Research in Theatre Studies
We are involved in a strong and diverse range of research that crosses disciplinary boundaries and explores topics and issues specific to theatre and drama. Theatre involves multiple materials, sights, sounds and historical periods and the research of our staff and students reflects this diversity.
Our staff and students are involved in research that includes
- Translation
- Russian drama and theatre
- Shakespeare
- Modern British theatre
- Performance as research
- Directing
- Design
- Contemporary performance
- Historical and critical studies
- Bicultural and intercultural theatre
- Documentary/verbatim theatre
- Gay/queer drama
- Theatre and theatre theory
- Performance and politics
- The avant-garde
The Our People page will provide information on individual staff research interests.
Practice-led Research
We are committed to promoting our practical theatre work as
- a form of research as well as
- a laboratory for, or complement to, research
The close links between practice and research questions is demonstrated by our projects on site-specific theatre and on verbatim/documentary theatre.