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Dr Mark Love-Smith
Senior Lecturer in Theatre
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Biography
I joined the School of Arts and Creative Technologies as a full-time Lecturer in 2017, having previously completed a Masters and PhD in Theatre at the School, and having worked here as an Associate Lecturer for a number of years. From 2016 to 2017, I worked at the University of Salford as a Lecturer in Drama.
My PhD thesis developed my research interests in writing and devising in contemporary theatre, focusing on the processes behind long-running companies Forced Entertainment and Frantic Assembly. The project involved extensive archive work on both companies, and the collection of new interview material from several major practitioners.
During my time in York I have also directed several productions, most recently meet me at dawn (2019), with colleagues from the School. My 2014 production of Twelfth Night for the York Shakespeare Project brought together students from the University of York and performers from the local community, and played to full houses at the York Theatre Royal Studio as well as in Stratford as part of the RSC’s Open Stages festival. I have directed a range of new writing and assistant directed large-scale shows within the TFTI department. I was the dramaturg for 2015’s staff-directed production of Demons, a devised adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s novel, and for 2016’s The Lumberjills, a site-specific production in Dalby Forest.
I also regularly review theatre and am the Yorkshire editor for the British Theatre Guide.
I teach across a range of modules throughout the undergraduate and MA courses. I have supervised practical projects and dissertation work at BA, Masters and PhD level, and have greatly benefited from lively and informed discussions and student work on gig theatre, community theatre, devising and a whole host of other topics.