Marianne Sharp

Biography

Prior to working in academia, Marianne Sharp worked as an actor primarily in touring theatre in the UK and continental Europe, and as a director of youth theatre and applied theatre projects (including 3 years directing/devising/ writing theatre pieces with young people at Theatre Royal Winchester; and directing Timberlake Wertenbaker's 'Our Country's Good' for Playing for Time Theatre in Winchester Prison). Completing her practice-based PhD: ‘Being a Woman Twice: Knowledge, Subjectivity and the Autonomous Actress’ at Royal Holloway, University of London, in 2010, she continues to perform, direct and is in the process of publishing a series of articles developed from her thesis. Since the beginning of 2011, she has been travelling to Los Angeles as often as possible to research on and train with Rachel Rosenthal and her company (Extreme Theater Ensemble), who create completely improvised 'total theatre' performances called 'TOHUBOHU!' This work is on-going... She welcomes research applications in the areas of contemporary theatre practice and feminisms and theatre.

Research Interest

Research Interests Contemporary theatre practice (performing, directing, devising) Performance and autobiography Feminisms and theatre Acting, ethics and identity politics.