Dr

Kerrie Reading

Personal statement 

Kerrie joined the department in 2022, having previously worked at the Cardiff Met University, University of Worcester, Salford, Aberystwyth and Gloucestershire. She has been a freelance theatre practitioner for over ten years, working across the fields of contemporary performance making, performance with young people and creativity within education. Her solo work is concerned with creating performances from archival documents and her work, that is led by young people, explores and interacts with different spaces and modes of performance.

Kerrie has a practice-based PhD from Aberystwyth University (2016) investigating how past approaches to making alternative performance can be considered today, with a focus on the venue and the archive of Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. She holds an MPhil in Performance (2013) from the University of Birmingham and a Degree (2007, MDrama) in Contemporary Performance Practice from the University of Kent.

Kerrie has performed and exhibited performance work within the UK in various sites including forests, trains, factories and theatres. Between 2007 and 2012 she was an associate performer with theatre makers Stan's Cafe, touring internationally to festivals and venues. Kerrie has devised new performance works with Talking Birds, Cyrff Ystwyth and Ali Matthews.

Academic qualifications

• PhD
• MPhil
• MDrama

Professional Memberships

Fellow of Advance HE

Areas of expertise

• Acting and directing
• Community theatre
• Applied theatre
• Oral histories and archives