Louise founded Bounce in 2006. She oversees the artistic direction of Bounce’s work. Along with this, she devises, directs and delivers projects. She fell in love with drama in Year 7. It was the first lesson at school where she felt like she belonged. She works now with the same intention – to provide a space where you feel like you belong.

She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Mental Health First Aider, and Safeguarding Officer for Bounce.

Outside of work, she likes hanging out with her boys, cooking with vegetables, and running.

Collagism is a multimedia artist working in the medium of collage. She loves to present workshops engaging students in developing their creativity and love of art. Her art career has spanned over twenty years, exhibiting and performing work all over the world. An Australian by birth that has called London her home for close to 10 years.

Harriet Ditmore
ARtist

Harriet is an actress and drama facilitator. She has experience working with lots of different communities from teenagers with learning difficulties, to young offenders, to children in reception. Her favourite thing about facilitating drama sessions is creating a safe space where young people feel confident enough to explore performing. She loves taking her dog on long walks and is also a trained dancer.

Nadine is an artist and arts facilitator, mainly working with sculpture. She believes that anything can become a sculpture and we all have the power to be an artist. She works with lots of different community groups, sharing the tactile nature of sculpture to express yourself.

Nadine’s favourite ice-breaker is a sculpture game making marshmallow and spaghetti towers.

Katie Halliday Turner
Artist

Katie is a workshop facilitator and theatre director with over ten years’ experience working in the UK and abroad. She loves working with young people to see what stories they can make together and explore how to tell those stories using drama.

Katie’s favourite ice-breaker is good game Zombies, but online she loves Grandmother’s footsteps!

Sharon Kanolik
Artist

Sharon is a writer, facilitator, and producer and has worked with schools, communities, and theatres all over the UK. She loves working with people from all walks of life, creating and thinking about the world in new ways together. Outside of work, Sharon loves hanging out with her baby son, cycling to exciting places, and swimming in the sea.

Stewart Melton
Artist

Stewart is a writer, dramaturg, facilitator, and director and has worked with schools, communities, and theatres across the UK and Japan. Many of his projects involve staging new plays written with and for young people, as well as sharing games and techniques to help young writers develop their own dramatic voices. Outside of work, Stewart likes running long distances, watching professional tennis, and experimenting with new recipes in the kitchen!

Henry Mendoza
Artist

Henry is a writer, performer, researcher, and facilitator. He has experience working with young people with mental health difficulties, running drama workshops, duty managing local theatres, and doing general front of house for arts venues and events. He loves seeing the creativity and imagination fizz from young people in workshops – the moments where they feel inspired, having fun, telling stories. Drama always inspired him, and he saw first-hand how it could help everyone from those with behavioural problems, to those lacking confidence, to have a sense of belonging and a voice.

Outside of work, Henry enjoys seeing theatre and other quality drama and comedy, developing other creative skills as a video, photo and audio editor, spending quality time with his partner, friends, and family.

Dan Ramsden
Artist

Bio coming soon…