Theatre and Performance staff
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Staff list
Sola Adeyemi
s.adeyemi (@gold.ac.uk)
Sola teaches on African theatre history, postcolonial theatre, culture and performance, and convenes MA World Theatres.
Simonetta Alessandri
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
Simonetta Alessandri is a dancer, teacher and choreographer, who uses improvisation as a teaching and research method.
Julia Bardsley
Julia is a theatre artist working with video, photography, extreme garments, sculptural objects and audience.
Danny Braverman
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
Danny is an award-winning playwright and storyteller, specialising in disability, community and young people’s theatre.
Philippa Burt
p.burt (@gold.ac.uk)
Philippa’s interests are the sociology of the theatre, ensemble companies, and twentieth-century British theatre.
Ysabel Clare
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
Ysabel’s subject area is performance, specialising in acting, voice, presentation and communication skills.
Sara Clifford
s.clifford (@gold.ac.uk)
Writer of over thirty plays, Sara writes site-specific plays located in local communities and teaches dramaturgy.
Clare Finburgh
c.finburgh (@gold.ac.uk)
Inspired by Duras, Genet and Brecht, Clare is a researcher of modern and contemporary European theatre and performance.
Steven Dykes
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
A lecturer, actor, director and playwright, Steven has worked extensively in the UK and USA bringing scripts to life.
Cass Fleming
c.fleming (@gold.ac.uk)
Cass’s specialism is the use of play in actor training and theatre making, exploring the work of Suzanne Bing and Michael Chekhov.
Anna Furse
a.furse (@gold.ac.uk)
From 40 years of feminist performance research, theatre directing and writing, she now focuses on the body performing in social, cultural and medical contexts.
Robert Gordon
r.gordon (@gold.ac.uk)
Gordon’s research has used his own experiences to focus on the relationship between practice and critical reflection.
Fiona Graham
f.graham (@gold.ac.uk)
Fiona’s research is informed by thirty years working as a dramaturge and performance writer in Britain and New Zealand.
Katja Hilevaara
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
Katja is a practitioner-researcher, whose work includes performance, installation and writing, and engages with memory and contemporary performance.
Ben Levitas
b.levitas (@gold.ac.uk)
Ben’s research connects modern Irish literature and theatre with its cultural and political history, specialising in W. B. Yeats.
Dafne Louzioti
d.louzioti (@gold.ac.uk)
Dafne works and teaches across performance, theatre, dance and martial arts, focusing on the body and power relationships.
Graeme Miller
gmill009 (@gold.ac.uk)
Graeme Miller is an artist whose work has taken various forms, from performance, installation, video and sound.
Rachael Newberry
r.newberry (@gold.ac.uk)
Rachael's research interests are in the intersections between Post-War British Drama, Feminism and Eco- Criticism.
Osita Okagbue
o.okagbue (@gold.ac.uk)
Osita’s research interests are in African theatre and performance, Caribbean theatre and postcolonial theatre.
Deirdre Osborne
d.osborne (@gold.ac.uk)
Deirdre's research ranges from late-Victorian to contemporary periods focusing upon feminism, race and poetics.
Nick Parkin
drama (@gold.ac.uk)
An award-winning composer, Nick specialises in environmental and site based sound and performance.
Alexa Reid
a.reid (@gold.ac.uk)
Alexa is a cross-disciplinary artist who makes work in the margins between theatre, live art and installation.
Catherine Rosario
c.rosario (@gold.ac.uk)
Catherine’s research focusses on the meeting points between popular art forms, canonical works and the avant-garde.
Marie-Gabrielle Rotie
m.rotie (@gold.ac.uk)
Marie is an interdisciplinary artist exploring feminist concerns through the meeting of visual art and performance.
Göze Saner
g.saner (@gold.ac.uk)
Göze's research approaches performance and performer training from psychological, philosophical, political and social perspectives.
Maria Shevtsova
m.shevtsova (@gold.ac.uk)
Author of over 140 articles, Maria has worked on the sociology of the theatre, specialising in Russian theatre.
Miles Thompson
m.thompson (@gold.ac.uk)
Miles’ specialism is gay camp practice with interests in queerness, gay theatre, historical and drag performance.
Mischa Twitchin
m.twitchin (@gold.ac.uk)
Mischa’s main research interests are European theatres of the avant-garde and Afro-European cultural politics.