Core Course Team at the University of Warwick

anna six

anna six’s research explores the intersections between arts and health. six’s current project is investigating the politics of tenderness and questioning the meaning, nature, and practice of ‘care’. Her artistic practice with her theatre company, Idiot Child, is likewise engaged with questions around health and wellbeing.

Saul Hewish

Saul Hewish is one of the country's leading practitioners in the use of drama and theatre with offenders. In 1999 he co-founded Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation), which develops innovative and experimental arts-based projects within the criminal justice system.

Nadine Holdsworth

Nadine Holdsworth’s research spans questions of representation, participation, citizenship, political change and cultural value. She explores how theatre, performance and arts-based methodologies can be used to illuminate pressing social issues and marginalised groups.

Yvette Hutchison

Yvette Hutchison is a South African academic whose work focuses on Anglophone African theatre, dance and intercultural performance. She has taught on and worked in various theatre for development and community theatre projects in Africa and the UK.

Bobby Smith

Bobby Smith is a freelance practitioner who has worked in settings including schools, youth centres, within the criminal justice system and internationally. He has worked as a consultant for several charities, writing resources and training staff, particularly in the area of Theatre for Development.