At the moment, I am investigating mass participation endurance sport events. I am interested in the way that spectator positioning shifts between participant and outsider, and I am looking at the cultural and political implications of this hugely popular performance form. I am investigating this area through participation as well as through cultural and political theory. I am drawing on the work of Jacques Rancière, Judith Butler, Hannah Arendt and Ernesto Laclau, among others. My research also involves running over 1,000 miles a year, and connecting this experience with theoretical perspectives of embodiment and aesthetics.

Although I do not make works for theatre any more, I have a background in disability arts and culture, and was Associate Director for Graeae Theatre Company during the 1990s. I have also worked as a director for a number of other companies including The Lyric, Hammersmith and The Nuffield, Southampton.

I am looking forward to the paralymic games in London in 2012 and am starting to have exciting conversations about the meanings of the disabled sporting body on the world stage.