University of Exeter: Drama

University of Exeter: Drama Drama at Exeter is an internationally-renowned centre for practice, research and teaching.

Based at Thornlea, New North Road and at Roborough Studios, Prince of Wales Road, both on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter.

Join us for the first in a series of launch events for the Centre for Creative Industries! 💫All welcome! 💖 Behind the C...
11/05/2026

Join us for the first in a series of launch events for the Centre for Creative Industries! 💫

All welcome! 💖

Behind the Curtain: The hidden origin stories of documentary films and their journey from idea to screen 🎥 🎞️

When: Wednesday 13th May, 4pm
Where: The Screening Room, Thornlea

This event will showcase the documentary film work of two members of CDF staff: Konstantinos Thomaidis (Drama) and Jezz Vernon (Film). It will include the first department screening of the award-winning film ‘Mother Company’, and excerpts from two of eXeFilms productions, ‘Public Enemy’ and ‘The Hard Stop’.

Konstantinos and Jezz will discuss their experience of making the films, as well as engaging with the creative industries in their promotion and showings on the festival circuit and online. This will be a great opportunity to hear about the process of making documentaries, and issues of their distribution in the wider creative industries.

Places are limited! For free booking and more information visit the CDF What’s On page: https://chronos.exeter.ac.uk/cdf/tickets/reserve_new.php?event_id=2971&i=0

Calling all students! 🗣️ Applications for the First Steps Touring Bursary 2026 are open for submissions! 💫 This scheme i...
17/04/2026

Calling all students! 🗣️

Applications for the First Steps Touring Bursary 2026 are open for submissions! 💫

This scheme is hosted by Doorstep Arts, Theatre Alibi, Exeter Northcott and Villages in Action. It is a public scheme, open to theatre-makers in the professional arts industry, as well as university students making work which has professional potentials 🎭

There is a track record of Exeter University students being successful with this scheme over the past 8 years, enabling students to tour to 3-4 additional sites (schools or libraries) in May & June via the funding.

The bursary award is £1,000 (maximum).
Deadline is 24th April 2026. 

The final decision about the successful applicant for 2026 will be made by a panel of producers from the above organisations. 

Why not give it a whirl?! 🌀

Note - You do not need the full original performance company in place in order to do this extension tour with one of your performances... you would just need consent/permission from your previous collaborators and a clear plan for how you would stage the show with a smaller ensemble, or a plan for replacing performers with new actors. It is possible to re-cast certain roles, or to scale down a 6-person show to a 3 or 4-hander to make it more tour-able.

This is an optional extension opportunity. It’s a supported next step for motivated students who are prepared to work toward establishing a career in the professional arts.

For more details please email Eric Walcon: [email protected]

Our next Green Room seminar will take place on 23rd April 💚It takes the form of an open studio for a session led by perf...
16/04/2026

Our next Green Room seminar will take place on 23rd April 💚
It takes the form of an open studio for a session led by performance artist and Drama Practice PhD candidate Riham Isaac as she explores land, liberation and the Palestinian archive through performance ❤️
This will be a thought provoking and engaging session. All welcome, see you there! 👋

16/04/2026

Check out new Content Creation Studio!! Available for our students to book on Chronos now!

PAID OPPORTUNITY ALERT ‼️Want to be a Producer? Are you from an East/South-east Asian heritage background?Do you care ab...
13/04/2026

PAID OPPORTUNITY ALERT ‼️

Want to be a Producer?
Are you from an East/South-east Asian heritage background?
Do you care about championing underrepresented stories?

If you’ve been curious about producing - or waiting for a way in - this might be it!…

Created by Diana Feng and produced by our very own Caleb Lee, Don’t Call Me China Doll is a critically acclaimed powerful one-woman show exploring internalised racism, representation & self-worth.

