The College’s research and knowledge exchange culture is ethical, diverse, inclusive and collaborative with an international, intercultural and interdisciplinary perspective. Research and knowledge exchange activity result in a variety of impactful outcomes both responsive to urgent community, social and sector need alongside innovative work in new areas of enquiry and insight.
Our research is clustered around but not limited by four intensities. These intensities describe our activities, are adaptable to the innovation and research landscape at the College:
- Politics and Socially Engaged Practice
- Queer Performance
- Scenographies and Technologies
- Acting and Performance
Research is also focused in our Centres: the Centre for Digital Production and Theatre for Young Audiences.
You can view the research interests of our staff and research students on the staff and student profile pages.
Research outputs and publications
Research at Rose Bruford College reflects the creative and pedagogical practices of our staff and students. Outputs span a wide range of forms, including:
- Scholarly books, book chapters, and peer-reviewed articles
- Practice-based research, including performance, scenography, and applied theatre
- Innovations in teaching and learning methods
- Contributions to diversity and inclusion in the performing arts
- Collaborative productions and creative work developed throughout the academic year
To support visibility and knowledge sharing, the College maintains a Research Repository, which showcases our research outputs across disciplines.
Special Collections
Various resources are available to internal and external researchers, including the Special Collections Room which was developed in 2010 for the purpose of housing a series of unique archives and collections.
Current holdings include:
- The Stanislavski Collection
- Jean Benedetti Archive
- Rose Bruford College Archive
- Rose Elizabeth Bruford Personal Archive
- Clive Barker Archive
- David Bolland Kathakali Archive
- Noel Greig Archive
- Nick Chelton Archive
- Theatre for Young Audiences UK Archive
- Routledge’s Theatre Arts Archive which comprises publications of material connected to Stanislavski studies in the USA (on extended loan)
For further information about these archives and collections, please visit our Library website or contact [email protected]