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

Senior Lecturer in Drama

Dr Paola Botham (née Sotomayor) is a theatre academic who specialises in modern and contemporary drama. She was born in Chile, where she studied Journalism and Aesthetics at Universidad Católica, ranked among the top higher education institutions in Latin America. After moving to the UK, she completed an MA in British Theatre...

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. 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 before joining...

Dr Polly Hudson

Associate Professor in Dance

Polly is a Reader in Dance, and Head of Movement at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. As an artist-scholar Polly’s practice engages with process within artistic making, ethical embodied approaches to teaching and leadership, and EcoSomatics, with a current focus on working class women’s labour of the body and on the land. ...

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...

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 RBC. Helen is also a Stage Management supervisor, demonstrator and...

Louise Papillon HEA Teaching Fellow

Acting and Physical Skills Tutor and Director, Librarian, Disability Officer, Personal Tutor, HEA Teaching Fellow

Louise is an acting / physical skills tutor on all BSA acting courses and also directs on the three-year BA Acting and foundation courses. Originally trained at the Legat School of Russian Ballet and Ballet Rambert, she then went on to a successful career as a dancer, singer and actress in the West End and regional...