Staff and Facilities

BSA Staff and Facilities

Here, you can see a list of key staff from Royal Birmingham Conservatoire's Acting department.

Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Acting has a management team made up of senior academic staff and professional services managers. The faculty executive body oversees the school management team.

Course Directors are responsible for the delivery of each course with the Academic Administration Managers responsible for the quality assurance and regulations of assessments.

RBC Acting has a number of specialist departments including Acting, Voice, Singing, Movement and Production which are led by individual Heads of Department.

Meet our Staff

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A-Z tutor list

Performance

Acting

Prof. Stephen Simms: Head of Acting, Director
Bryn HoldingHead of BA in Acting
Danièle SandersonHead of PG Studies, Course Leader for MA/MFA in Acting
Glen Noble: Head of BA Applied Theatre
John Partridge: Head of Foundation in Acting
Dr Paola Botham: Tutor
Louise Papillon: Acting Tutor, Director and Librarian
Andrew Potter: Acting Tutor, Director
Gareth Somers: Acting Tutor, Director

Visiting Acting Tutors

Liam Clarke: Acting Tutor
George Naylor: Acting Tutor
John Partridge: Acting Tutor
Sarah Methuen: Acting Tutor

Singing

Clint Lesch: Head of Singing
Iain Jackson: Resident Accompanist

Visiting Singing Tutors

SJ Bourne: Singing Tutor
Liz Shofi: Singing Tutor
Ben Wiles: Accompanist, M/D, Singing Tutor
Dane Preece: Accompanist
Jon Clarke: Accompanist



Voice

Alex TaylorHead of Voice
Simon Ratcliffe: Lecturer in Voice
Ellie Forrest: Lecturer in Voice
Loreto Wright: Lecturer in Voice
Elizabeth Shofi: Lecturer in Voice

Movement

Dr Polly Hudson: Head of Movement

Visiting Movement Tutors

Roger Bartlett: Stage Combat Tutor
Verity Bray: Movement Tutor
Patsy Browne-Hope: Movement Tutor
Lucy Glassbrook: Movement Tutor & Intimacy Co-ordinator
Richard Hubert-Clarke: Yoga Tutor
Colin Lang: Movement Tutor
Mary Savva: Movement Tutor
Andy Yau: Movement Tutor

Performance Research

Aleksandar Dundjerovic: Professor in Performing Arts

Film, TV and Audio

Francesco Gabriele: Head of Audio and Screen Acting

Visiting Tutors

TV/Film
Nicholas Prosser
James Larkin
Lyndall Grant (Perf Capture)
Michael Baig-Clifford

Radio
Rosemary Watts
Peter L Wild
Julie Beckett
Sean Connolly

Voice Over
David Hodge
Kate Harbour

Applied Theatre

Glenn Noble: Course Director & Creative Practice Tutor
Bobby Colvill: Applied Theatre Tutor
Dr Paola Botham: Contextual Studies Tutor
Judy Owen: Professional Practice and Producing Tutor

Visiting Tutors

Rochi Rampal: New Writing and Community Arts Tutor
Loreto Wright: Voice Tutor
Ruth Jacombs: Movement Tutor
Gladstone Wilson: Singing Tutor
Peter Wynne-Willson: Early Years Specialist Tutor
Juliet Fry: Educational Drama Specialist Tutor
Joshua Patel: Outdoor Arts Specialist Tutor

Stage Management

Jacqui Findlay: BA Stage Management Course Director
Louise Turner: Lecturer
Helen Maynard:
Lecturer

Visiting Tutors

Hollie Wright: Production Design
Mike Groves: Production Administration and Professional Development
Danny Warboys: Technical Theatre and Practical Stage Management
Highly Sprung Performance Company: Final Major Project

Production Staff

Jacqui Findlay: Production Manager
Louise Turner: Staff Stage Manager
Helen Maynard: Staff Stage Manager
Anna Nee: Production Assistant
Emma Thompson: Scenic Designer
Michelle Shaw: Head of Costume
Dan Raven: Head of Props
Dil Patel: Production Technician

Visiting Directors have included:

John Adams
Sean Aita
Nell Baily
Malachi Bogdanov
Phillip Breen
Iain Davie
Ruby Etches
Chris Garner
Dewi Johnson
Gari Jones
Samuel Miller
Jacob Murray
Vik Sivalingam
Alexandra Spencer-Jones
Gregory Thompson
Max Webster
Sean Turner
Anthony Ekundayo Lennon
Hal Chambers
Aleksandar Sasha Dundjerovic
Kimberley Sykes
Robyn Winfield Smith

Specialist Lecturers include:

Neil Rutherford
Suzy Catliff
Clive Mendes
Tamla Kari
Paul Clayton
Helen Gold
Professor Kevin Finnan MBE