Former PhD student Catherine Trenchfield publishes book on Kneehigh Theatre Company

29 Jul 2022

As a former PhD student at Royal Holloway, I am very excited to share my news of my upcoming publication The Global and Local Appeal of Kneehigh Theatre: Brand Kneehigh.

REF 2021 results for Music and Drama at Royal Holloway

11 May 2022

How did the Departments of Music and Drama perform in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021?

Helen Nicholson leads research for National Theatre

07 Sept 2021

Public Acts is a nationwide initiative led by the National Theatre that creates new works of participatory theatre.

The Paris Commune Now!

26 Apr 2021

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune of March-May 1871. Professor Dan Rebellato of the Department of Drama, Theatre & Dance is delivering five essays for BBC Radio 3.

Drama Student in online Premier of new play, Bubble by Kieran Hurley

23 Mar 2020

Tune in to watch BA English and Drama student Ed Larkin in the premiere of Bubble, a 45-minute online play about freedom of speech and online debate set on a university campus.

Dan Rebellato adapts Musset’s Lorenzaccio for BBC Radio 3

04 Mar 2019

The Department’s Professor Dan Rebellato has translated and adapted the nineteenth-century classic play Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset for BBC Radio 3 and it goes out on Sunday 10 March at 7.30pm.

PhD student Megan Vaughan has article published in the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures.

19 Sept 2018

The article engages with Megan’s earlier research into the UK’s theatre blogging community, and its similarity to theatre fan communities which congregate on the website Tumblr.

Dr Chris Megson shortlisted for the Times Higher Education award for ‘Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year’.

06 Sept 2018

Huge congratulations to our very own Chris Megson, who has been shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year’ Times Higher Education (THE) award.

Clare Summerskill publishes research on asylum seekers and verbatim theatre

28 Jul 2018

Clare Summerskill, who is in her final year of study for a PhD in the Department, has recently had an article published in RiDE: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance.

Royal Name for Professor Matthew Cohen

28 Jul 2018

Matthew Cohen, Professor of International Theatre, is currently touring Java with gamelan musicians and has been granted a royal name by Sultan Sepuh XIV of Keraton Kasepuhan.