文学，电影和戏剧研究系的戏剧和戏剧由一群充满活力的戏剧从业者领导，他们除了大学教学外，都从事戏剧行业的专业工作。有五名全职员工，专门从事逐字剧院，表演，世界剧院，数字剧院，证词剧院和编剧等领域。伊丽莎白·库蒂（Elizabeth Kuti）凭借她的剧本《糖妻》（The Sugar Wife）以及在伦敦和BBC电台4上演的剧本而获得了极负盛名的苏珊·布莱克本（Susan Blackburn）奖。写作和导演。“冰与火”专门制作以人权故事为中心的逐字记录剧院。利亚姆·贾维斯（Liam Jarvis）是他自己的公
Theatre and Drama in the Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies is led by a vibrant group of theatre practitioners who all work professionally in the theatre industry alongside their University teaching. There are five full-time staff who specialise in areas such as verbatim theatre, performance, world theatre, digital theatre, theatre of testimony as well as playwrighting. Elizabeth Kuti is a winner of the highly prestigious Susan Blackburn prize for her play ' The Sugar Wife' as well as having plays produced in London and on BBC Radio 4. Annecy Lax is an Associate Artist with the company 'Ice and Fire' where she writes and directs. 'Ice and Fire' specialise in making verbatim theatre that centres on Human Rights stories. Liam Jarvis is the Artistic Director of his own company 'Analogue' whose work experiments with the way developments in digital technology can enhance and develop theatre practice. His work tours internationally and has won a 'Fringe First at the Edinburgh fringe. Mary Mazilli's work covers work on contemporary Chinese theatre and she has published two monographs in this area. She is also the founder and Creative Director of Lumenis Theatre Company. Jonathan Lichtenstein is a playwright whose plays have been performed internationally and he is also the recipient of a 'Fringe First'. Research students also benefit from the facilities at the Lakeside Theatre at our Colchester Campus. This theatre has been established for many years as a major venue for good drama and is known for its commitment to new writing for the stage. It has a studio with an audience capacity of 30 and a main house capacity of 200. Many professional touring companies bring their productions of new plays to our Lakeside Theatre and there has been a wealth of new work produced by staff and students. We also offer an MPhil and a Masters by Dissertation (MAD) in this subject.