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GSA Leadership Team
Professor Catherine McNamara | Head of GSA |
Pippa Treharne | School Manager |
Jo Franklin | Director of Studies (Education) |
Niall Bailey | Director of Studies (Operations) |
Grainne Byrne | Director of Employability |
Anna Tringham | Senior Personal Tutor |
Professor Robert Shaughnessy | GSA's Director of Research including Postgraduate Research Degrees |
Professor Julian Woolford | Head of Musical Theatre |
Alison Avis | GSA Enterprises Manager |
Academic Staff
Niall Bailey | Director of Studies, BA Actor-Musician Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Dr Jaq Bessell | BA Acting Programme Leader, Associate Professor |
Rachel Birch-Lawson | Head of Movement, Lecturer |
Dr Georgia Bowers | BA Applied & Contemporary Theatre Programme Leader |
Mig Burgess | Senior Lecturer |
Grainne Byrne | Director of Employability, MFA Acting Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Ameer Choudrie | Programme Leader Foundation (CerHE) Acting and Foundation (CertHE) Musical Theatre, Senior Lecturer |
Kevin Michael Cripps | Head of Singing, Lecturer |
Phyllida Crowley-Smith | Head of Dance, Associate Professor |
Andrew Davidson | BA Theatre Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Katy Downton | Sustainability Champion, Senior Lecturer |
Gareth Evans | Neurodiversity & Disability Champion, Lecturer |
Jo Franklin | Head of Technical Theatre Arts, BA Theatre Production Programme Leader, Associate Professor |
Rachael Kerridge | Lecturer |
Professor Catherine McNamara | Head of School, Professor |
Brady Mold | Senior Lecturer |
Sabina Netherclift | Lecturer |
Stewart Nicholls | BA Musical Theatre Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Racheal Owens | MA/MFA Teaching and Practice of Voice and Singing Programme Leader, Gender Identity Champion, Lecturer |
Chris Palmer | Head of Voice, Lecturer |
Peter Roberts | Lecturer |
Dominic Rouse | Lecturer |
Nicholas Scrivens | MA Musical Theatre Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Professor Robert Shaughnessy | Director of Research, Professor |
Dr Michael Smalley | MA Stage & Production Management Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Dr Anna Tringham | Director of Student Experience, Senior Lecturer |
Jenny Tullett | Lecturer |
Dr Darren Tunstall | MA Acting Programme Leader, Associate Professor |
Tom Turner | Director of Learning & Teaching, Associate Professor |
Dr Matt Wagner | MA Theatre Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Adam Wallis | Senior Lecturer |
Barbara Ward | Lecturer |
Frances Williams | MA/MFA Teaching and Practice of Voice and Singing Programme Leader, Senior Lecturer |
Dr Julian Woolford | Head of Musical Theatre, MFA Musical Theatre Programme Leader, Associate Professor |
Technical & Production Staff
Carina Wells | Costume Supervisor |
Charlie Hester | Performing Arts Technician (Events) |
Chris Jenkins | Performing Arts Technician (Video and Digital) |
Faylin Wright | Costume Assistant |
Jim Whitcher | Performing Arts Technician (Sound) |
Laura Monk | Scenic Workshop Supervisor |
Rebecca Emery | Production Supervisor |
Roger Ness | Scenic Arts Supervisor |
Sarah Sage | Theatre Technical Manager |
Suzette Farrier | Productions Manager |
Vanessa Dean | Deputy Costume Supervisor |
Zachariah North | Performing Arts Technician (Lighting) |
Professional Services
Alison Avis | Enterprises Manager |
Erin Beesley | Senior Administrative Officer |
Grace Ezeonu | Marketing Officer |
Claire Grayson-Healey | Administrator |
Liam Holmes | Outreach Intern |
Finn Nickells | Box Office and Events Administrator |
Toby Pope | GSA Administrator |
Pippa Treharne | GSA School Manager |
Associate & Visiting Professionals
- Jessica Bickel-Barlow
- Matt Butler-Hart
- Emma Cunniffe
- Felicity Duncan
- Sarah Lamb
- Sean McCann
- Clare Parry
- Ian Ricketts
- Dan Smith
- Naomi Waring
- Liesl Dowsett
- Ben Garner
- Matt Gillett
- Emma Harris
- Rebecca Herszenhorn
- Jimmy Johnston
- David Lee
- Jo McShane
- Jordan Mills
- Rohan Richards
- Linsday Taylor
- Kate Tydman
- Kate Webster
- Matt Coulton
- Sarah Lamb
- Claire Parry
- Ben Lewis
- James Moriarty
- Dan Smith
- Patrick Stockbridge
- Lydia Easton
- Tom Hier
- Ashley Kate Hughes
- Charlie-Jade Jones
- Lynette Majder
- Tizane McEvoy
- Kirsty Nunn
- Joanna Walling
- Chris Welsh
- Adam Ganne
- Dr Rachel Hann
- Dr Adam Alston
- Shantel Ehrenberg
- Laura Cull O’Maoilearca
Freelancers
- Nigel West
- Anna Fox
- Luyanda Unati Lewis-Nyawo
- Sean Linnen
- Ebe Bamgboye
- Karen Tomlin
- Gavin Whitworth
- Ed Zanders
- Amy Yardley
- Tara Usher
- Verity Johnson
- Jida Akil
- Anett Black
- Sheree Paton
- Colette Robinson
- John Rainsforth
- Russell Ditchfield
- Jack Hathaway
- Gabriel Finn
- David Lewington
- Mattis Larsen
- Roly Botha
- Joseff Harris
- Jane Allen
- Evie Redfern
- Louise Sage
- Claudine Chiplin BSc MCSP HCPC