Kit is a multi award-winning Writer/Director of playfully bombastic film and theatre. His work balances absurdist comedy with heart-felt explorations into what it means to be human, and uses an eclectic mix of performance tropes and styles. As a transgender man, Kit is particularly interested in the complexities of identity as well as activism through laughter.
Kit is one half of screenwriting/directing duo ‘Kit & Arran’. Their debut feature King Baby premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and went on to screen at multiple festivals including Sydney SXSW, Edinburgh International Film Festival, New Horizons, Cinequest and Belfast Film Festival. King Baby won Best Fantasy at the UK Film Awards and Best First Feature at LIFFF. It was nominated for a BIFA and three LEO awards. www.kingbabymovie.com. Their second feature, satirical queer horror How Dare You goes to camera in 2026 and they are currently writing a revisionist Western, Jericho.
His play, Passengers, won The Lustrum Award at Summerhall and has been published by Oberon Books, purchase here! His show Testosterone won The Pleasance Indie Award for Best Theatre Show and the Highly Commended Award at Vaults Festival. It was also selected by British Council for the Edinburgh Showcase and shortlisted for The Samuel Beckett Award, The Peter Brook Award and The Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award. The Word Was God was a commission from Schauspielhaus Graz in Austria where it premiered to critical acclaim. The text is represented by Felix Bloch Erben. Kit is the Artistic Director of Vacuum Theatre - a cross-disciplinary troupe making cutting edge ensemble theatre. He also works freelance and collaborates as a writer and director with other companies and practitioners around the world - showing and developing work in Greece, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, Australia, Canada and Brazil. He has co-written a play with award winning Canadian writer/performer Pippa Mackie which will be developed at The Cultch, Vancouver.
Kit is a Ted X speaker, has presented at Women of The World Festival in Rio De Janeiro, Queen Mary University, Transarte Festival, Rio and Britsh Council, Venezuela. He runs workshops with performers, young adults and service users of various NGO’s and charities.
