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ADSS J Arnfield Facultystaff 100Jane Arnfield
Reader in Arts, Director of Fine & Visual Arts Programmes & Principal Lecturer in Performing Arts
Jane Arnfield was born in Stockport and trained at Dartington College of Arts graduating with a BA (Hons) in Theatre; she has been a theatre practitioner for the past twenty four years... more>>

 

ADSS Steve Gilroy Facultystaff 100Steve Gilroy
Director of Performing Arts Programmes, Associate Director: Live Theatre
As an award winning professional playwright and director, Steve Gilroy has been producing work on both national and international stages for the last fifteen years. With a primary focus on new plays Steve... more>>

 

Dr Kay Hepplewhite
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
Research includes investigating the expertise of applied theatre practitioners who work in participatory and community contexts. A participatory research method of reflective dialogues utilises video recordings... more>>

 

Dr Matt Hargrave
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
Matt joined the Department in 2004 after having worked as a writer and theatre practitioner with many leading theatres and cultural providers including: Northern Stage, New Writing North, Mind the Gap... more>>

 

Dr Solomon Lennox
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
Solomon Lennox joined Northumbria University in September 2014 as Lecturer in Performing Arts. He completed his BA studies in Drama at the University of East Anglia, his Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in... more>>

 

Liz Pavey
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts

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Fiona MacPherson
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
Fiona joined the division of Performing Arts in 1994 her background is as a professional performer, singer, deviser and director.Fiona joined the division of Performing Arts in 1994 her background is as a professional performer... more>>

 

Dr Lazlo Pearlman
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
Lazlo Pearlman is a performance maker and theorist whose areas of interest and expertise are gender-, performance- and cultural-studies, queer theory, transgender studies, intersectional feminism and critical race theory... more>>

 

ADSS Cormac Power Facultystaff 100Dr Cormac Power
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts
PhD in Theatre Studies, University of Glasgow. First Class BA (Hons) Drama, University of Wales Aberystwyth. I joined Northumbria University as a lecturer in October 2006, having completing my PhD at Glasgow University earlier that year... more>>

 

Dr Linda Taylor
Senior Lecturer, Performing Arts 
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