Drama Department Staff
Vice-Principal & Director of Drama
Professor Orla O'Loughlin
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal & Director of Drama
Sharna David
Head of Interdisciplinary Practice
Gilly Roche
Head of Acting & Programme Leader
Dr David Linton (starting in July 2022)
Head of Voice
Annemette Verspeak
Head of Movement
Diane Alison-Mitchell
Head of Acting Practice
Eliot Shrimpton
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.
- Vicki Manderson – Movement Tutor
- Gabriel H. Zonana – Movement Tutor
- Deelee Dube – Singing Tutor
- Kurt Egyiawan – Acting Tutor (Screen Acting)
- Linda Hutchison – Singing Tutor
- Ingrid Mackinnon – Movement Tutor (Dance/Social Dance)
- Conor Neaves – Movement Tutor (Virtual Environment)
- Aled Pedrick – Singing Tutor
- Professor Patsy Rodenburg – Professor of Text & Poetry
- Polly Teale – Acting Tutor (Reflective Practice)
- James Spilling – Singing Tutor
- Paula Stephens – Voice and Acting Tutor
- Joel Trill – Voice Tutor
- Jonathan Waller – Combat Tutor
- Sophie Shaw – Acting Tutor (Self Led Practice)
- Jane Perry – Screen & Audio Tutor
- Sam Malone – Accents & Dialects Tutor
- Esi Acquaah-Harrison – Singing, Accents & Dialects Tutor
- Eleanor Manners – Accents & Dialects Tutor
- Roy Macmillan – Audio Tutor
- Kirsty Gillmore – Audio Tutor
- Tom Chapman – Audio Tutor
- John Falsetto – Singing Tutor
- Daniel McGrath – Programme Leader: Acting Studies
- Chris Kelham – Senior Lecturer Tutor
- Anna McLean – Voice Tutor
- Iskandar Sharazuddin – Acrobatics Tutor
- Jonathan Waller – Combat Tutor
- Monica Yu – Education Consultant
Professional Mentors provide valuable support to our final year acting students as they prepare for the industry.
- Kae Alexander
- Kingsley Ben Adir
- Anya Chalotra
- Michelle Dockery
- Laura Elphinstone
- Paapa Essiedu
- Shaun Evans
- Angela Griffin
- Paul Hilton
- Amber James
- Gwilym Lee
- Yolanda Mercy
- Henry Pettigrew
- Kate Phillips
- Olivia Ross
- Rochenda Sandall
- Shubham Saraf
- Luke Thallon
- Alice Winslow
- Ashley Zhangazha
- Jude Christian
- Ola Ince
- Luke Barnes
- Gemma Brockis
- Justin Audibert
- Lisa Blair
- Jamie Bradley
- Claire Brown
- Niamh Cusack
- Suba Das
- Paapa Essiedu
- Mariah Gale
- Pooja Ghai
- Titas Halder
- Amy Hodge
- Matti Houghton
- Jonny Humphreys
- Natalie Ibu
- Richard Katz
- Finbar Lynch
- Nathaniel Martello-White
- Jo McInnes
- Sophie Moniram
- Sam Phillips
- Bijan Sheibani
- Chris Sonnex
- Oscar Toeman
- Noa Wagner
- Chelsea Walker
- Ashley Zhangazha
Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration
Gareth Higgins
Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Admissions)
Lynne Buckley
Deputy Head of Production Arts & Drama Administration (Programmes)
Charlotte Hurt
Production Arts Administration Manager (Records & Assessments)
Lana Robinson
Drama Administration Manager (Records & Assessments)
Alice Degei
Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Admissions)
Lisa Evans
Production Arts & Drama Administration Officer (Programmes)
Willow Welch
Production Arts & Drama Administration Assistant
TBC
Departmental Admissions Officer
Jamie Watt