Alumni website directory

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Jehan Abdel-Malak
BA(Hons) Music, 2007
Member of the band Yes, Sir, Boss!
www.yessirboss.com

Jenna Agate
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1987
Artistic Director of The Studio on the Green, Selkirk and recipient of a Creative Development Award from the Scottish Arts Council.
www.thestudioonthegreen.com

Alexia Anastasiadis
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 2003
Artist - creating works which combine text and sculpture.
www.alexiaanastasiadis.co.uk

Gemma Anderson
BA(Hons) Fine Art, 2005
Gemma is currently working on a Wellcome Trust Arts Award and is Artist in Residence for the Jerwood Foundation for 2010.
www.gemma-anderson.co.uk

Denian Arcoleo
BA(Hons) Music, 1987
www.denianarcoleo.com

Bram Thomas Arnold
MA Arts & Ecology, 2008
Artist & writer, who has a column in the New Statesman.
www.bramthomasarnold.com 

Paula Aros Gho
MA Performance, 2007
Director of film and documentaries.
paulaarosgho.wordpress.com 

Clive Ashley
BA(Hons) Music, 2000
Saxophonist with the band Inspirition
www.inspirition.info 

Mohamed Abbas Assani
BA(Hons) Music,1991
Accomplished musician, and performer/teacher of tabla and sitar.
www.sitarandtabla.com

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Kate Badcock
BA(Hons) Music, 1991
Flautist with the ceilidh band ‘Dancing Feet'
www.dancingfeetfolkarts.com

Eva Bakkeslett
MA Arts & Ecology, 2007
Eve orchestrates interactive community events based on art & nature.
www.evabakkeslett.com 

Anne Barber
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1981
Co-founder/co-director of Shadowland Theatre, based on Ward's Island, Toronto.
www.shadowlandtheatre.ca

Chloe Bardolf Smith
MA Arts & Cultural Management, 2005
Professional artist.
www.chloebardolfsmith.com 

Julian Barnicoat
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1992
Artistic Director All Out Arts, based in Tavistock, Devon.
www.alloutarts.co.uk

Rachel Baynton
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2005
Member of Proto-type, a company of multi-disciplinary artists based in Lancaster and New York.
www.proto-type.org

Martha Bean
BA(Hons) Music (Composition), 2008
www.marthabean.co.uk

Steven Beatty
BA(Hons) Music, 2005/06
Along with Simon Frankton and Henry Salmon, member of the band, The Turn, formed during their student days and still going strong.
www.theturn-uk.co.uk

Rebecca Beinart
MA Arts & Ecology, 2008
Artist, activist, educator, gardener and cook
www.fieldkitchen.net/artist 

Louise Bennett
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 2000
Better known in the South West as Liv Torc, stand up poet and comedian.
livtorc.moonfruit.com

Sam Berger
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1998
Artistic director of Plain Clothes Theatre, a Bristol based company working with people across the south-west.
www.plainclothestheatre.com

Anna Berndtson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1999
Artist in residence (2006) at the Künstlerhäuser Worpswede, which aims to encourage professional artists through awarding residential grants.
www.berndtson-art.net

Ansuman Biswas
BA(Hons) Music 1992
Works within and across various art forms, developing visual and time-based work, whilst continuing to work as a composer and musician.
www.ansuman.com

John Blakeley
BA(Hons) Music, 2004
www.myspace.com/johnblakeley

Steve Bolton
BA(Hons) Music, 1990
Bali-based Steve Bolton is mainly involved in Language Teacher Training but still performs in a variety of ensembles.
www.stevebolton.net

Gill Bond
Dartington Diploma of Drama & Dance, 1977
Gill and Andy Burton are Satellite Arts, a performing arts partnership based in West Yorkshire.
www.satellitearts.org.uk 

Laurie Booth
Dance & Drama, 1978
www.lauriebooth.co.uk

Doug Briggs
BA(Hons) Music, 1988
Accomplished maker of beautiful button accordions
www.briggsaccordions.com

Philip Brown
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1997
Known professionally as Philip Brodie, Philip is a critically acclaimed actor of stage, film and television.
www.philipbrodie.com

Graeme Budd
BA(Hons) Music 1992
Freelance musician - multi-instrumentalist, musical director, & arranger.
www.graemebudd.com

