stuart andrews: biography

As Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Surrey, I am actively involved in teaching, practice and research in theatre and performance. My current research and performance making/writing focusses on dis/locations of place and the past in performance. I have regularly presented papers and performances on this work at national and international conferences. Increasingly this work involves collaborative research and practice with colleagues in allied fields and institutions, again both nationally and internationally.
Before joining the Department of Dance, Film and Theatre at Surrey, I led undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in Theatre and Performance at the University of Hull and worked as a researcher for PALATINE (the UK Performing Arts Learning and Teaching Innovation Network), based at Lancaster University and now part of the Higher Education Academy. As part of this work I contributed to the first national survey of practice as research PhDs in the UK and conducted a survey of needs and diversity in British performing arts departments.
My wider teaching and research interests include contemporary theatre practice; writing, text and devising in performance; performance theory and television drama. I write, direct and perform, demonstrating a strong commitment to the combination of theory and practice.

			stuart andrews