Our Industry Professionals

Alex Lyons - Dissertation Tutor

Alex is a performance artist, researcher and creative within her own right Her research and performance examines gender, sexuality and the representation of bodies in contemporary performance; analysing how artists employ their bodies as a tool for activism and pedagogy

As well as being a working creative and pursuing a PHD within East 15, Alex works with the 3rd Year CP's to assist and coach their final year dissertation projects. She has a comprehensive knowledge of the Arts from her Masters Degree in Theatre and Performance and is a working practitioner, most recently hosting a series of events in London with the Vagina Museum

Professor Rosemary (Rosie) Klich - Context & Dramaturgy

Rosie is the Director of Research at East 15 Acting School She specialises in multimedia, immersive, and participatory theatre Prior to joining East 15 in 2017, she was Head of Drama and Theatre at the University of Kent where she taught since 2007 Her current research investigates media, sound, and spectatorship, and her teaching expertise is in the theory and making of contemporary performance practice Her coauthored book Multimedia Performance was published with Palgrave in 2012 and she has since published in journals such as Contemporary Theatre Review, Performance Research, International Journal of Performing Arts and Digital Media, and Body Space Technology She has also undertaken various practiceas-research projects working in collaboration with performers, videographers, sound designers and photographers Rosie holds a PhD from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia and has presented keynote talks at conferences and symposia in Poland, Korea, Belgium and the UK

Rosie founded the Creative Producing course in 2019 and currently works within all three years of the degree teaching a range of subjects including Theatre Theory, Dramaturgy, Producing and Managing Skills and Live Events

Sadie Hasler - Playwriting Tutor

Sadie Hasler is a multi award-winning columnist, playwright, and actor She is represented for plays, television, film and theatre She is also co-Artistic Director and playwright of theatre company Old Trunk Sadie has written and performed extensively in television, radio, and on the international comedy circuit As a writer/performer she has worked with Harry Hill & Al Murray, on series 4-7 of Russell Howard’s Good News, SKY’s Rebecca Front’s Little Cracker, and BBC’s Walk On The Wild Side

As well as being a playwright, Sadie is an accomplished columnist She has been Columnist of the Year for both the Society of Editors and EDF Media Awards’ She has written for the Lancet, The Echo, The Gazette, Life & Homes, Standard Issue Magazine, Total Production Magazine, Trawler magazine, and SALT.

F I R S T Y E A R F U N !

Our first years have been taking full advantage of the range in their modules this month So far they have been keeping busy planning live events, sharpening their graphic design skills and developing their networks with other courses. Within their documentary module, the first years were invited to film with the first year BA Physical Theatre cohort They got to grips themselves with our collection of cinematic cameras and worked as Directors of Photography to practice their documentary filmmaking technique.

"As a former actor, it has been great to experience the rehearsal room from a brand new point of view. I have realised that acting as a videographer under a documentary setting, I had so much control over what story I wanted to tell, by where I focused the camera and who was in frame. The module has helped me realise that there are so many roles in the creative industry that I could enjoy besides acting."

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Working On A Real Production Set

The second years have been working on some very exciting projects this term so far. Most recently they have had the chance to work alongside multi-award winning film production house, 49 To Midnight Films

“THIS WAS MY FIRST PROJECT FILMING IN WATER, IT WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO LEARN ABOUT THE EXTRA ROLES NECESSARY TO MAKE IT AS SAFE A SHOOT AS POSSIBLE”

- LILLIS, 2ND YEAR

The project gave our second years a chance to experience the many roles within a production team from camera operation, boom operation, continuity checking to clapping and marking takes

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