We have agreed to provide within the journal a list of completed theses in the field of Disability Studies. This will be an important resource for readers to follow through as well as provide the names of colleagues who are new entrants to the discipline.
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Name of author: Nina Michelle Worthington
Thesis title: What are the lived experiences of theatre practice and disability among professional directors and actors in theatres funded by Arts Council England? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis.
University awarding degree: Liverpool Hope University, UK
Degree awarded and year: PhD, 2021
This IPA study explored real-life experiences of theatre practice and disability among professional actors and directors employed in Arts Council England’s most highly funded theatres. Data revealed what is happening when a shift from the outside-in, in Arts Council England’s diversity strategy, impacts an inside-out view of intrapersonal and interpersonal processes of engagement with disability in theatre. This gave rise to complex and entirely personal responses reflected in emergent themes concerning identity, inexperience of disability, authenticity, disability consciousness, caution and confidence, and casting. Findings led to the proposal of stages in a process of engagement with theatre practice and disability for actors and directors.
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