Profiles
Dr Alex Cahill
Lecturer in Theatre and Performance
School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
Biography
Biography
Dr Alex Cahill is the postgraduate programme lead for Theatre. Cahill trained in Boalian techniques while also working as a professional theatre director in the USA. Since coming to the University of Plymouth, Cahill has worked with numerous community groups both in the USA and the UK to raise awareness on the sustainable development goals.
Qualifications
Professional membership
Association for Theatre in Higher Education
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Research
Research
Research interests
Alex's research interests focus on the wellbeing of the self in training, performance and society. As such, her work strongly aligns to sustainability education and asks how theatre practitioners can better incorporate sustainability and the Sustainability Development Goals into their practice and teaching.
Alex is also heavily involved in Knowledge Exchange. Her theatre company, Compassion Arts, works in collaboration with charities across the Southwest. More information can be found here: https://compassion-arts-theatre.com
Member of RIPELS research group (Research in Palliative and End-of-Life Support)
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Cahill, A. (2018) No Crown without the Cross: The Formation, Existence and Deconstruction of the Catholic Stage Guild of Ireland. Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Key publications are highlighted
JournalsCahill A & Warwick P (2019) Reimagining Applied Practices: A Case Study on the Potential Partnership between Applied Practices and Education for Sustainable Development. Research in Drama Education: The Journal of Applied Theatre and Performance
Cahill, A. (2015) The Theatrical Double Reflexivity Complex: How the Spectator Creates Metatheatre. Studia Dramatica.
Cahill, A. Review of Making Make-Believe Real: Politics as Theatre in Shakespeare’s Time byGarry Wills. Theatre History Studies Vol. 35 (2016). Forthcoming.
Cahill, A. Review of Costuming Greek Tragedy by Rosie Wyles. Theatre Survey 55.2 (May 2014),277-9.
Cahill, A. Review of Shakespeare and the Shrew: Performing the Defiant Female Voice by AnnaKamaralli. The Shakespeare Newsletter 63:1, no. 289 (Summer 2013), 27-8.
Cahill, A. Review of Dion Boucicault: Irish Identity On Stage by Deirdre McFeely. Studies in Theatreand Performance 33.3 (September 2013), 397-8.
"The Civic University in the Compassionate City" (2020) Sustainability in Higher Education (invited paper)
“Playing Catholic: The Catholic Priest on the American Stage” (2014) Association for Theatre in Higher Education (invited paper)
“The Land of Regretted Dreams: Success in America for Immigrant Playwrights” (2014) Association for Theatre in Higher Education (invited paper)
“The Wicked Ways of Good King Alfred’s Opposition” (2014) Missouri Valley History Conference (invited paper)
“Medieval Guilds: Religious? Political? or Somewhere in Between?” (2014) Mid America Medieval Association (invited paper)
“Playing with the American Woman Identity" (2013) Association for Theatre in Higher Education Conference (invited paper)
“American Women’s Identity: The Possibilities through Performance” (2013) Central States Communication Association Conference (invited paper)
“American Woman, Stay Away from Me! and Other Ridiculous Notions” (2013) Women and Gender Studies Conference, University of Missouri
“Tailoring History to Satisfy the Different Modalities of Learning” (2012) Inspired: Facilitating Student Creativity Workshop (poster session), University of Missouri
DIRECTING EXPERIENCE
The Proper Execution of the Playwright William Shakespeare, by Camilla Maxwell. Independent Actors Theatre, Missouri (2014)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (Associate Director with Dr Cheryl Black), University of Missouri (2014)
Edge by Emily Brauer Rogers, Independent Actors Theatre, Missouri (2014)
Hot Coffee by Emily Brauer Rogers, Independent Actors Theatre, Missouri (2014)
Zoo by Amanda Newman (concert reading) University of Missouri (2014)
The Defeat of Grandfather Devil translated and adapted by Josefina Niggli The University of Missouri Libraries and Department of Theatre (2013)
Not I by Samuel Beckett University of Missouri (2012)
God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza, Independent Actors Theatre, Missouri (2012)
Play by Samuel Beckett University of Iowa (2010)
Not I by Samuel Beckett University of Iowa (2010)
Quintelligiate by Lauren Baker (world premiere) University of Iowa (2010)
Deathtrap by Ira Levin, City Circle Acting Company, Iowa (2010)
Hard and Fast by Jess Foster (concert reading) University of Iowa (2010)
How Catherine D__ Got Her Expression by Lisa Leaverton (world premiere) (2010)
Visiting by Clark McFerren University of Iowa (2009)
Triptych by Lauren Baker (world premiere) University of Iowa (2009)