Research Groups:
Arts and Humanities Research Group (AHRG)
Research Interests:
• Community Theatre
• Contemporary devised performance
• Practice as Research
• Site-based performance
• Performance and place
• Archives, oral histories and re-enactment
I joined the department in 2019, having previously worked at the University of Worcester, Salford and Aberystwyth and Gloucestershire. I have been a freelance theatre practitioner for over ten years, working across the fields of contemporary performance making, performance with young people and creativity within education. My solo work is concerned with creating performances from archival documents and my work that is led by young people explores and interacts with different spaces and modes of performance.
I have a practice-based PhD from Aberystwyth University (2016) investigating how past approaches to making alternative performance can be considered today, with a focus on the venue and the archive of Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. I hold an MPhil in Performance (2013) from the University of Birmingham and a Degree (2007, MDrama) in Contemporary Performance Practice from the University of Kent.
I have performed and exhibited performance work within the UK in various sites, including: forests, trains, factories and theatres. Between 2007 and 2012 I was an associate performer with theatre makers Stan's Cafe, touring internationally to festivals and venues. I have devised new performance works with Talking Birds, Cyrff Ystwyth and Ali Matthews.
My current practice is concerned with using performance and socially engaged practice as a platform to examine, vocalise/physicalise and combat social isolation and loneliness.
My current modules are:
Drama Perspectives (Year 1)
Theatre Practitioners (Year1)
Applications of Drama (Year 2)
International Theatre Practices (Year 3)
Further Information:
My personal website is www.kerriereading.com
