S01 E02 - Ava Hunt / Verbatim Theatre

Ava & I caught up to discuss her Verbatim practice and the MA in Applied Theatre at Derby University on which she is the senior lecturer.

Thank you Ava.

'Ava Hunt is a practitioner in theatre for young people and scholars at the University of Derby.

With a long career in acting in TV, film and the corporate world, she also works as a director

and producer. She trained with Augusto Boal in Forum and Rainbow of Desire, worked with

Chris Johnston theatre in prison settings and with offenders, Dorothy Heathcote MBE in

Mantle of the Expert, and Dr Geoff Readman in-role practice.

Ava has published articles, is currently completing a PhD, and has toured internationally with

solo performance work including Acting Alone. She was Artistic Programmer for Hull Truck

and Associate Director for CAST, was co-founder of Tangere Arts with David Johnston, and

now runs her own production company focussing mainly on theatre with and for refugees.

She has worked internationally: Palestine, Sri Lanka, Russia, Czech Republic, Romania,

Australia, India, New Zealand, USA, Sweden, Norway, and Austria'.

Ava's Links:

- https://avahunt.co.uk/

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