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.
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A-Z tutor list
Acting
Prof. Stephen Simms: Head of Acting, Director
Danièle Sanderson: Head of Undergraduate Studies (Acting) and Course Director - BA Acting
Alex Taylor: Head of Postgraduate Studies - Acting and Course Director MFA Acting
Lise Olson: Course Director - MA/PgDip Acting, Director
Alex Taylor: Head of Postgraduate Studies - Acting and Course Director - MA/PgDip Professional Voice Practice and MFA Acting
Robert Miles: Course Director, Foundation Course in Acting
Dr Paola Botham: Tutor
Louise Papillon: Acting & Physical Skills Tutor, Director and Librarian
Andrew Potter: Acting Tutor, Director
Visiting Acting Tutors
Liam Clarke: Acting Tutor
George Naylor: Acting Tutor
John Partridge: Acting Tutor
Singing
Rob Miles: Head of Singing
Iain Jackson: Resident Accompanist
Visiting Singing Tutors
SJ Bourne: Singing Tutor
Aimée Whatson: Singing Tutor
Richard Hughes
Angela Moran: Accompanist
Joe Robinson: Accompanist, M/D, Ensemble Singing Tutor
Ben Wiles: Accompanist, M/D, Singing Tutor
Voice
Alex Taylor: MA Professional Voice Practice Course Director, Head of Voice
Simon Ratcliffe: Voice Tutor
Visiting Voice Tutors
Lottie Williams-Burrell: Voice Tutor
Movement
Dr Polly Hudson: Head of Movement
Visiting Movement Tutors
Johnny Autin: Movement Tutor
Roger Bartlett: Stage Combat Tutor
Maria Blundell- Palethorpe: Movement Tutor
Verity Bray: Movement Tutor
Patsy Browne-Hope: Movement Tutor
Katye Coe: Movement Tutor
Thomas Goodwin: Movement Tutor
Lucy Glassbrook: Movement Tutor & Intimacy Co-ordinator
Richard Hubert-Clarke: Yoga Tutor
Ruth Jacombs: Movement Tutor
Colin Lang: Movement Tutor
Mary Savva: Movement Tutor
Andy Yau: Movement Tutor
Performance Research
Aleksandar Dundjerovic: Professor in Performing Arts
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
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
Jacqui Findlay: BA Stage Management Course Director
Louise Turner: Lecturer
Helen Maynard: Lecturer
Visiting Tutors
Hollie Wright: Production Design
Nikki French: Practical Stage Management and Professional Development
Danny Warboys: Technical Theatre
Highly Sprung Performance Company: Final Major Project
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
Joanne Marshall: Theatre 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