Dan Bullock
BA(Hons) Writing (Contemporary Practices), 2008
Writer and photographer who has also created a blog of his grandfather's WW1 diaries:
The WW1 Diaries Blog
www.danbullock.co.uk

Tristan Burfield
BA(Hons) Music, 2003
Experimental electronic musician.
tristanburfield.com

Andy Burton
Dartington Diploma of Drama & Dance, 1977
Andy and Gill Bond are Satellite Arts, a performing arts partnership based in West Yorkshire.
www.satellitearts.org.uk 

Emma Bush
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2002
Artist
www.propelleronline.org

Rosemary Butcher
Dance & Drama, 1968
"the UK's most consistently radical and innovative choreographer"
www.rosemarybutcher.com

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Neil Callaghan
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2003
Artist
www.propelleronline.org

Anna Carus Wilson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1987
Co-founder of Frank Partners, a creative training consultancy.
www.frankpartners.co.uk 

Lucy Catherine
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1993
Playwright who has written extensively for the stage, radio and TV. Lucy is former writer in residence at the Bristol Old Vic and is currently working on an original series for BBC Drama.
www.curtisbrown.co.uk

Helen Chadwick
Theatre 1977
International singer/songwriter/workshop leader.
www.helenchadwick.com

Mark Charman
BA(Hons) Music, 1999
Innovative teacher; Founder of 21^st Century Philosophers; Broadcaster & Fundraiser for an Ethiopian project.
www.markcharman.com

Flynn Cohen performs Blue Grass and Irish traditional music with various other artists and bands, and is a visiting lecturer at Bridgewater State College, Massachusetts.
www.myspace.com/flynncohen

Katy Connnor
MA Contemporary Arts Practice & Dissemination, 2009
Artist working with film, video and installation.
www.katyconnor.com 

William (Bill) Corless-Birks
BA(Hons) Music, 2004
Fronts the blues/rock band ‘Cat in the Hat'
www.catinthehatmusic.co.uk

Stephen Cornford
MA Visual Performance, 2008
Sculptor working with music, sound and noise.
www.scrawn.co.uk 

Maria Cornish
BA(Hons) Theatre,1990
Maria, together with another trained teacher, set up childrenthinking in 2001, in order to provide support and training in the area of Philosophy with Children.
www.childrenthinking.co.uk

Rachel Cornish
MA Visual Performance, 2006
Contemporary artist working with video, photography, projection and installation.
www.rachelcornish.co.uk

Augusto Corrieri
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2002
Performance artist, creating new work for festivals throughout the UK and Europe.
www.augustocorrieri.com

Paddy Crawley
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1998
Paddy was a volunteer teacher in India in 2006 but is now back in the UK and working as an actor.
www.paddyinindia.com
www.paddycrawley.com

Damian Croft
BA(Hons) Music, 1987
Damian has just published a new book of short stories. It is available to order from:
www.florencestudios.com/ploughingsongs.html

Paula Crutchlow
MA Devised Theatre, 2000
Member of Blind Ditch, practicing in and between the fields of devised theatre, live and visual art.
www.blindditch.org

Andrew Curry
BA(Hons) Music & Arts Management, 2003
Andrew is a deviant artist, whose photos can be viewed at:
ace2029.deviantart.com

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Wendy Dacre (nee Cooper)
Music, 1970
Storyteller and singer specialising in shadow theatre shows and dancing Giant puppets, working with her husband Michael Dacre.
www.raventales.co.uk

Andrew Darlison
BA(Hons) Music, 1996
Performer and leader of workshops in jazz improvisation, specialising in the flute.
www.andrew-darlison.co.uk

Marcus Davey
BA(Hons) Music, 1988
Chief Executive of The Roundhouse in Camden, London.
www.roundhouse.org.uk

Richie Dobson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2005
Founder member, together with Amy Lewis (theatre 2005) and Carla Lewis (2006 theatre), of Awkward City, a theatre and sound collaboration.
www.awkwardcity.co.uk

David Doyle
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1999
Part of Stone Soup, a community storytelling group based in Plymouth.
www.stonesoupstorytelling.org.uk

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Anne-Marte Eidseth Rygh
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 2003
Together with Helen Pritchard (also graduate of Performance Writing, 2003), Anne-Marte and Helen are gilbertandgrape, and work within a genre they choose to describe as performance journalism.
www.gilbertandgrape.co.uk

