I read English at Oxford and studied William Blake's visionary writing and artwork for a PhD. As a music journalist I interviewed Peter Gabriel, then joined with him and four friends as co-founder of the WOMAD Festival.'Stephen became a major creative architect of the WOMAD festival as it developed'-Thomas Brooman, WOMAD Artistic Director 1982-2008. Six years in performing arts, (music, dance, theatre), were followed by twenty-eight years of drama teaching; experimenting with a range of practitioners, and exploring psychophysical work through pedagogy and performance. I have also produced a series of educational drama films on devising, ensemble building, physical theatre, Artaud, Grotowski and comedy, for global distribution. I am a Drama Consultant, visiting practitioner and guest Director, running workshops in schools, universities, businesses and organisations both in the UK and abroad. I have also lectured on Blake and Artaud for Jungian groups in Bristol and London. I am Secretary of the Blake Society and a committee member of the Jung Lectures, Bristol. Most recently, I have written a play based on the letters, poems, art and life of William and Catherine Blake, which premiered in London in October 2019. Staged recently in Bloomsbury and at the Cube in Bristol. This is the first offering of Visionary Company. https://www.visionarycompany.co.uk