Andrew Filmer is Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Aberystwyth University. He researches the relationship between performance, architecture and infrastructure. This has involved exploring the backstage spaces of theatres, new approaches to performance space and site-specific performance. Andrew co-edited the book Performing Architectures: Projects, Practices, Pedagogies (2018) and curated the Performance Space Exhibition at the 2023 Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space. He co-convened the Theatre & Architecture Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research between 2012 and 2020 and collaborated with National Theatre Wales on The Ever After Project (2020).

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance, Aberystwyth University
  • 2008–2016
    Lecturer in Drama, Theatre and Performance, Aberystwyth University

Education

  • 2006 
    University of Sydney, PhD Performance Studies

Professional Memberships

  • International Federation for Theatre Research

Research Areas

  • Drama, Theatre And Performance Studies (190404)
  • Architecture Not Elsewhere Classified (120199)

Contact Andrew for

  • General
  • Media request
  • Speaking request
  • Consulting / Advising
  • Research collaboration
  • Research supervision