Chris Elliott
BA(Hons) Music, 1992
Composer and arranger, his most notable work to date being the music for the Oscar-winning movie Moulin Rouge.
www.chriselliottmusic.com

Jim Ennis
Dance & Drama, 1977
Founder of ‘Earthfall', a company which specialises in radical choreography, live music and strong visual imagery.
www.earthfall.org.uk

Stephen Evans
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1995
Performer with the company Dutch Elm Conservatoire, whose 2005 Edinburgh fringe show was nominated for a Perrier Award.
www.dutchelm.co.uk

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Paul Farmer
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1990 theatre
Writer and film maker based in Cornwall.
www.farmerfilm.co.uk

Kevin Finnan
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1985
Artistic Director of Motionhouse Dance Theatre, winner in the National Dance Awards 2005 of the audience award for Best Dance Company.
www.motionhouse.co.uk

Tom First
BA(Hons) Music, 2007
Member of the band Yes, Sir, Boss!
www.yessirboss.com

Lewis Fitzjohn
BA(Hons) Music, 2007
Member of the band Yes, Sir, Boss!
www.yessirboss.com

Ewan Forster
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1989
Together with Christopher Heighes (also graduate of Theatre), Ewan formed an artistic partnership with the aim of seeking out opportunities for creating innovative and unusual theatre events in and around some of Britain's most intriguing and neglected architectural sites.
www.forster-heighes.org.uk

Simon Frankton
BA(Hons) Music, 2005/06
Along with Steven Beatty and Henry Salmon, member of the band, The Turn, formed during their student days and still going strong.
www.theturn-uk.co.uk

Myer Fredman
Studied at Dartington 1952-54
International Conductor based in Tasmania.
www.myerfredman.com

Lisa Fuller
BA(Hons) 3D Design for Sustainability, 2009
Design Research with DOTT Cornwall and started own business Fuller Design Consultants Ltd
www.lisafuller.co.uk

Trina Furre
BA(Hons) Music, 1999
One of ‘The Bovril Sisters', a close harmony jazz group, who sing the music of the 1930s ‘Boswell Sisters'.
www.bovrilsisters.co.uk

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Gilbert Gabriel
'B' Music Course 1978
Gilbert has now recorded three albums and ten singles and is currently pursuing a PhD in film studies.
www.burningcandle.com/gilbertgabriel

Dusty Gedge
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1987
Runs drama & juggling workshops, is a consultant on green roofs, and a television presenter of wildlife programmes.
www.dustygedge.com
www.livingroofs.org

Josh Geffin
BA(Hons) Music (Composition), 2005
www.myspace.com/joshgeffin

Kirsty Ghent
BA(Hons) Choreography, 2007
Co-founders of Uproar Streetdance, and run regular classes at the Hope Studio in Dunstable.
www.freewebs.com/uproarstreetdance

Alison Gilmour
BA(Hons) Choreography, 2007
Co-founders of Uproar Streetdance, and run regular classes at the Hope Studio in Dunstable.
www.freewebs.com/uproarstreetdance

Will Godfrey
Dip HE Art & Design in Social Context, 1986
Teacher of Media Studies at the University of Bradford.
www.inf.brad.ac.uk

Gideon Goldberg
BA(Hons) Broadcasting, 2007
www.gidsgoldberg.com

Stuart Goldsmith
Theatre, 2000
Stand-up comedian and actor.
www.stuartgoldsmith.co.uk 

Jessie Gordon
Drama & Dance, 1973
Director of Executive Performance Training (EPT), which uses performance and fine arts to create business-related development programmes.
www.executiveperformancetraining.com

Jill Greenhalgh
BA(Hons) Dance & Drama, 1976
Director (UK) of the Magdalena Project, a dynamic cross-cultural network of women in contemporary theatre.
www.themagdalenaproject.org

Mark Greenwood
MA Performance Writing, 2006
Performance artist and writer.
greenwood.dysfunction.de

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Sara Hannant
BA(Hons) Art & Social Context, 1989
Independent photographer based in London. She was awarded 'Artist of the Year' by the Royal Society of Arts in 1995, for her exhibition 'Young Lives'.
www.sarahannant.com

Peter Harrison
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2003
Artist and writer
www.propelleronline.org

