Newcastle University

Background

Before coming to Newcastle Peter Reynolds was an Education Associate of the National Theatre and the Creative Director of the National's double BAFTA award winning performance-focused website, www.stagework.org.uk. At the National he also worked on documenting the rehearsals of many of the UK's leading theatre directors including Peter Hall, Nicholas Hytner, Phyllida Lloyd and Melly Still. He has run theatre workshops on behalf of the British Council and others in many parts of the world and published extensively in the area of performance and pedagogy including: 'Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare' (OUP) and, with Richard Hahlo, 'Dramatic Events' (Faber). He is an International partner investigator at the Australian Research Council funded centre for the history of the emotions in Europe, 1100-1800, based at the University of Western Australia. In the summer of 2012 Peter organised a conference at Newcastle in collaboration with Northern Stage, the Royal Shakespeare Company, and the School of English, focusing on International Shakespeare and featuring presentations from Ralph Cohen (American Shakespeare Centre), Erica Whyman (Northern Stage/RSC) and the writer and performer Tim Crouch. In November of 2012 Peter directed a group of Australian school students (age 10-18) in a production of Ben Jonson's 'Epicene or The Silent Woman' as part of the Australian and New Zealand Shakespeare Association conference at the University of Western Australia: (see http://universitypublishingonline.org/cambridge/jonson/blog/) In the Autumn of 2013 Peter returns to UWA to conduct preliminary research for a further full-scale production of an Early Modern boy's play in 2014.  

Roles and Responsibilities

DPD Creative Writing (Spring semester 2013).

Qualifications

B.A. M.A. PGCE (Sussex)

Previous Positions

Head of the School of Arts, Roehampton University

Honours and Awards

2 BAFTAS (Interactive) for Stagework, 2005
United Nations World Sumit award for Stagework's e-learning, Tunis, 2005
BETT award, best Key Stage 3/4 Stagework's e-learning materials, 2006
Shortlisted for a WEBBY (Cultural Institutions) New York 2006

Informal Interests

Walking, theatre, Norwich City FC

Research Interests

Shakespeare, performance and pedagogy; contemportary British theatre; drama, theatre and prisons; documenting live performance and rehearsal, early modern plays in performance

Other Expertise

Theatre workshop leader, presentation skills workshop leader

Current Work

Research at Centre for the Hisory of the Emotions in Europe 1100-1800, an Australian Research Council funded five year project based at the University of Western Australia. My work involve the recreation of early modern performances of plays originally written for child or adolescent actors.

Esteem Indicators

Double BAFTA award winner (2005); awarded UN award for E-learning (2005); winner of the BETT 2006 (British Educational Technology Association) award for e-learning materials for KS 3/4

Funding

£650,000 from DCMS (2004); £470,000 from DCMS (2006) $16,000 from the ARC.

Industrial Relevance

Education Associate of the National Theatre (cultural industries). Experienced workshop leader (presentation skills, team building).

Undergraduate Teaching

Reading in Action

Shakespeare in Performance

Postgraduate Teaching

Dramatic Style (MA Creative Writing)

• Reynolds P. Stagework. London: The Royal National Theatre, 2006. Available at: http://www.stagework.org.uk.
• Reynolds K, Reynolds P. All Plot and no Passion? Adapting 'His Dark Materials' for the stage. In: Adaptation as a Strategy in Children's Literature. 2003, Plovdiv, Bulgaria: University of Plovdiv.
• Reynolds P, White L. Henry V at the National - A Rehearsal Diary. London: NT Education, 2003.
• Hahlo R, Reynolds P. Dramatic Events: How to run a successful workshop. London: Faber & Faber, 2000.
• Reynolds P. Shakespeare and Image Theatre: Henry V. In: Milla Cozart Riggio, ed. Teaching Shakespeare through Performance. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1999.
• Reynolds P, ed. Novel Images: Literature in Performance. London: Routledge, 1993.
• Reynolds P. Practical Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1991.
• Reynolds P. Shakespeare: Text into Performance. London: Penguin, 1991.