Christa is a freelance theatre director and dramaturg. She is International Associate Director on Lord of the Rings: a musical tale, which has toured inthe UK, Chicago, New Zealand and Australia next with subsequent Australian and Asian tour. She graduated from University of Birmingham in 2013 and shortly after was awarded the regional Leverhulme Arts Scholarship for the Birmingham REP with the JMK Trust in 2015. Outside of directing Christa has worked as a Casting Director across various shows and also runs WildChild, which is dedicated to creating social mobility through the arts for talent from unrepresented backgrounds.