Belinda Harris-Reid
MA Devised Theatre, 2006
Performance poet; co-founder and producer of Temple of Nothing, a company that explores performance art.
www.belindaharrisreid.co.uk

Rose Hatcher
BA(Hons) Photography, 2009
www.rosehatcherphotography.co.uk

Stuart Hawkes
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1990
Together with Karen Quigley (also graduate of Theatre, 1990), Stuart is co-founders and artistic director of HQ Arts, a specialist youth arts company.
www.hqarts.com

Christopher Heighes
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1989
Together with Ewan Forster (also graduate of Theatre), Ewan formed an artistic partnership with the aim of seeking out opportunities for creating innovative and unusual theatre events in and around some of Britain's most intriguing and neglected architectural sites.
www.forster-heighes.org.uk

Henning Hegland
MA Devised Theatre, 2000
Henning is a working director in NYC. He is also founding member of Blind Ditch Performance and on the board of SATC.
www.politiscopes.com

Olivia Hickman
BA(Hons) Choreography, 2007
Olivia Hickman is now one of the founder members of the dance company Yellow Bungalow:
yellowbungalow3.blogspot.com

Jason Hirons
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 2002
Artist and a writer, interested in 'exploring the city as a performed and performative space'.
www.open-everything.com

Jessica Hoffman
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1996, is a member of the theatre company 'Uninvited Guests', a UK/German company founded in 1998 and based in Bristol.
www.uninvited-guests.net

Didi Hopkins
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1977
Member of Theatre4Business, a company which uses theatre to help organisations and individuals achieve their best performance.
www.theatre4business.com

Michelle Horacek
MA Visual Performance, 2006
Performance artist.
www.mishaproductions.com

Delpha Hudson
MA Visual Performance, 2003
Performance artist specialising in work dealing with women and motherhood.
www.delphahudson.co.uk

Nabilah Hussain
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2006
Perfomer and teacher of Asian dance and drama.
www.nabilahsasiandance-drama.co.uk

Emma Hutchinson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1986
Director of the Music House, which runs workshops in dance, drama & music for schools & nursery groups.
www.musichouseforchildren.co.uk

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Monica Ismay Horn
Fine Art, 1963
www.ismayarts.co.uk

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Mick Jackson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1983
Author of The Underground Man, nominated for the Booker Prize in 1998. His second novel, Five Boys, was set in the South Hams. This was followed by 'Ten Sorry Tales' in 2005. His most recent book is ‘Bears of England', published in 2009.
www.mickjackson.com

Jeremy James
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1987
Artistic Director of Greenwich & Lewisham Young People's Theatre.
www.glypt.co.uk

Beatrice Jarvis
BA(Hons) Choreography and Visual Arts
Urban researcher AHRC; Goldsmiths and freelance site specific choreographer and Curator.
beatricejarvis.wordpress.com

Mark Jeffery
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1994
Member of Goat Island, a Chicago-based collaborative performance group.
www.goatislandperformance.org

Sean Tuan John
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1992
"One of Wales' most successful independent choreographers". Sean is also Director of Bombastic, a live arts company creating dance and media productions with young people.
www.seantuanjohn.com
www.bombasticdance.org

David Jones
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1996
Director of Creative Theatre, based in South Devon.
www.creativetheatre.co.uk

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Runa Kaiser Larsen
BA(Hons) Choreography, 2006
Choreographer/performer working in the field of experimental theatre.
www.newworknetwork.org.uk

Anna Keleher
MA Arts & Ecology, 2009
Anna is currently working with the English Riviera Geopark as an Arts/Ecology researcher/practitioner.
creativetorbay.com

Matthew Ker
BA(Hons) Music, 2001
Matthew's professional name is MajiKer, a singer/songwriter who specialises in working with female vocalists.
www.majiker.com

Gerry King
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 1999
Gerry's alter-ego is Dr. Zero Lubin who presents his observations on life through prose and pictures. His book, Lubin Tales, was published in autumn 2009.
www.zerolubin.org

Jemima Kiss
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1997
New media reporter with Guardian Unlimited.
www.guardian.co.uk/profile/jemimakiss

James Kontagyris
BA(Hons) Music, 2005
Together with Amy Lewis (Graduate of Theatre, 2005) and other artists, James creates theatre and sonic work under the collective name 'Awkward City'.
www.awkwardcity.co.uk

