Lucy Richardson

Qualifications:

BA Hons. Drama Manchester University
MA Modern Drama and Theatre Studies, University of North London
PGCE English and Drama, Institute of Education

Role:

Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts
Course Team Leader Performing Arts
Director of The Facility: Research Centre for Creative Practice

Lucy’s research interest, which includes both traditional and performance research, is in ‘creative processes and the politics of participation’. She established and directs The Facility: Research Centre in Creative Practice at London Met to champion practice based research. www.londonmet.ac.uk/thefacilty

Lucy also continues to work as a theatre director and facilitator. Her most recent projects have been with Clean Break Theatre Company for whom she directed Heart Speak (Arcola Theatre 2010) North Circular (South Bank 2010) and Five Women (South Bank 2011). In July 2011 she will be directing The Quick by Stephanie Jacob at The Actors Centre.

Lucy is one of the founding members of Project Phakama, an International arts and cultural exchange programme supported by LIFT. She has directed several projects in Southern Africa and London and launched Phakama in South America. Lucy has worked in India training actors.

Lucy has worked extensively as an actress most notably with Debbie Isitt and the Snarling Beasties Theatre Company, taking lead roles in many productions, and acting as associate director on The Woman Who Cooked Her Husband (New Ambassadors, West End). Most recently she performed at the ICA as part of the International Mime Festival for Lightwork.

Lucy was Artistic Director of Lewisham Youth Theatre for ten years and founded Camden Young People’s Theatre. Lucy is associate artist of DiverseCity and Lightwork Image Performance. She is on the Board of Goat and Monkey Theatre Company and is a trustee of Project Phakama.

Teaching

Theatre Skills: Stanislavski, Brecht, Michael Chekov, Shakespeare
Directing 1 and 2
Theatre Production A and B
Cultural Identities and Performance Analysis
Intercultural Performance

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