Drama Department Staff
Drama Department Staff
Vice-Principal & Director of Drama
Professor Orla O'Loughlin
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal & Director of Drama and Project Manager
Sharna David
Head of Interdisciplinary Practice(on parental leave until October 2026)
Gilly Roche
Head of Acting & Programme Leader
Dr David Linton
Head of Voice
Annemette Verspeak
Head of Movement & Interim Deputy Programme Leader
Diane Alison-Mitchell
Head of Acting Practice
Dr Eliot Shrimpton
Acting Tutor & Interim Deputy Programme Leader
Dan Coleman
Interim Head of Interdisciplinary Practice
Andrew Goldberg
Voice Tutor
Movement Tutor
Acting Tutor
Screen Tutor
- Pia Rickman
Industry Consultant
- Victoria Beattie
Visiting Tutors are not based within the School on a full time basis, but bring a range of specialist abilities to core elements of training on our Acting programme.
- Esi Acquaah-Harrison – Singing, Accents & Dialects Tutor
- Anna Alvarez - Movement Tutor (Dance)
- Tom Chapman – Audio Tutor
- Deelee Dube – Singing Tutor
- Kat Hicks - Accents & Dialects Tutor
- Linda Hutchison – Singing Tutor
- Haruka Kuroda - Movement Tutor (Intimacy)
- Roy Macmillan – Audio Tutor
- Sara Markland - Audio Tutor
- Conor Neaves – Movement Tutor (Virtual Environment)
- Aled Pedrick – Singing Tutor
- Jane Perry – Screen & Audio Tutor
- James Spilling – Singing Tutor
- Polly Teale – Acting Tutor (Reflective Practice)
- Jonathan Waller – Combat Tutor
- Morgan Watkins - Acting Tutor (Screen Acting)
Professional Mentors provide valuable support to our final year acting students as they prepare for the industry. 2026/27 mentors are:
- Eva Birthistle
- Nina Bowers
- Priyanga Burford
- Paddy Considine
- Paapa Essiedu
- Tom Glynn-Carney
- Ellis Howard
- Ferdie Kingsley
- Gwilym Lee
- Victoria Moseley
- Sid Phoenix
- Saskia Reeves
- Tanya Reynolds
- Shubham Saraf
- Laura Elphinstone
- Rhashan Stone
- Luke Thallon
- Ben Schnetzer
- Olivia Williams
- Susan Wokoma
- Ashley Zhangazha
- Nicky Allpress
- Henry Blake
- Katie Bonna
- Gemma Brockis
- Emma Callander
- Topher Campbell
- Suba Das
- Mumba Dodwell
- Paapa Essiedu
- Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu
- Paul Foster
- Mariah Gale
- Pooja Ghai
- Titas Halder
- Amy Hodge
- Max Harrison
- Owen Horsley
- Matti Houghton
- Kirsty Housley
- Natalie Ibu
- Ola Ince
- Polina Kalinina
- Richard Katz
- Chris Kelham
- Mo Lai Yan Chi
- Nuria Legarda
- James Larkin
- Jade Lewis
- Endy McKay
- Sophie Moniram
- Katherine Nesbitt
- Patrick Niknejad
- Breman Rajkumar
- Jenny Sealey
- Bijan Sheibani
- Vik Sivalingham
- Lyndsey Turner
- Chelsea Walker
- Ashley Zhangazha
Head of Drama, Production & Design Administration
Gareth Higgins
Deputy Head of Drama, Production & Design Administration (Admissions)
Lynne Buckley
Deputy Head of Drama, Production & Design Administration (Programmes)
Charlotte Hurt
Drama, Production & Design Administration Manager (Records & Assessments)
Lana Robinson
Drama, Production & Design Administration Manager (Programmes)
Willow Welch
Drama, Production & Design Administration Officer (Admissions)
Lisa Evans
Drama, Production & Design Administration Officer (Programmes)
Grace Roscoe
Drama, Production & Design Administration Officer (Records)
TBC – currently in recruitment process
Production Administration Officer
Grace Mulley