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Teaching Philosophy:
I place an emphasis on mixing theory, practice, and collaboration. I have a strong focus on contemporary European/ Australian theatre and global performance. Theatre with a purpose: to inform, educate, and challenge audiences. I challenge students to articulate and evolve their practice as theatremakers, to look beyond theatre's trivialisation as entertainment by the media, and ask what is the role and function of theatre in not only their society, but in our modern, global world. I encourage actors to tell a story with their physical and emotional presence, as well as knowledge and research to help make intelligent choices and see the text as a whole from a director's perspective.
Research / Teaching Interests:
PhD candidate - Contemporary European Theatre, 2011-2013
University of Melbourne (currently an independent researcher)
Master of Arts – Text and Performance Studies, 2004-2006
Kings College, London/Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
B.A. German Language and Culture
Heidelberg University, Germany
TAE 40110 Certificate VI in Training and Assessment
Member of International Federation of Theatre Research- Political Performances Panel
Recent Lecturer Positions:
Victorian College of the Arts - Acting 1- Short Courses, Acting for Musical Theatre
National Theatre Drama School - Devising for Performance, Elements of Theatre 1 and 2 in Advanced Diploma of Acting Degree
AIM (Australian Institute of Music)- Cultural Policy, Creativity, and Research in B.A. Arts Management Degree and Acting in B.A. Music Theatre
I place an emphasis on mixing theory, practice, and collaboration. I have a strong focus on contemporary European/ Australian theatre and global performance. Theatre with a purpose: to inform, educate, and challenge audiences. I challenge students to articulate and evolve their practice as theatremakers, to look beyond theatre's trivialisation as entertainment by the media, and ask what is the role and function of theatre in not only their society, but in our modern, global world. I encourage actors to tell a story with their physical and emotional presence, as well as knowledge and research to help make intelligent choices and see the text as a whole from a director's perspective.
Research / Teaching Interests:
- Political Theatre, Postdramatic Theatre, Intercultural and Global Performance
- Audience and Reception Studies - the role theatre plays in different cultures based on history, cultural politics, funding and how this filters down to audience reception of new work
- Translation Studies and Theatre, Devising and Writing for Performance
- Shakespeare Studies, New Playwriting, Theory and History
- Currently working on publishing profile with an article entitled Theatre & the City: Melbourne, which looks at how the dramatic texts and performances of a city’s theatre scene reflect its political and economic changes.
PhD candidate - Contemporary European Theatre, 2011-2013
University of Melbourne (currently an independent researcher)
Master of Arts – Text and Performance Studies, 2004-2006
Kings College, London/Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
B.A. German Language and Culture
Heidelberg University, Germany
TAE 40110 Certificate VI in Training and Assessment
Member of International Federation of Theatre Research- Political Performances Panel
Recent Lecturer Positions:
Victorian College of the Arts - Acting 1- Short Courses, Acting for Musical Theatre
National Theatre Drama School - Devising for Performance, Elements of Theatre 1 and 2 in Advanced Diploma of Acting Degree
AIM (Australian Institute of Music)- Cultural Policy, Creativity, and Research in B.A. Arts Management Degree and Acting in B.A. Music Theatre