Julia Krajewska
BA(Hons) Visual Performance & Music, 1998
Singer/songwriter known as Julia K, whose single ‘I Light up' is released December 2009. See the video on YouTube or via:
www.juliak.co.uk

David Kreps
BA(Hons) Theatre & Arts Management, 1994
Director of Four Quarters, a company offering 'information solutions for all'.
www.fourquarters.biz

Klaus Kruse
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2005
Klaus is the founder of Living Structures, a collective which initiates collaborations between artists.
www.livingstructures.co.uk

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Jessica Lack
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1995
Arts reviewer, primarily for the Weekend Guardian Guide.
www.thecentreofattention.org

Johny Lamb
MA Visual Performance, 2000
myspace.com/thirtypoundsofbone
myspace.com/kingjameshymnal
lynchedrecordings.com

Kirsten Lavers
BA(Hons) Art & Social Context, 1991
Artist who has worked extensively with rough sleepers, including managing a night shelter and currently teaching internet access skills.
www.kirstenlavers.net

Joe Lawlor
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1992
Together with Christine Molloy (also Theatre graduate), Joe and Christine are 'desperate optimists', making works for a variety of media and contexts including film, video, digital arts, performance and radio.
www.desperateoptimists.com

Eric Leland
MA Illustration: Authorial Practice, 2008
www.lelandmanufactory.com

John Levack Drever
PhD, 'Phonographies: Practical and Theoretical Explorations into Composing with Disembodied Sound', 2001
John Levack Drever has been a Lecturer in Composition at Goldsmith's since 2003. He is also a composer of experimental music, some of which can be heard here:
www.last.fm

Trisha Lee, (formerly Laycock)
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1988
Artistic Director of Make Believe Arts, a theatre and education company that believes in the importance of making the arts accessible to everyone.
www.makebelievearts.co.uk

Deborah Levy
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1982
Playwright - her most recent script is being premiered in Germany in May 2006 - and author of ten published books.
www.deborahlevy.co.uk

Cassandra Latham
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1989
Village wise-woman of St. Buryan, in West Cornwall.
www.villagewisewoman.co.uk

Amy Lewis
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2005
Together with James Kontargyris (Graduate of Music, 2005) and other artists, Amy creates theatre and sonic work under the collective name 'Awkward City'.
www.awkwardcity.co.uk

Matt Linley
BA(Hons) Theatre & Arts Management, 1994
Formerly manager of the Phoenix, Leicester, now a freelance arts project manager.
www.matthewlinley.com

Mornington Lockett
BA(Hons) Music, 1984
Talented saxophonist, once part of the Ronnie Scott Sextet, now a member of The New Jazz Couriers.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk

Rebecca Marshall
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1998
Rebecca co-owns and runs the Electric Palace Cinema in Hastings.
www.electricpalacecinema.com

Jenny McCaffrey
BA(Hons) Music, 2008
Composer pursuing a career in writing music for film.
www.jennymccaffrey.com

Judi McCartney
Drama & Dance, 1973
Director of Independance, a centre for urban arts and culture, creating opportunities for young people to engage in the arts.
www.independance.co.uk

Eilidh McCaskill
BA(Hons) Music, 2001
Together with Robert Walton (Graduate of Theatre, 2001), Eilidh is co-founder of Fish and Game, a Scottish-based performance company through which they ‘examine the world's daily contradictions, unnatural wonders and unholy terrors'.
www.fishandgame.org.uk

Stewart McGill
Dance & Drama, 1970
Artistic Director of Playbox Theatre Company.
www.playboxtheatre.com

Paddy McKeown
BA(Hons) Music, 2004
"An alternative maverick singer/songwriter" based in Belfast.
www.paddymckeown.com
www.myspace.com/patrickmckeown

Carolina Melis
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1999
Director of short films and music videos, and also runs a fashion design project based on traditional Sardinian craft work.
www.carolinamelis.com

Christine Molloy
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1992
Together with Joe Lawlor (also Theatre graduate), Christine and Jo are 'desperate optimists', making works for a variety of media and contexts including film, video, digital arts, performance and radio.
www.desperateoptimists.com

David Morgan
BA(Hons) Performance Writing & Theatre, 1997
Singer, poet, writer.
www.davidword.com

