Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Acting - Tutors

Roger Bartlett

Stage Combat Tutor

Roger is a Master Teacher and Examiner with the British Academy of Stage & Screen Combat (BASSC) – the UK’s leading provider of stage combat training. He has over 14 years of experience and has taught at schools and workshops around the world including USA, Germany, Switzerland and Israel.

Maria Blundell-Palethorpe MSc Dance Science

Visiting Lecturer

Maria is a visiting lecturer at Birmingham School of Acting, teaching contemporary dance and physical theatre on the BA Acting course. Maria’s career spans choreography, film making, teaching and performing. Maria has been commissioned as a choreographer on several high profile projects including a commission by Birmingham City...

Dr Paola Botham

Lecturer in Drama

Dr Paola Botham (née Sotomayor) teaches theatre history and theory in several programmes, including Acting and Applied Theatre at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, RBC. She was born in Chile, where she studied Journalism and Aesthetics at Universidad Católica (ranked as the top academic institution in Latin America) and...

Stephanie Dale

Visiting Lecturer in Playwriting

Stephanie writes for stage, radio and large-scale theatre. Currently she is a Visiting Lecturer at Birmingham School of Acting, teaching playwriting and applied drama. For five years she was a supervisor on the MPhil in Playwriting at the University of Birmingham. She also taught Applied Drama at Loughborough University, for...

Aleksandar Dunjerovic

Professor in Performing Arts

Aleksander is an internationally award winning professional theatre director. His research and theatre practice informs his learning and teaching and development of student experience. In his 26 years of theatre career, he has directed across Britain, Ireland, Serbia, Romania, Iran, Colombia, Japan, Brazil and Canada. His...

Jacqui Findlay

Programme Director for Stage Management - BA (Hons) and Production Manager

Jacqui Findlay is Programme Director for Stage Management - BA (Hons) and Production Manager for the school. During her freelance professional career Jacqui worked on a diverse range of projects from Shakespeare to contemporary dance via opera and panto. Many of these projects toured both nationally and internationally. Just...

Dr Polly Hudson

Reader in Dance

Dr Polly Hudson is a Reader in Dance. She is also Head of Movement at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Acting, and Associate Director for the Centre for Interdisciplinary Performative Arts (CIPA). Polly is a certified teacher of Skinner Releasing Technique. Her practice focuses on process within artistic making, ethical...

Iain Jackson

Resident Accompanist

Iain is a graduate of The University of Birmingham and Birmingham Conservatoire, where he studied piano accompaniment under Simon Nicholls and Robert Markham. He also studied composition at The Royal Academy of Music, and is a qualified teacher, holding a PGCE from BCU. He is now employed as the in-house accompanist at the...

Cecil Mackinnon

Visiting Tutor

Cecil MacKinnon is a visiting tutor, leading the summer course, Comedy in Shakespeare . She is one of the most experienced Linklater voice teachers, an actor, director and clown. As an Actress, with Section Ten: New York Monster Show , with Shaliko Company in residence at La Mama: Midnight Visitor , Whirligig , ...

Helen Maynard

Lecturer

Helen has been working in the stage management industry for 13 years and is one of two Staff Stage Managers within Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Helen is part of the professional production team that provides production support to almost all courses within the school itself. Helen is also a Stage Management supervisor,...