Biography

Born in London, Georgia lived in Scotland and Stoke-on-Trent as a child, later moving to Southampton where she completed her schooling and worked backstage at The Nuffield Theatre before graduating from Royal Holloway, London University, in Drama, and Theatre Studies, with a specialisation in directing.

Georgia then completed a diploma course in Classical Acting at the London Academy of Dramatic Arts and, on leaving, formed her first theatre company, Stage Trek, running drama-workshop productions for primary schoolchildren. She also produced and directed the British premiere of A Woman’s Comedy, a play about Aphra Behn written by Canadian playwright Beth Herst.

Georgia was the Co-Artistic Director of London-based Forbidden Theatre Company from 1999 until 2003. Directing highly physical work, her productions included Life’s a Dream, Alice in Wonderland, Blood Wedding and Frog Prince all of which were new writing, translations or adaptations. Georgia also worked with fellow Camden-based theatre company, Scene and Heard, as one of their voluntary directing team, facilitating writing skills and self-esteem in underprivileged children.

In 2002 Georgia returned to The Nuffield Theatre, Southampton, with an Arts Council England grant as Trainee Director. She assisted and co-directed with Artistic Director, Patrick Sandford, and also with the Education Director, Daniel Buckroyd, on productions including a short tour of Chekhov’s Three Sisters, a schools’ tour of Macbeth, and the site-specific piece Tongues in Southampton’s Council chambers. Georgia directed her own production of Wertenbaker’s Our Country’s Good in The Nuffield’s main house.

Recently Georgia has directed for drama colleges including East 15 Acting School and Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, where she is also an audition panel member and external examiner. Productions include; The Rivals, Toad of Toad Hall, Stephen Lowe's Touched, Les Liaisons Dangereuses and A Laughing Matter by April De Angelis.

Georgia also created and runs The Flashpoint Project: Conflict Resolution Through Drama for the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds. Now in its third year, the project works with young people alienated from school as a learning environment. Using the story of Romeo and Juliet, conflict is explored, and a process of analysis facilitated, leading to resolution.

As a spin-off project, The Royal Armouries commissioned Georgia to create and run The Strongest Link Programme, a six-month, drama-based training programme for their Customer Services Department.

spinning WHEEL theatre is Georgia’s latest venture. Working with partner and Associate Director Philip Weaver, she aims to combine the production of original theatre with further conflict resolution projects.