Tom’s training lineage is founded in the work of the revolutionary theatre school- Drama Centre London where he trained as an actor.  After graduating Tom went on to work with Cheek by Jowl, Owen Horsely, Di Trevis, and Joseph Blatchley. 

In preparation for teaching he spent over a year shadowing RADA and  Drama Centre's lead  acting tutor John Besschizza, before starting his own teaching practice at the Guildford school of acting.

Tom then trained as a director in the MFA programme at Birkbeck College, University of London and was the trainee assistant director in the West Ends Jermyn Street theatre under Tom Littler.

Tom regularly teaches at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama where he was invited to teach the visionary acting technique of the Yat Malmgren/Laban system of movement psychology. Tom was taught by Yat Malgrem and his protege James Kemp.

Tom also is a regular acting tutor at  BADA’s transformative theatre training programmes for international students.

Tom’s directing portfolio includes interpretations of Ibsen's masterworks Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, A Doll's House at Guildford School of Acting, and productions of Twelfth Night, The Wild Duck, Three Sisters, Fuente Ovejuna at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. The White Devil at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.  At Jermyn Street Theatre, he collaborated with Austin Pendleton on A Woman Before a Glass, and as associate director at the English Theatre Frankfurt and Deutsches Theatre Munich.

Telos theatre company’s TELOS is to develop the talents of early stage career actors, who wish to pursue their talent, to the highest possible standards.