I retired in 2014 at the age of 65 and went to live in Spain. I was bored after 2 weeks and decided to set up a company/ensemble of older artists, like myself, with our founding chair Mandy Stewart. I came to Leeds and started working at Leeds Playhouse with their older person project, Heydays.

Since then the company has gone from strength to strength we are now the 1st permanent ensemble of older artists funded by Arts Council England. I am proud of what we have achieved and am extremely grateful to all the people who have helped, advised and supported us along the way. I believe the arts can change society for the better and that our creativity is one of our greatest gifts. I am on a mission to create, with others, extraordinary performances and build long lasting relationships with older people locally, nationally and internationally. Believing that everybody is creative and has a story to tell.

I hope that we can encourage the inherent creativity of older people where ever we go.