Notes on Authors
David Allen is Artistic Director of Midland Actors Theatre (UK). The company was lead partner on three Erasmus Plus projects on the work of Dorothy Heathcote. David runs the Facebook group, ‘The Commission Model of Teaching,’ and the website www.mantlenetwork.com. He is the convenor of the annual Dorothy Heathcote Now conference. He is the author of numerous books and articles on drama including Performing Chekhov (1999) and Stanislavski for Beginners (1999/2015), and co-author (with Agata Handley) of ‘The Commission Model of Teaching’ (Saber & Educar, 31 (1), 2022) and ‘Encounters with Otherness in the Work of Dorothy Heathcote’ (Artspraxis, 10 (1), 2023).
Mary Baillie is a Drama teacher at Grangemouth High School in Scotland. She holds a Master’s degree from the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College (Oxford) and a Bachelors in Theatre and Anthropology from Middlebury College USA. Her research explores avant-garde theatre, particularly Futurist performance, and its application in secondary education to help students critically engage with urban space, culture, and contemporary media.
Dr. William Barlow is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Aberdeen. His research explores drama education and life transitions, engaging both young people and adults. Beyond his research, he serves as the PGDE Secondary Drama Lead, Expressive Arts Co-ordinator, and Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions. Additionally, he is a visiting lecturer for NYU’s Educational Theatre course.
Nikki Doig is a Senior Lecturer in Education at the University of Dundee. She is Curriculum and Assessment Convener on the MA Education programme and teaches on both the MA and PGDE Primary Education programmes, with a subject specialism in Drama. Her research centres on teacher confidence, drama in education and learning beyond subject boundaries.
Tony Goode is a free-lance drama and arts education consultant and deviser, director and workshop leader. He is co-author with Jonothan Neelands of Structuring Drama Work (Cambridge University Press, 2000, and 2015) as well as co-author with Jim Clark, Warwick Dobson and Jonothan Neelands of Lessons for the Living: Drama and the Integrated Curriculum (Mayfair Cornerstone, 1997).
Tyrone Grima is a theatre practitioner and author. He currently works as Senior Lecturer and Researcher at MCAST (Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology) in the department of the Performing Arts. His areas of specialisation include queer theatre; the interface between theatre and spirituality; the Theatre of the Oppressed; and the multisensorial approach in theatre making. He also lectures part-time at the University of Malta. Tyrone’s academic research on the theatre has also been published in a number of international journals such as Ecumenica and Critical Stages.
Agata Handley is Assistant Professor in the Department of British Literature and Culture, University of Łódź, Poland. Her main areas of interest are: contemporary British poetry; the culture of the English North; memory studies, and intermedial issues. She is the author of Constructing Identity in the Poetry of Tony Harrison (2016/2021). She is Editor-in-Chief of Text Matters: A Journal of Literature, Theory and Culture. Her current research includes ekphrasis in anglophone literature and culture, and intertextuality in music videos.
Elizabeth F. S. Hannah is an Honorary Reader in Educational Psychology at the School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Dundee. She specialises in educational transitions. She is a Director of the Transformative Change: Educational and Life Transitions (TCELT) Research Centre, and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Educational and Life Transitions (IJELT).
Michael Kimm holds an MA in Educational Theatre from New York University and is a PhD candidate at the University of Aberdeen. His current research examines the opinions of Scottish secondary drama teachers with regards to the technical theatre within their curricula and practice.
Maria Koltsida holds a PhD from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh) and is a postdoctoral researcher in Drama in Education. She has taught at AUTh, holds an MA from the University of Exeter, and has published in Greek and international journals. Her research examines theatre-based pedagogies, disability, and inclusion in educational and community contexts.
You Lyu is a PhD student in the department of Drama and Theatre Arts at the University of Birmingham.
