Hazel previously toured her show The Attic with Theatre in Schools Scotland, which she created with Starcatchers for whom she is an Associate Artist. She also made and performed in the Starcatchers shows Too Many Cooks, Round in Circles and Hup (with RSNO). She has also worked with Frozen Charlotte, Catherine Wheels, Visible Fictions, National Theatre of Scotland, Puppet Lab, Platform, the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Lyceum Theatre and Strange Town. She is a podcaster and created the People to Peoplepodcast, CliMates and Small Small Rainbows. She is committed to supporting community climate action and currently runs a cargo bike library, a community fridge and a peer-to-peer car sharing network in her local area.

Maya and the Whale was created during a mentorship from Playwright Studio Scotland and was first shared in Easterhouse during Cop26 as part of Dear Green Place project by Fieldwork performance.