Pedro de Senna

Pedro de Senna is a theatre practitioner and academic with over 17 years professional experience in theatre and 14 in academia. In his practice, Pedro has worked as a writer, translator, performer, director and workshop facilitator. He was a member of Rewrite, a company working with local young people and refugees in London; as artistic director of applied theatre company Theatre@Bucks (at Buckinghamshire new University), Pedro facilitated training activities for social workers, by directing a series of improvised, character-based role-playing performances with which social workers in training would interact. As a member and associate director of SignDance Collective International, Pedro has toured extensively across Europe and the UK, engaging with Deaf and hearing audiences of all ages, in performance and workshop situations. An experienced performer and workshop leader, he is also a proficient communicator. Pedro is a Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Theatre Theory and Practice at Middlesex University, where he is Programme Leader for the BA(Hons) Theatre Arts (Theatre Directing) degree. He also convenes the Directing and Dramaturgy research cluster, and he has published on translation, adaptation, dramaturgy and disability. He has conducted research on diversity in the performing arts, leading him to deliver workshops to staff in universities across the UK, and he chairs the Diversity in the Discipline Working Group of SCUDD, the subject association for theatre and drama in UK higher education. His 2018 report Diversity in the Discipline can be found online at https://scudd.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Chairs-Report-from-the-Diversity-in-the-Discipline-Working-Group.pdf.