Battle of Trafalgar Bicentennial
Titled ‘Trafalgar 200’, this hour-long live production marked the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.
As Executive Producer at Innovision, working alongside Robert Alge and Stuart Blake, we created a large-scale theatrical event staged in Trafalgar Square for the Royal Navy – beneath Nelson’s Column itself.
The production combined Royal Marine Commandos abseiling down the façade of the National Gallery, battle-esque pyrotechnics across the Square and integrated performances from military personnel and dancers, immersing a live audience of approximately 10,000 people.
This production required coordination across defence, security, heritage and broadcast stakeholders within one of the UK’s most symbolically sensitive public spaces.
Broadcast on the BBC, the event was attended by His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, forming part of the national commemorations.
NATO Summit
As Event Director for the 2014 Wales Summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), for M-is working with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, I led the delivery of one of the largest gatherings of world leaders ever staged in the United Kingdom.
Hosted in Newport, Wales, the summit required one of the most extensive security operations undertaken in the UK in peacetime.
More than 60 Heads of State and Government attended, including Barack Obama, David Cameron and Angela Merkel.
The programme brought together representatives from all 28 NATO member states at the time, alongside approximately 70 Foreign Ministers, 70 Defence Ministers and more than 4,000 delegates and officials from around 60 countries.
It was a politically sensitive, logistically complex and globally scrutinised operation delivered under intense security, diplomatic and media pressure demonstrating delivery at geopolitical scale.
Photo: Secretary of Defense, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons.
Photo: President.am, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
Her Majesty The Queen's Platinum Jubilee
I served as Executive Producer for ‘A Gallop Through History’, working alongside Simon Brooks-Ward and HPower on a four-night production culminating in a live ITV broadcast watched by millions.
The event was attended by Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II – one of her final public appearances – placing the production at the centre of a moment of profound national significance.
With a cast of more than 1,000 performers, the show combined large-scale equestrian choreography, theatrical staging and live performance.
It was led by household names including Tom Cruise, Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis, Omid Djalili, Adjoa Andoh, Gregory Porter, Martin Clunes, Keala Settle, Alan Titchmarsh and Katherine Jenkins.
This historic event required considerate creative development and seamless integration across broadcast, equestrian performance, royal protocol and live audience delivery within a highly visible national context.