John trained at The Chester Gateway Youth Theatre, The Cheshire School of Performing Arts and is a successful graduate from the University of Salford with BA Hons  in Performing Arts. Most recently John gained an MA in Musical Theatre from Liverpool John Moore's University.

John mainly works in theatre, where he has worked as an actor and director across all areas from Fringe to West End and has worked with some of the biggest stars including Bernadette Peters, Idina Menzel, Eden Espinosa and John Owen Jones. 

John is currently Artistic Director of Monsta Productions. He is also an associate director of The B Tales and is part of the workshop team for Papatango Theatre Company.  John is a long-time tutor at Merseyside Academy of Drama and regularly teaches across HE/FE institutions across the UK.