His credits in opera as assistant director include Le nozze di Figaro, Lucia di Lammermoor, Die Zauberflöte, Turandot (Royal Opera House), Alzira (Buxton International Festival), The Marriage of Figaro (English Touring Opera, dir. Blanche McIntyre), Falstaff (Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / European Opera Centre), and Last Days (dir. Tim Albery, Opera North / National Opera Studio). Previously he worked as an actor, and he trained at London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).