Applied Theatre

Catherine McNamara, BA, PGCert LTHE, PGCE, MA, PhD

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Catherine McNamara, BA, PGCert LTHE, PGCE, MA, PhD

Catherine McNamara joined Central School of Speech & Drama in 2003 as Lecturer on the PGCE programme. She later became Course Leader of the MA Applied Theatre (Drama in the Community & Drama Education) and is now Pro-Dean (Students). Catherine teaches on various MA and BA courses and has supervised at Doctorate level. As Pro-Dean (Students) she has a key role in enhancing the student experience at Central. She is Chair of the Equality & Diversity committee and manages the Learning Centre.

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Deputy Dean of Studies
Qualifications:
BA Drama and English (University of Leicester)
MA Drama and Theatre Studies (Royal Holloway, University of London)
PGCE Drama (Central)
PG Cert LTHE (Central)
PhD The Constitution of Transgender Masculinity through Performance: Theatre and the Everyday (Queen Mary, University of London)
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Collaborative project work
Devising with young people
Gender and transgender in performance
Theatre and performance in community settings
Email:
catherine.mcnamara@cssd.ac.uk

Prof. Sally Mackey, BA, PGCE, MA, PhD, FRSA

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Prof. Sally Mackey, BA, PGCE, MA, PhD, FRSA

Sally Mackey is Professor in Applied Theatre and Performance having started teaching at Central in 1992 as a drama education specialist. (She is co-author of Drama and Theatre Studies, Stanley Thornes, 2000 and editor/author of Practical Theatre, Stanley Thornes, 1997.) She introduced ‘applied theatre’ to Central and still teaches predominantly in that field.

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Professor of Applied Theatre and Performance
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BA (Comb Hons) English and Drama, Exeter University
PGCE Drama, Goldsmiths, University of London
MA Arts Education and Cultural Studies, Warwick University
PhD Towards an Understanding of the Performance of Place, Warwick University
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Devising and improvisation
Performance
Performance in place/site
Research methods (particularly practice as research)
Email:
sally.mackey@cssd.ac.uk

Jo Ronan

Collective Ownership, Capital and Creating Performance:

Dr. Sheila Preston, BA, MA, PhD

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Dr. Sheila Preston, BA, MA, PhD

Sheila Preston has held lectureships at Winchester University and St Mary's College. At St Mary’s College she led the development and validation of a new degree ‘Drama in the Community’.  She has been lecturing at Central on the undergraduate and postgraduate Applied Theatre courses since 2003.

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Postgraduate Courses›Masters›MA Applied Theatre
Postgraduate Courses›Research Degrees
Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
Position:
Senior Lecturer, Applied Theatre
Qualifications:
PhD Theatre for Development in Context: exploring the possibilities and problematic of radical visions of theatre and development with the action of community, University of Winchester
MA (Dist.) Theatre and Performance: (Theatre for Development), Southampton University
BA (1st class), Drama, Theatre & Television, University of Winchester)
Certificate in Counselling, University of Winchester
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Drama
Education
Email:
sheila.preston@cssd.ac.uk

Liselle Terret, BEd, MA

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Liselle Terret, BEd, MA

Area of specialisation: Applied Theatre practice including facilitation approaches, community theatre, youth theatre, TIE, drama education, disability, international applied theatre practice.

Liselle joined Central as BA (Hons). Drama, Applied Theatre and Education as Lecturer in 2004.

Liselle worked originally as a Drama Teacher before facilitating arts education and community theatre projects for over 10 years for companies including Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre For Children, in partnership with Graeae Theatre, and Besht Tellers, Eastern Europe.

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Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
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Lecturer, Applied Theatre
Qualifications:
B.Ed (Hons) Drama and Spoken Language
MA Theatre Arts (Directing)
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Drama Education
The practice and the politics of neo low art performance
Email:
liselle.terret@cssd.ac.uk

Dr. Gareth White, BA, PhD

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Dr. Gareth White, BA, PhD

Gareth White trained at University College Bretton Hall and spent some time as a freelance actor, director and facilitator before beginning his doctoral research at Goldsmiths College, University of London. He joined Central in 2004.

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Postgraduate Courses›Masters›MA Applied Theatre
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Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Theatre
Qualifications:
BA Hons Dramatic Arts (First Class), Bretton Hall
PhD, Goldsmiths, University of London
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Audience participation and interaction
Contemporary theatre and performance in practice
Performance and everyday life
Shakespeare
Email:
gareth.white@cssd.ac.uk

Dr. Katharine Low, BA, MA, PhD

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Dr. Katharine Low, BA, MA, PhD

Katharine Low joined Central School of Speech & Drama in January 2011 having just completed her PhD in Applied Theatre at the University of Manchester.

Prior to teaching at Central, Katharine has taught on the MA in Applied Drama at Goldsmiths College, in addition to teaching at Manchester and Glasgow. At Central, Katharine teaches on the BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education.

As an applied theatre practitioner, Katharine has worked on numerous projects both within the UK and internationally, predominantly in South Africa and Tanzania.

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Lecturer, Community Performance/Applied Theatre
Qualifications:
MA (Joint Hons) First Class Psychology and Theatre Studies, University of Glasgow
MA Applied Theatre (Distinction), Manchester University
PhD Applied Theatre, Manchester University
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Health
Theatre for development
Email:
Katharine.Low@cssd.ac.uk

Nicola Abraham

Abstract

An investigation into the impact of Neoliberalism on vulnerable young people, working in collaboration with inner city London based charity Kids Company. Investigating the current provisions provided by Kids Company in a variety of different settings and the problems facing both the service and the service users regarding sustainability.

Selina Busby, BA, PGCE, MA

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Selina Busby, BA, PGCE, MA

Selina Busby joined Central in 2005 specialising in drama in prisons, youth theatre, TIE and British theatre of the 1990s.

Having taught drama and performing arts for several years at a further education college, as well as in schools and prisons, she then moved into higher education, working as a visiting lecturer at both Buckingham Chiltern University College and Royal Holloway University of London. Subsequently she was a tutor on the PGCE course at Central.

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Postgraduate Courses›Masters›MA Applied Theatre
Undergraduate Courses›BA (Hons) Drama, Applied Theatre and Education
Position:
Senior Lecturer and Course Leader, Applied Theatre
Qualifications:
BA (Joint Hons) English Literature and Drama (Middlesex)
MA Victorian Literature (Buckingham), PGCE (University of Wales)
Teaching Areas:
Applied Theatre
Email:
selina.busby@cssd.ac.uk