Since 2016 I have been working with participatory performance company Restoke as a creative evaluator. It is largely down to their vision and belief in the value of embedded research that I work the way that I do today. Restoke works with professional and non-professional performers over long periods of time to co-create shows. I work as a member of the extended team to capture evidence of artistic, professional, personal and collective transformations as they happen, and give information and feedback to the core team in real time.

I use creative methods to elicit conversations and capture experiences. I develop relationships with participants so that I can faithfully check any assumptions I’ve made whilst observing their work together. This culminates in in-depth and rigorous reports and other, more visual modes of dissemination, such as infographics, artworks and exhibitions. My aim is to make the research an enriching, extended part of the creative experience for participants, audiences and coordinators.