Bethany Murray
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1995
Fine Art Photographer/performer based in London.
www.bethanymurray.co.uk

Tanya Myers
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1983
Actor, playwright and member of Meeting Ground theatre company.
www.meetingground.org.uk

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Dhevdhas Nair
BA(Hons) Music, 1991
Founding member of Daughters of Elvin, a unique musical theatre troupe, based in Devon, which specialises in medieval music and dance.
www.endicott-studio.com

Vicki Narewski
BA(Hons) Art & Performance with Choreographic Practices, 2006
Vicki and Charlie Scullion convey their ideas through a variety of art forms, via ‘The Clockwork Moth'
www.theclockworkmoth.com 

Aniis Le Neve (formerly Paulette Thomas)
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 1997
Aniis is a Virtual Assistant & Desktop Publisher.
aniisleneve.com

Imogene Newland
BA(Hons) Music 2003, MA Choreography, 2007
Pianist & choreographer who explores the relationship between the body and the piano. www.imogene-newland.co.uk

Jenny Nightingale
BA(Hons) Illustration, 2000
www.jennynightingale.co.uk

Kyra Norman
MA Visual Performance, 2003
Leads ‘The Light Fantastic', an artist-led project committed to developing dance on screen.
www.thelightfantastic.co.uk

Patrick Nunn
BA(Hons) Music, 1991
Composer/lecturer at the Royal Academy of Music.
www.patricknunn.com

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John O'Hanlon
BA(Hons) Theatre & Arts Management, 2000
Founder and Artistic Director of HamFisted, a Birmingham based company working across a wide range of disciplines.
www.hamfisted.org.uk

Shelagh O'Neill
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1996
Founder and Artistic Director of The Wirral Academy of Performing Arts.
www.wapa.uk.com

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Russ Palmer
Special Course in Music, 1991
Russ has Usher's Syndrome and is registered deafblind. He is now a music therapist, working internationally with his partner Riita Lahtinen.
www.kolumbus.fi

Daz Parker
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1993
One of the few women on the British Stunt Register, is now also a Triathlon competitor.
dazparker.com

John Pattison
Music, 1981-83
Composer and musical director, working mainly in theatre, and has had a long association with the playwright Alan Ayckbourn.
www.johnpattison.com

Faye Patton
BA(Hons) Theatre & Visual Performance, 1994
Cutting edge singer/songwriter.
fayepatton.com

Lisa Payne
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1997
Burlesque artiste, actor & model, Miss Maybe
www.missmaybe.com 

Michael Pearce
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1990
Painter, installation artist and educator/advocate for public art.
gildedraven.com

Gareth Perkins
Music, 1994
Organist, conductor, choir trainer and teacher.
www.garethperkins.me.uk 

Simon Persighetti
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1985
Lecturer in Devised Theatre at Dartington and a member of Wrights & Sites, a group of artist-researchers with a special relationship to place.
www.mis-guide.com

Tim Plester
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1994
Writer and actor based in London. He has written and starred in two highly successful short films, 'Ant Muzak' and 'Blake's Junction 7'.
www.timplester.com

Richard Povall
BA(Hons) Music. 1977
Co-founder members of the arts and production company, half/angel.
www.halfangel.ie

Helen Pritchard
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 2003
Together with Anne-Marte Eidseth Rygh (also graduate of Performance Writing, 2003), Helen and Anne-Marte are gilbertandgrape, and work within a genre they choose to describe as performance journalism.
www.gilbertandgrape.co.uk

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Karen Quigley
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1990
Together with Stuart Hawkes (also graduate of Theatre, 1990), Karen is co-founders and artistic director of HQ Arts, a specialist youth arts company.
www.hqarts.com

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Cat Radford
MA Devised Theatre, 2000
Member of Blind Ditch, practicing in and between the fields of devised theatre, live and visual art.
www.blindditch.org

Marika Rauscher
BA(Hons) Music & Theatre, 1998
Professional singer of operatic and classical works as well as jazz, musical theatre & contemporary pieces.
www.marikarauscher.co.uk

John Renbourn
BA(Hons) Music, 1986
As well as being a co-founder member of Pentangle, John is still composing and touring.
www.john-renbourn.com

Samuel Rodgers
BA(Hons) Music (Composition), 2009
Currently studying MA Visual Performance (Time-based Practices) at UCF's Dartington campus.
samuelrodgers.blogspot.com

