Doctoral researchers in Drama and Theatre Arts

The Department of Drama and Theatre Arts has a vibrant postgraduate community, carrying out research in a broad range of areas. Profiles of some of our current doctoral researchers and details of their research are listed below:

Richard Davy

Richard Davy

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: Using theatre practice as social policy: examining the performance legacies of Eugenio Barba and Augusto Boal as a blueprint for reinventing community
Supervisor: Dr Adam Ledger and Dr Rose Whyman
PhD Drama and Theatre Studies

David Jackson

David Jackson

Doctoral researcher

PhD title: To the subconscious by conscious means: towards a new pedagogy for the emotions in UK actor training
Supervisors:  Dr Rose Whyman and Dr Adam Ledger 
PhD Drama and Theatre Studies

Sabrina Speranza Signorelli

Sabrina Speranza Signorelli

Doctoral Researcher

PhD title: Critical reception of information in Newspaper Theatre. From the Living Newspaper tradition to Augusto Boal´s Newspaper Theatre in the current times.
Supervisor: Dr Rose Whyman and Dr Ellen Redling 
PhD Drama and Theatre Studies