engagement. Her practice is influenced by our relationship with the natural world and stories of material, place, and time; and the embodied sensory relationship to the audience is always at the heart of her work. She creates magical worlds, ritual moments, immersive journeys, and re-framings of spaces for performance and social engagement, in both permanent and impermanent settings, with a focus on sustainable practice.

Alison’s recent work includes large scale participatory works created with Creative Folkestone; National Trust; and as part of the Kent National Landscape & Pas de Calais UNESCO Geopark bid.  She is currently one of eight Future Wales Fellows, supported by Arts Council Wales, Natural Resources Wales & Peak Cymru.

Alison started her career working with the Shunt collective in 2009, following training as a theatre designer at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and a Masters in Writing & Performance at University of York. Her work has been seen across the UK and abroad, on beaches from Glamorgan to Folkestone, blanket bogs in the Welsh mountains, stately homes and gardens, and on the stages of The Bush and Young Vic theatres in London, the main stage at Singapore Repertory Theatre, and touring venues around England & Wales.

Alison founded Bread & Goose in 2009 and led the company on a decade of adventures, devising magical immersive experiences for audiences in markets and town centres; on bicycles; underground; and within the mind of a woman with Alzheimers.

Teaching and facilitation are core parts of Alison’s practice, and she runs workshops in scenography, sustainable creative practice, and bespoke co-creation activities for people from tiny to elder and from all walks of life. She is an Associate Lecturer at Central St Martins on the BA Performance: Design & Practice; and is a certified Carbon Literacy Facilitator, leading on the development and delivery of a new Carbon Literacy training course for creatives. She recently completed a permaculture design certificate and is currently focussing on integrating permaculture principles into her creative practice.