3.5 Prescribed practitioners

For Component 2 students must select a practitioner from the list below.

For Component 3 students must select a different practitioner from the same list.

PractitionerActiveBroad approach or role
Mike AlfredsContemporaryActor centred/truth in performance
Antonin ArtaudEarly 20th centuryTheatre of Cruelty
Steven BerkoffContemporaryExpressionism/physical theatre
Alecky BlytheContemporaryVerbatim theatre maker
Augusto BoalLate 20th centuryTheatre of the Oppressed
Bertolt BrechtEarly 20th centuryPolitical/epic theatre
Peter BrookContemporaryWide spectrum of approaches
Bruiser Theatre CompanyContemporaryPhysical/actor orientated
Alison ChittyContemporaryCostume and set designer
CompliciteContemporaryPhysical theatre
Paule ConstableContemporaryLighting designer
Gordon CraigEarly 20th centuryDesigner
Bob CrowleyContemporaryCostume and set designer
DV8ContemporaryPhysical/verbatim theatre/multimedia
Declan DonnellanContemporaryDirector
Gregory DoranContemporaryDirector
EclipseContemporaryBlack-led company
Marianne ElliottContemporaryDirector
Polly FindlayContemporaryDirector
Dario Fo & Franca RameContemporaryPolitical/comic theatre
Forkbeard FantasyContemporaryMultimedia
Frantic AssemblyContemporaryPhysical theatre
Gareth FryContemporarySound designer
GeckoContemporaryStylised/physical theatre
John GodberContemporaryPolitical comedy
Rupert GooldContemporaryDirector
Graeae Theatre CompanyContemporaryPerformers with disabilities
Jerzy GrotowskiMid 20th centuryPoor theatre
Handspring Puppet CompanyContemporaryPuppetry
HeadlongContemporaryInnovative ensemble theatre
Nicholas HytnerContemporaryDirector
Nicholas KentContemporaryVerbatim theatre
Kneehigh TheatreContemporaryMulti-disciplined/storytelling/physical theatre
Ralph KoltaiLate 20th centuryDesigner
Mike LeighContemporaryCharacter based devising
Phyllida LloydContemporaryDirector
David MametContemporaryDirector
John McGrathMid 20th centurySocio-political/site specific theatre
Vsevolod MeyerholdEarly 20th centuryConstructivism
Bill MitchellContemporarySite specific theatre, set and costume designer
Katie MitchellContemporaryNaturalism/multimedia
John NapierContemporarySets and costume designer
Rufus NorrisContemporaryDirector
Richard PilbrowMid 20th centuryLighting
Tom PiperContemporaryDesigner
Mic PoolContemporarySound designer
PropellerContemporaryAll male company
PunchdrunkContemporaryImmersive theatre
Malcolm RippethContemporaryLighting designer
Josie RourkeContemporaryDirector
Shared ExperienceContemporaryExpressionism
Rae SmithContemporarySet and costume designer
Max Stafford-ClarkContemporaryPolitical/ensemble theatre
Konstantin StanislavskiLate 19th, early 20th centuryNaturalism
TalawaContemporaryBlack-led company
TamashaContemporaryMulticulturalism in Britain/British Asian influences
Julie TaymorContemporaryDirector, set and costume designer
Theatre AlibiContemporaryStorytelling theatre
The Paper BirdsContemporaryDevising theatre company
Polka TheatreContemporaryChildren’s theatre
Deborah WarnerContemporaryDirector
1927ContemporaryMultimedia