Staff team

The programme is team-taught by University staff and external specialists.

The core members of the teaching team in Theatre Studies are:

• Dr Erica O'Neill
• Dr Michael Bachmann
• Dr Cristina Delgado-Garcia
• Professor Minty Donald
• Dr Graham Eatough
• Dr Stephen Greer
• Professor Dee Heddon
• Professor Anselm Heinrich
• Professor Carl Lavery
• Dr Victoria Price
• Tony Sweeten
• Professor Elizabeth Tomlin

Collaborations, placements and guest practitioners

Our students also benefit from collaborations with and placements at local and national theatre companies and arts organisations. We'll work closely with you to find a placement opportunity that best fits with your experience and helps you prepare for your graduate future.

Previous students have undertaken placements at:

• CCA: Centre for Contemporary Arts
• The Citizens’ Theatre
• National Theatre of Scotland
• Òran Mór
• Playwrights’ Studio Scotland
• The Traverse
• The Tron Theatre

Students also benefit from workshops and masterclasses facilitated by professional practitioners. Guest workshop facilitators have included:

• Rosie Kellager (dramaturg, National Theatre of Scotland)
• Lewis Hetherington (playwright)
• Lynda Radley (playwright and dramaturg)
• Sylvia Dow (playwright)
• Philip Howard (director and dramaturg)
• Maryam Hamidi (playwright)