Chris' recent relevant artistic work has been as artist in residence for Let’s Go Global, curator for Thank You Theatre, writer for the NTC’s collaborative writing production ‘A Wife or the Gallows’; audio-visual director for Imperial War Museum North, facilitator and documentarist for community arts project Great North Passion (BBC/Cultural Spring) creator/director for BBC's Miracle on the Estate and writer/director of Arts council funded theatre piece, ‘Gemma Climbs Her Mountain’.
In October 2017 Chris was selected for the Royal Court’s inaugural Writers Group (North). His plays ‘Man Hours’ and ‘fell’ were developed with the Royal Court and Northern Stage. ‘fell’ has been further developed for a rural tour in association with ACE and Cumbrian Youth Alliance and toured the Lake District and North West in Spring 2020. 2021 development and recording of ‘ As Time …’
2022 Sisters from Different Mothers – writing/development
2022 online and staged readings of ‘A Moral Play’
2023 ‘fell’ tour
Karen's long professional c.v includes Arts council funded Inner Skin in Bristol 2014-15,dementia-specific operas and song cycle for WNO and 3 Choirs festival 2013 and, most recently as community artist for Bristol City Green capital 2015.
She was the Charles Causley writer in residence at Cyprus Well, Cornwall. Her two poetry collections are published by Holland Park Press.