Selina used to work with Great Ormond Street Hospital, which ignited her passion for working with children.
She was also a children’s entertainer, dressing up as princesses and clowns for loads of excitably bouncy, sugar-fuelled kids. She says it sounds scarier than it was. Yeah, we believe you, Selina!
Vital Stats
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Who or what makes you laugh until it hurts?
Everything and anyone on a good day
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What would your superpower be?Time travel.
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What's the nicest thing anyone ever said to you?Your light makes people smile
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What's the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?When I first went skiing, I couldn’t understand how to stop properly, despite being shown, so I threw myself into the snow. It’s okay, it doesn’t hurt anymore.
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What's your mantra?What’s for you won’t pass you by
Selina’s not-so-horrible history
Selina’s background in performing and writing has helped her create and deliver a wide range of workshops within the educational, charity and corporate sector. Never one to drop names, Selina has worked with companies such as Montage Theatre Arts, whose patrons include Dame Emma Thompson.
As a performer, she has starred in national commercials for brands like Baker Ross and Barclays and was a part of Bush Theatre’s West London Playwright group, where she wrote and developed her second play.
Selina has created and delivered both virtual and in-person workshops and is passionate about intergenerational projects - uniting young people with the elderly. During the sessions, the groups would devise performances based around superheroes. One of her favourites was when she co-wrote a marriage guide for couples with an amazing woman aged 84 years young, who was married for 59 years.
Selina has been able to combine her creativity with her experience of working within the education and corporate worlds to devise and deliver workshops for the following organisations:
- The Federation of Entertainment Unions – Networking workshop and boosting creativity after the pandemic.
- Poplar Union Theatre – Key stage 1 online workshop that was filmed, with supporting worksheets on Black British Heroes for Black History month.
- Catalyst Housing Association – International Women’s Day workshop on female empowerment
- Wizard Theatre – Confidence building workshops through their pupil premium programme
And finally…
Selina is grateful that she can do the things she loves, such as working with us at Laughology (of course), being by the sea and dancing like no one is watching. She is a foodie, despite her allergies, and has become an expert at baking cakes without gluten or dairy or shellfish!
