Ms Ava Hunt
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Job title: Admissions Tutor for Theatre Arts
Email: a.hunt@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 594254
Room: Derby Theatre Office
Recent publications
- Article for Mailout - using drama in education, August 2008.
- Article for Arts Industry - use of drama, professional practice in Sri Lanka, October 2008
Faculty: Arts, Design and Technology
School: School of Humanities
Subject Area: Theatre
Senior Lecturer in Theatre Arts and also Admissions Tutor for the Single and Joint Honours Theatre Arts courses.
Teaching responsibilities
- Drama in Context 1, 2 and 3
- Arts Management
Professional interests
I trained as an actor and regularly work in theatre, film, and television. I'm also co-artistic Director of Tangere Arts specialising in using theatre for young audiences and drama in an educational setting working with young offenders and young people in areas of social deprivation.
In 2009 I created a new one woman show exploring the relationship between film and live performance, using documentary material. I'm No Hero toured venues throughout Nottingham and Derbyshire. Material draws on key historical events during the Holocaust and a contemporary story in Palestine. I have also directed new production of The Little Mermaid in partnership wtih Buxton Opera House with graduates from the Theatre Arts course which toured nationally to sell out audiences throughout summer 2009.
Research interests
I recently visited Sri Lanka with the University working with young people, and their teachers, using drama as an educative tool in areas affected by the 2004 tsunami, attending a British Council meeting with wide range of professional artists sharing practice.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Equity
- Fellow of HEA
Recent Conferences
Presentation at LTA Conference, UOD Buxton, July 2008 - Employability and PDP's
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA in Drama in Education
- PGPLT - Teaching in Higher Education