It is heading on a 10-city UK tour, and we’re looking for an Assistant Producer (Trainee) to join the journey…

What you’ll get:
– Paid role (yes, paid!)
– Mentorship from producer (Caleb 👋)
– Hands-on tour producing experience
– Festival experience
– A shiny Assistant Producer credit

📩 Apply with a CV + short statement to: [email protected]
⏰ Deadline: 26 April

Note: This opportunity is open to individuals of East and South-east Asian (ESEA) heritage only.

Roll up, roll up 🥁 it’s the first CDF drama focused Employability Salon of the year! 💫 Where: TS4, Alexander Building, T...
19/03/2026

Roll up, roll up 🥁 it’s the first CDF drama focused Employability Salon of the year! 💫

Where: TS4, Alexander Building, Thornlea
When: Thursday 26th March, 5-7PM
To book: visit link in bio

We’ll be hosting Martin Berry – Artistic Director of Exeter Northcott 🎭 AND Matthew Linley – freelance producer and chair of the Rural Touring Network. 🌳

These 2 producers have long experience and direct roles in the development and commissioning of work on both small and medium scales.

If you are considering how to produce work in the future, or how to engage with existing initiatives as a creative artist – this is a chance to ask questions and get answers.

Come and immerse yourselves in 2 hours of discussion and thinking about your professional journey once you graduate.

These events are designed for you to meet leading creatives who have influential roles and relevant experience within the industry.

All undergraduates, postgraduates and staff welcome!

See you there!…

Excited for the next PGR led seminar next Tuesday!💫Hind Bilal will explore women’s agency and the ethics of reading Iraq...
13/03/2026

Excited for the next PGR led seminar next Tuesday!💫

Hind Bilal will explore women’s agency and the ethics of reading Iraqi theatre…

Dr Priya Ramen will discuss South Asian women’s transnational theatrical work in the long 19th century — in connection with her work on 💜

Massive congratulations to our wonderful former students Kate Fleetwood and Jessica Swale who’ve recently received Olivi...
11/03/2026

Massive congratulations to our wonderful former students Kate Fleetwood and Jessica Swale who’ve recently received Olivier nominations 💫…

Kate is up for Best Supporting Actress in a Musical for her role in Into The Woods 🌳 🧙‍♀️

Jessica wrote the book for the musical Paddington, which is up for 11 awards, including Best Musical! 🐻

Well done you stars 👏 🏆💛💫

Last week in Roborough Studios, in the run up to International Women’s Day, we celebrated the work of the amazing women ...
10/03/2026

Last week in Roborough Studios, in the run up to International Women’s Day, we celebrated the work of the amazing women in CDF and across the Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Exeter 🫶

Representing Drama, Prof Emily Krieder discussed her Approaches to Comedy Module and love of watching students — especially her female students — transform from shy and reserved to taking their full space without apology 💕💕💕

Prof Rebecca Loukes discussed her recent book on pioneering women in performer training who translate their practice in embodied and experiential ways 📖 👯‍♀️

Prof Evelyn O’Malley spoke about supporting 3rd year students to make work across Exeter, working with on the new ‘green stage space’ that is springing to life on Streatham Campus 🌱 and her exciting recent publications: ‘Singing in the Rain: Musical Theatre and the Environmental Humanities’, and a forthcoming book with Cathy Turner on Open Air Theatre 💚 ( )

Prof Anna Kiernan discussed her work at the intersection of literary media, writing and creativity - how storytelling shapes place and cultural value 📚 💫

Prof Kate Newey spoke on a panel about women’s work, introducing her major European Research Council project into women’s international networks of creative practice, and asking the simple but transformative question: What happens when we put women at the centre of theatre history? 🎭 ❤️

Would you like to spend a summer working alongside some of the most exciting emerging theatre-makers in the United State...
11/02/2026

Would you like to spend a summer working alongside some of the most exciting emerging theatre-makers in the United States? ☀️ 🎭 🇺🇸

Applications are open for the prestigious Cymbeline Bursary, a funded summer internship at the Tony Award-Winning Eugene O’Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Connecticut! ❤️

For details of how to apply, and student testimony on the experience, follow the link in our bio!

Application deadline: 6 March 2026

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