Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Acting - Tutors

Rochi Rampal

New Writing and Community Arts Tutor

Rochi graduated from the University of Salford with a 1st class BA (Hons) in Media and Performance, and an MA in Scriptwriting for Television & Radio. She is a visiting tutor on the BA Applied Theatre course and teaches the Performance, Political Stories and Community Stories modules. She is a performer, writer, and theatre...

Professor David Roberts

Professor of English

David's research interests are in theatre and the history and practice of life writing. Publications include monographs for Oxford University Press, Methuen, Palgrave, and Cambridge University Press. He has also worked on major editions of classic texts, most recently of Congreve's The Way of the World (Methuen, 2020) and...

Danièle Sanderson

Head of Post Graduate Studies, and Course Director of MA/MFA Acting

Danièle started life as a Drama student, training at the Drama Centre, London. She followed her interest in the body and actor by training in Physical theatre both in London and in Paris. After working for 10 years as a freelance actor and movement director, her interest turned to directing and she gained a Masters in Theatre...

Stephen Simms

Vice Principal - Acting, Professor of Actor Education

Stephen is the Vice Principal of Royal Birmingham Conservatoire - Acting, one of the UK's leading conservatoires of acting, where he is also the Head of Acting. He is also Professor of Actor Education, the only person to hold this position in the country. He directs and teaches on the acting courses at Royal Birmingham...

Alex Taylor

Course Director, MA and MFA Acting | Head of Postgraduate Studies

Alex Taylor has worked extensively in the UK, USA and South East Asia as a director, an actor and as a voice specialist. From 1984-1990 he was the Director of the School of Theatre, Manchester Metropolitan University and, at thirty, was the youngest drama school principal in the UK. He created one of the first honours degree...

Louise Turner

Stage Management Tutor

Louise is a Staff Stage Manager for Acting. She has been working at BCU for over ten years whilst also gaining industry experience whenever possible. She is a personal tutor on the BA Stage Management course and supervises stage management students across all years whilst working on productions throughout the rehearsal and...

Peter Wynne-Willson

Early Years Specialist Tutor

Peter is a highly experienced Applied Theatre practitioner, who before taking up his current post has had more than thirty years experience as a writer, director and performer in Young People’s Theatre, Theatre-in-Education and Community Theatre.

Andy Yau

Visiting Tutor in Movement

Born and raised in Hong Kong, and now resident in the UK. Andy Yau trained in Musical Theatre Dance at The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and achieved a Master of Arts degree in Acting from The Royal Birmingham Conservatoire. Theatre credits: John in Anything Goes (Sheffield Theatres and UK and Tour), Bun Foo in...