Nick Hunt
Research Fellow @Rose Bruford College
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WORK HISTORY
Research Fellow @Rose Bruford College
EDUCATION
Southampton University
BSc (Hons), Mechanical Engineering
Middlesex University
PhD, Theatre Lighting
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Stage Management and Technical Theatre
SKILLS
ABOUT NICK HUNT
I am Digital Research and Innovation Fellow at Rose Bruford College. My role is to develop research and innovation projects that bring together digital technologies, creative practices and audiences in theatre, live entertainment, media and arts. My research interests include the performative nature of stage lighting, digital scenography and digital performance, the history of theatre technologies, and the roles and status of the various personnel involved in performance-making.In my PhD thesis, entitled “Repositioning the Role of the Lighting Artist in Live Theatre Performance”, I sought to use digital control technologies and a revised creative process to make lighting a more performative component of theatre performance.(Director of Studies: Professor Susan Melrose, Middlesex University.)I am an Associate Editor for the International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital have extensive experience as a consultant and external examiner in the areas of design and technical theatre, working for universities and higher education institutions including LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Wimbledon College of Art, the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of Leeds, Edgehill University, Derby University and the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts.Specialties: Education and research in design, technical and craft disciplines for live performance. Lighting design for theatre, dance and opera.
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