Staff in the Department of Theatre and Performance

Sola Adeyemi

Sola teaches on African theatre history, postcolonial theatre, culture and performance, and convenes MA World Theatres.

Simonetta Alessandri

Simonetta Alessandri is a dancer, teacher and choreographer, who uses improvisation as a teaching and research method.

Danny Braverman

Danny is an award-winning playwright and storyteller, specialising in disability, community and young people’s theatre.

Philippa Burt

Philippa’s interests are the sociology of the theatre, ensemble companies, and twentieth-century British theatre.

Ysabel Clare

Ysabel’s subject area is performance, specialising in acting, voice, presentation and communication skills.

Sara Clifford

Writer of over thirty plays, Sara writes site-specific plays located in local communities and teaches dramaturgy.

Clare Finburgh

Clare’s research asks how theatre from across Europe and the Caribbean responds to issues such as social, global and climate injustice and war, and how it might stage multiculturalism and community.

Steven Dykes

A lecturer, actor, director and playwright, Steven has worked extensively in the UK and USA bringing scripts to life.

Cass Fleming

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

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

Gordon’s research has used his own experiences to focus on the relationship between practice and critical reflection.

Fiona Graham

Fiona’s research is informed by thirty years working as a dramaturge and performance writer in Britain and New Zealand.

Katja Hilevaara

Katja is a practitioner-researcher, whose work includes performance, installation and writing, and engages with memory and contemporary performance.

Florian J Seubert

Ben Levitas

Ben’s research connects modern Irish literature and theatre with its cultural and political history, specialising in W. B. Yeats.

Dafne Louzioti

Dafne works and teaches across performance, theatre, dance and martial arts, focusing on the body and power relationships.

Sue Mayo

Sue has worked extensively in community theatre, focussing on intergenerational and cross-cultural settings.

Graeme Miller

Graeme Miller is an artist whose work has taken various forms, from performance, installation, video and sound.

Rachael Newberry

Rachael's research interests are in the intersections between Post-War British Drama, Feminism and Eco- Criticism.

Osita Okagbue

Osita’s research interests are in African theatre and performance, Caribbean theatre and postcolonial theatre.

Deirdre Osborne

Deirdre's research ranges from late-Victorian to contemporary periods focusing upon feminism, race and poetics.

Nick Parkin

An award-winning composer, Nick specialises in environmental and site based sound and performance.

Alexa Reid

Alexa is a cross-disciplinary artist who makes work in the margins between theatre, live art and installation.

Catherine Rosario

Catherine’s research focusses on the meeting points between popular art forms, canonical works and the avant-garde.

Marie-Gabrielle Rotie

Marie is an interdisciplinary artist exploring feminist concerns through the meeting of visual art and performance.

Göze Saner

Göze's research approaches performance and performer training from psychological, philosophical, political and social perspectives.

Maria Shevtsova

Author of over 140 articles, Maria has worked on the sociology of the theatre, specialising in Russian theatre.

Miles Thompson

Miles’ specialism is gay camp practice with interests in queerness, gay theatre, historical and drag performance.

Mischa Twitchin

Mischa’s main research interests are European theatres of the avant-garde and Afro-European cultural politics.