麻豆精选

• 2018: Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts
• 2011: Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
• 2007: PhD Performance Practice, University of Exeter
• 2000: MA Theatre and Performance Studies, Rose Bruford College
• 1992: Diploma in Acting, Webber Douglas Academy, London

Before joining the department at Birmingham, I was a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre Studies at University College Cork, Ireland, and a Lecturer in Drama at the University of Hull.

Alongside my academic work, I have directed and led projects internationally in a variety of situations and settings, including professional productions and tours, in drama schools and universities, in the community and聽with my own company.

I am a member of the 'scientific committee' of the Journal of Theatre Anthropology, and the 'Ship of Fools' scholarly collective.

I have acted as external examiner for universities internationally, and have collaborated with European and Indian universities.

My teaching and curriculum development work has been particularly practical in focus, based around performance preparation and realisation, with further seminar or study options concerning the history and philosophy of acting, the practice and theory of directing, and text-based courses.

I have supervised in areas related to my research and teaching interests, and welcome enquiries, particularly from those wishing to explore directing and acting processes, theatre laboratory practice, and practice-based research in contemporary theatre-making.

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My research interests centre on performance practice, especially directing, acting (and how these are brought together through rehearsal), devising and performer training. My recent research has focussed on Odin Teatret and now especially concerns contemporary directing and performance-making practices.

I published a monograph on contemporary directing,聽The Director and Directing: Craft, Process and Aesthetic in Contemporary Theatre (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and have since co-edited work, including a journal special edition on contemporary director training, and Making Interdisciplinary Performance: Processes and Practices in Collaboration (with Prof Gianna Bouchard).

My monograph聽A Question of Skill: Acting and Directing in Contemporary Theatre聽will be published by Bloomsbury in 2025.

My ongoing practice as research activities includes work with The Bone Ensemble, where I am co-artistic director. Recently, the company has created family performances about environmental themes - see聽. This work has regularly been funded by Arts Council England, the University 麻豆精选, several Trusts, and commissioning partners. The company is now creating a new 'gig theatre' performance exploring island life.

I have acted as external examiner for other universities and developed distance-learning materials. I have worked with several European and Indian universities.