Drama Department Staff
Vice-Principal & Director of Drama
Professor Orla O'Loughlin
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal & Director of Drama
Sharna David
Executive Assistant to the Vice-Principal & Director of Drama (maternity cover)
Rebecca Tremain
Head of Interdisciplinary Practice
Gilly Roche
Head of Acting & Programme Leader
Dr David Linton
Head of Voice
Annemette Verspeak
Head of Movement
Diane Alison-Mitchell
Head of Acting Practice
Eliot Shrimpton
Voice Tutor
Movement Tutor
Acting Tutor
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
- Anna Alvarez - Movement Tutor (dance)
- 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
- Jonathan Waller – Combat Tutor
Professional Mentors provide valuable support to our final year acting students as they prepare for the industry. 2022/23 mentors are:
- Leonie Benesch
- Sharon Duncan-Brewster
- Kurt Egyiawan
- Laura Elphinstone
- Paapa Essiedu
- Leila Farzad
- Paul Hilton
- Amber James
- Gwilym Lee
- Alison O'Donnell
- Sid Pheonix
- Tonya Pinkins
- Hannah Ringham
- Shubham Saraf
- Lesley Sharp
- Rashan Stone
- Luke Thallon
- Ashley Zhangazha
- Jude Christian
- Ola Ince
- Luke Barnes
- Gemma Brockis
- Justin Audibert
- Lisa Blair
- Suba Das
- Paapa Essiedu
- Mariah Gale
- Pooja Ghai
- Titas Halder
- Amy Hodge
- Natalie Ibu
- Richard Katz
- Sophie Moniram
- Bijan Sheibani
- Chris Sonnex
- Oscar Toeman
- Noa Wagner
- Chelsea Walker
- Ashley Zhangazha
- Lyndsey Turner
- Polina Kalinina
- Kirsty Housley
- Paul Foster
- Mumba Dodwell
- James Larkin
- Emma Baggott
- Topher Campbell
- Breman Rajkurmar
- Emma Callander
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
Rebekah Patterson