WRITER
DIRECTOR
IMPROVISER
PRACTITIONER
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable
Cesar A. Cruz, Poet & Activist
Featured Projects
I have written, performed and directed a wide-range of projects from science-fiction to classic spy thrillers. I am privileged to have been invited to co-create work with extraordinary artists of all kinds; ranging from Community Casts to Oscar Nominees. I am excited to discover who I will learn from and create with next…
Love Bites
I was one of the artists commissioned to write and perform a new work in celebration of the reopening of York Theatre Royal after the Covid-19 Lockdown. My piece Lost For Words was a comic monologue expressing a writer’s love for the English Language. The show was declared to be ‘Profound and ambitious’ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Stage
Getting Better
An epic ten-part audio drama following Nye Bevan’s struggle to create the NHS and the frontline medical staff who must deal with the true cost of health-care and social prejudice.
‘A fine new drama…reminds us powerfully that things can change’ - The Observer
Less Than Human
This dark science-fiction comedy was a co-production between Out of Character and York Theatre Royal which was devised and performed by artists with lived experience of mental illness. The Yorkshire Post named it as one of its ‘Top 5 Shows to See’
The Barren Author
A fantastical contemporary re-working of ‘The Adventures of Baron Munchausen’ starring Richard O’Brien and Sophie Aldred. The first season won an OffComm Commendation 2020 and was a finalist in the Off-West End (‘Offie’) Theatre Awards 2021. The Second Season lands in 2022
Passport to Oblivion
My adaptation of James Leasor’s classic 60’s spy novel which had a stellar cast including George Lazenby, Terence Stamp and Glynis Barber. Winner of Best Drama Special at the New York Festival Radio Awards 2020