Susie offers a range of different learning opportunities:
About Susie
Susie Ferguson is a teacher, freelance writer and creative learning consultant. With over 23 years of experience in the English, Drama and Dance classrooms and with internationally renowned theatre institutions, Susie is uniquely placed to help you plan your provision for young and new audiences, students and theatre makers.
She has collaborated with companies and practitioners such as Complicité, 1927, Kneehigh, Wise Children (now the Emma Rice Company), the Old Vic, the National Theatre, Katie Mitchell, Sheffield Theatres, and Utopia Theatre. You'll see examples of her education work across the West End and UK including PADDINGTON The Musical, Billy Elliot, PUNCH, War Horse, Stranger Things: The First Shadow, Waiting For Godot, Dear England, Standing at the Sky's Edge, To Kill A Mockingbird, A Christmas Carol, &Juliet, and TINA: The Tina Turner Musical. Susie is the Education Consultant for the Kneehigh Legacy Project.
Susie has worked with a number of schools including Epsom College, Kingswood School, King Edward 6th School, Ark Academy Trust and Maiden Erlegh Trust.
Susie has been a Trustee of Complicité since March 2026.
Learning
Susie's educational learning resources have supported regional touring, West End and international productions. Susie's vast experience of the UK education system ensures that her consultancy ensures that resources are relevant, user friendly and inspirational to all those who use them. Susie's resources have been published in print and digital form, including via the NT Collection (Drama Online) and Digital Theatre +.
Puppetry in Motion
In 2022, Susie co-founded Puppetry in Motion with Toby Olié. Having first met during the National Theatre’s teacher conference in 2015 they have combined their skills and experience to create learning opportunities that are both engaging and accessible, whether you’re in a rehearsal room, at school or in your home.
Research
As well as her teaching and freelance work, Susie is also a Postgraduate Researcher, completing a PhD at the University of Sheffield, exploring the National Theatre's literary adaptations and national identity. Her chapter 'Adapting Texts, Adapting Practice: Applying Rehearsal Room Methodology in the Study of Novels' was published in Transforming English Through Drama: Case Studies in Classroom Practice' (ed. Maggie Pitfield & Jane Coles, Routledge, 2026). Susie delivered '‘Reading Signs in the Traces of Things: Adaptation and Excavation in Ballet Shoes' at the IFTR World Congress in Melbourne in July 2026. Her research is funded by the AHRC, via the White Rose College of Arts and Humanities (WRoCAH).
Get in Touch
If you would like to discuss ideas for how Susie can help you plan and deliver your next education programme, complete the Contact Us form to get your project started!