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Gordon Murray is Senior Lecturer in Drama (Community Theatre & Media). He worked as a freelance theatre director for 20 years, as a panel member for Warehouse Theatre International Playwriting Competition, as a Drama teacher for children with Autism for Cambrian Education Group, and as manager of a Theatre Pub.
As an applied theatre practioner he has worked in prisons, SEN schools, and on development projects in Asia and Africa. He is an associate of The Miniaturists, a writer-led theatre project housed at the Arcola Theatre, where he regularly directs plays and works with new writers.
Consultancy work
Theatre for development for CDCArts, including projects in theatre work with Tibetan refugees and street children in Nepal, advising on extended schools theatre projects in Gambia and youth work Northern Ireland.
Areas of expertise
- New Writing
- Applied Theatre
- Performer training????
Publications
Journal articles
Murray, G. (2018) Where do you put the bomb? Unlikely Journal for the Creative Arts Read it online
Directing work
Seepage by James Wren Hen and Chickens Theatre
Mr Melancholy by Matt Cameron Hen and Chickens Theatre
The Recruit by Tony McNamara Hen and Chickens Theatre
The Café Latte Kid by Tony McNamara Australia House
Mr Blue Sky by Ian Kershaw Southwark Playhouse
From This Night Forward by Steve Sharkey Southwark Playhouse
A Thrashing by Steve Hawes Southwark Playhouse
A Change of Partners by Steve Hawes Arcola Theatre
Voyager by Steven Sharkey Arcola Theatre
Leap of Faith by Brierley Thorpe Arcola Theatre
Fashion Show choreography
Hastings CAD final year shows Delaware Pavilion
Madam Butterfly Fashion Show Royal Albert Hall.
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