Research
Research Groups:
• Arts And Humanities Research Group (AHRG)
Memberships:
• Society for Theatre Research
• Centre for Performance Research
• Equity
Research interests:
• Community and Applied Theatre
• Radical and Protest Performance
• Theatre in Education
• Edward Bond
Publications
Conference Papers:
Hopwood.M. (2008) “A Political Theatre: Theatre in Education following the 1985 Miner’s Strike” Joint South East Wales History/Politics conference 27.06.08
Hopwood.M (2012) “‘Education is nothing less than corruption’: The child and experience.”
Bond@50conference, Warwick University, 02.11.12
Profile
After studying theatre at Dartington College of Arts, Meryl initially worked as an actor and administrator with WOT Theatre, a young people's theatre company based in Cardiff. This led to a number of projects working with drama and young people in the South Wales area. Meryl joined Cardiff Metropolitan University in 2007 as a lecturer in Secondary Drama after working for a number of years as a lecturer in Performing Arts and Education in the Further Education sector. She completed an MA by Research in 2010 looking at Theatre in Education as a form of political theatre.
Meryl is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and teaches on number of modules on BA (Hons) Drama and Creative Writing, BA (Hons) Drama and Media and BA (Hons) English and Drama including:
* Drama Perspectives
* Applying Theatre
* Theatre Practice
* Theatre Practitioners
* Directing and Ensemble Practice
* Oral Histories and Verbatim Theatre
* Performance and Text
* Post-War British Drama
* Performance Project.
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