Fiona Rutherford
BA(Hons) Music, 2008
Scottish Harpist and Composer.
www.fionarutherford.com  

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Henry Salmon
BA(Hons) Music, 2005/06
Along with Steven Beatty and Simon Frankton,member of the band, The Turn, formed during their student days and still going strong.
www.theturn-uk.co.uk

Joshua Saunders
BA(Hons) Music & Visual Performance, 1997
Senior Mobile Producer for the BBC World Service Trust.
www.undisco.com
www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/trust

Philip Sawyers
Foundation course in Music, 1969
Composer, violinist & teacher; member of the Leonora Ensemble.
www.philipsawyers.co.uk

Rosemary Schonfeld
BA(Hons) Music, 1992
Singer/songwriter who fronts the band 'Stormy Mondays' and is a member of the tribute band 'Dire Traits'.
www.rosemary-schonfeld.co.uk

Charlie Scullion
BA(Hons) Fine Art (Contemporary Practices with Cultural Entrepreneurship), 2007
Charlie and Vicki Narewski convey their ideas through a variety of art forms, via ‘The Clockwork Moth'
www.theclockworkmoth.com

Tanya Scully
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1996
Aerial circus artist and dancer.
www.tanyascully.co.uk

Matt Sellors
BA(Hons) Music, 2007
Member of the band Yes, Sir, Boss!
www.yessirboss.com

Tristan Seume
BA(Hons) Music, 2000
Composer, performer on acoustic guitar & regular columnist for Guitarist Magazine.
www.tristanseume.co.uk

Tracey Shough
BA(Hons) Art & Social Context, 1991
Artist who runs mural projects & other art workshops in the community.
www.wildatart.info

Hannah Silva
BA(Hons) Choreography & Visual Practices, 2007
Writer, performer and theatre director.
www.hannahsilva.co.uk

Theo Simon
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1981
Environmental activist, and singer/songwriter with his band ‘Seize the Day'
www.seizetheday.org

Rebecka Slater-Lyons
BA (Hons) Music 2001
Singer / songwriter /workshop and choir leader.
www.rebeckasongs.com

Neil Smith (professionally known as Neil Paris)
BA(Hons) Theatre & Visual Performance, 1996
Member of Fabulous Beast dance company.
www.fabulousbeast.net

Yolande Snaith
Theatre, 1983
Dance Professor at the University of California San Diego and Director & Choreographer of the company 'Imago Moves'.
imagomoves.com

Bruno Spagna
BA(Hons) Music, 1999
Skilled maker and player of the Italian tamburello.
www.brunospagna.it

Richard Stanley
BA(Hons) Illustration, 2005
Devon-based landscape painter and Illustrator, specialising in high end original paintings and limited edition prints.
www.richardstanleygallery.com

Jon Sterckx
BA(Hons) Music, 2000
Versatile percussionist, specialising in Indian tabla.
www.jonsterckx.co.uk

Matthew Strachan
BA(Hons) Music, 1992
Composer of music for film and television, including the theme tune to ‘Who wants to be a millionaire'.
www.matthewstrachan.co.uk

Joshua Stopford
BA(Hons) Music, 2007
Member of the band Yes, Sir, Boss!
www.yessirboss.com

Adam Strickson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1981
Poet and playwright, having left Chol Theatre where he had been Artistic Director. He also teaches Creative Writing at the University of Leeds.
www.cida.org

Justin Summers
BA(Hons) Art & Social Context, 1993
Computer animator.
justinsummers.net

Grace Surman
BA(Hons) Theatre & Visual Performance, 1994
Performance Lecturer on the Contemporary Theatre Practice programme at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, as well as a solo performer.
www.gracesurman.com

David Swadling
Dip. Ed. Music, 1965
Performs as 'David Anthony' and has devised a painless method of learning to play the piano.
www.pianomadepainless.com

Josie Sutcliffe
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1985
Member of Theatre4Business, a company which uses theatre to help organisations and individuals achieve their best performance.
www.theatre4business.com

Lee Sykes
BA(Hons) Music, 1998
Bass player & rapper who, together with clog daner Fiona Taylor (graduate of Arts Management & Music, 2000) are members of the Demon Barber Roadshow.
www.thedemonbarbers.com

