Tim trained in classical dance and was an aerialist/trapeze artist. He has choreographed five of The Little Greats (Opera North); Romeo and Juliet (The Globe); Pyramus and Thisbe(Canadian Opera Company); La traviata, Don Carlos (Houston Grand Opera); Parsifal (Lyric Opera of Chicago); Andrea Chénier, La Rondine, Albert Herring (Opera North); Carmen (Vlaamse Opera); The Elixir of Love (Welsh National Opera, Opera North, Houston, Oviedo); Falstaff and I Capuleti?e i Montecchi (Opera North, Melbourne, Sydney); La Bohème, The Bartered Bride (Opera North, Valencia, New Zealand); Il turco in Italia and Veronique (Buxton); The Tales of Hoffman (Malmö); Grimes on the Beach (Aldeburgh); Madama Butterfly (Oviedo).

He has been assistant director on many Opera North productions.