Ali loves telling stories, collaborating with interesting artists and bringing people together in new and exciting ways. Her varied and eclectic work has seen her exploring new writing, classic plays and adaptions, site specific, physical and audio theatre, as well as verbatim theatre, community projects, professional script development, choreography, devising & game theatre, and technologically-led / cross-media projects.

Ali founded Bunbury Banter in 2006.

Having originally trained in acting with Bodyworks Dance Company and Drama Studio London, Ali gained an MA (Merit) in Theatre Directing from St Mary’s University.

Directing credits include; Beneath The Dust (Bunbury Banter), Words Live (Bunbury Banter), Black Roses by Simon Armitage (Bunbury Banter/Theatre Royal Dumfries), Bug In The Cup by Helouis Thual; Freckle by Giles Connisby; Wassail Play by Simon Farquhar; The Square Mile by Andy Edwards (all part of Bunbanter’s A Play, A Poet and A Pastry), Blackout by Davey Anderson (Bunbanter/Theatre Royal Dumfries) Freedom’s Cut (NTS Five Min Festival), The Eco Effect (TimeWave/LoNyLa), Moon On A Stick & Fancy Meeting You Here by Lisa Fulthorpe (Bunbury Banter), Rain Stops Play by Lee Ravitz (Bunbury Banter, starring Timothy West and Prunella Scales), Memories of Loss by Hannah Walton Williams (Riverside Studios), The Fastest Clock in the Universe by Philip Ridley (Battersea Arts Centre).

Philip is the creative production force behind the extraordinary world of Bunbury Banter.

Philip has produced all of Bunbury Banter’s work to date, and will often also be found on the creative side of projects as well as fundraising, budgeting, managing teams, firefighting and plate-spinning. Whatever a project requires, Philip makes it happen.

Philip’s theatrical credits include over seventy radio plays and productions at venues including Riverside Studios, Battersea Arts Centre and the Finborough Theatre. He was one of five finalists for a Channel 4 Talent Award in 2008 and was nominated for Best Producer in the Radio Academy Awards 2012.