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Fiona Taylor
BA(Hons) Arts Management & Music, 2000
Clog dancer, who together with bass player & rapper Lee Sykes (graduate of Music, 1998) are members of the Demon Barber Roadshow.
www.thedemonbarbers.com

Dave Thompson
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1982
Stand-up comedian, writer & stage, film & TV actor.
www.davethompson.org.uk

Diane Torr
Dartington Diploma in Drama & Dance, 1976
Diane runs workshops and performs as a 'drag king'. She describes herself as 'Drag King Ambassador to the world'.
www.dianetorr.com

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Simon Van Booy
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 1999
A writer based in New York, Simon's most recent collection of short stories won him the 2009 Frank O'Connor award.
www.simonvanbooy.com

Tim Vize-Martin
Visual Performance, 2004
Artist and gardener
www.propelleronline.org

Sebastian Vittorini
BA(Hons) Music, 1991
Extreme performance artist. Be careful where you tread on this site!
www.voltini.com

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Robert Walton
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2001
Together with Eilidh McCaskill (Graduate of Music, 2001), Robert is co-founder of Fish and Game, a Scottish-based performance company through which they ‘examine the world's daily contradictions, unnatural wonders and unholy terrors'.
www.fishandgame.org.uk

Kelly Warman
BA(Hons) Visual Performance
Professional artist whose work crosses several mediums including video, performance and installation, and has been shown extensively across Europe, both in solo and group exhibitions.
www.kellywarman.com

Dave Webber
BA(Hons) 3D Design, 2009
www.davidwebber.moonfruit.com

Andrew Westerside
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2005
Member of Proto-type, a company of multi-disciplinary artists based in Lancaster and New York.
www.proto-type.org

Tim Wheeler
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1986
Co-founder (with music graduate Sue Brown) and Artistic Director of the award-winning 'Mind the Gap' theatre company.
www.mind-the-gap.org.uk

Greg Whelan
BA(Hons) Performance Writing, 1997
Together with Gary Winters (graduate of Visual Performance, 1997) Greg and Gary are Lone Twin, a company formed in 1997 to work with performance on ideas of place, context and travel.
www.lonetwin.com

Gary Winters
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1997
Together with Greg Whelan (graduate of Performance Writing, 1997) Gary and Greg are Lone Twin, a company formed in 1997 to work with performance on ideas of place, context and travel.
www.lonetwin.com

Luke Whitlock
BA(Hons) Music, 2000
Freelance composer and orchestrator.
www.lukewhitlock.com

Emma Williams (née Soar)
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1993
Director/Workshop Leader with Travelling Light Theatre Company, based in Bristol.
www.travlight.co.uk

Kate Williams
BA(Hons) Theatre, 2000
Artistic Director of Attic Fusion Theatre along with Julia Blake also a Dartington graduate.
www.atticfusion.co.uk

Gillian Wormley
BA(Hons) Music, 1978
Professional soprano and recitalist, private singing teacher, vocal coach and director.
www.littlesoprano.co.uk

Ruby Worth
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1993
Choreographer, based at Findhorn. 'Hoops, Hats & Acrobats', choreographed and directed by her, was recently premiered at the Traverse Theatre, Edinburgh. Ruby describes the journey, from idea to performance.
www.scottisharts.org.uk

Angharad Wynne-Jones
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1984
Director/Curator at Australian National Theatre Forum.
www.australiantheatreforum.com.au

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David Yates
BA(Hons) Art & Social Context, 1980
Community artist based in Scarborough.
www.jehan.eu

Liam Yeates
BA(Hons) Visual Performance, 1996
Professional artist using drawing, installation, painting and performance.
www.liamyeates.co.uk

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Krystyna Zdan-Michaeljowicz
BA(Hons) Theatre, 1989
Co-founder and director of M-MAD (multi-media arts documentation), engaging young people with their communities using digital multimedia.
www.m-mad.co.uk

Aziz Zeria
BA(Hons) Music, 1985
Artists Advisor for PANDA (Performing Arts Network & Development Agency)
www.panda-arts.org.uk

Ruth Zimmermann
BA(Hons) Music, 1992
Founder of Tango Oblivion, based in Totnes. Ruth and other teachers work throughout Devon, including schools workshops and demonstrations. Ruth has recently started teaching in Norway and Germany.
www.tangoindevon.co.uk