Department of Acting

• Vice-Principal & Director of Drama (from January 2019)

  • Orla O'Loughlin

• Interim Head of Acting

  • Brodie Ross

• Professor of Text & Poetry

  • Patsy Rodenburg

• Head of Acting Training

  • Martin Connor

• Head of Voice

  • Annemette Verspeak

• Head of Movement

  • Daniel McGrath FGS

• Head of Academic Studies (Drama)

  • Eliot Shrimpton

• Professor of Theatre

  • Professor Kenneth Rea

• Voice Tutor

  • Thomas Morrison

• Movement Tutor

  • Leah Muller

• Career Consultant

  • Anne McNulty

• Teaching Staff: Acting

  • Wendy Allnutt
  • Wyn Jones
  • Richard Kwietniowski - TV
  • Tim Mercier - TV
  • Jennifer Wiltsie – Voice Acting

• Teaching staff: Voice and speech

  • Jamie Matthewman
  • Joe Trill

• Teaching staff: Movement and dance

  • Emma Annetts
  • Ed Hughes
  • Sue Lefton
  • James McCambridge

• Teaching staff: Music and singing

  • George Hall
  • Linda Hutchison
  • Helen Ireland
  • Aled Pedrick

• Teaching staff: Stage combat

  • Jonathan Waller

• Professional Mentors include

  • Simon Russell Beale
  • Judith Coke
  • Niamh Cusack
  • Paapa Essiedu
  • Susannah Fielding
  • Deborah Findlay
  • Richard Goulding
  • Clare Holman
  • Paul Jesson
  • Sarah Lancashire
  • Alistair McGowan
  • Raad Rawi
  • Sophie Roberts
  • Clive Rowe
  • Lesley Sharp
  • Barbara Thorn
  • Jane Wymark

• Recent directors include

  • Mike Alfreds
  • Nick Bagnall
  • Lucy Bailey
  • Lisa Blair
  • Joseph Blatchley
  • Jamie Bradley
  • Christian Burgess
  • Martin Connor
  • Bill Deamer - choreographer
  • Edward Dick
  • Daniel Evans
  • Nadia Fall
  • Richard Goulding
  • Charlotte Gwinner
  • Owen Horsley
  • Martin Hutson
  • Wyn Jones
  • Chris Kelham
  • Sue Lefton
  • Owen Lewis
  • Sara Kestleman
  • Jo McInnes
  • Paul Miller
  • Jonathan Munby
  • Douglas Rintoul
  • Patsy Rodenburg
  • Dinah Stabb
  • Polly Teale
  • Richard Twyman
  • Richard Wilson

• Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration

  • Gareth Higgins

• Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Applications and Admissions)

  • Lynne Buckley

• Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Programmes and Operations)

  • Charlotte Hurt

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Manager (Records and Assessments)

  • Ellen Paine

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Applications and Admissions)

  • Lisa Evans

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Programmes and Operations)

  • Mara Morgantti Minchillo

• Production Arts & Drama Administration Assistant

  • TBC

• Cross-Departmental Admissions Officer

  • Mikel Aramendia