As an actor, I worked in theatre notably with the Actor’s Touring Company where I was nominated for an Olivier Award, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the Royal National Theatre and in TV. I was Artistic Director of the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham for 10 years directing, writing pantomimes and working with new writers and also ran my own theatre company. I’m a freelance theatre practitioner and a director, working with Red Dog Theatre and Show of Strength in Bristol.
I am Senior Lecturer in Drama and Theatre and deliver acting, theatre histories, screen acting and creative drama.
I am currently researching the efficacy of Drama as an intervention for social and emotional competency for vulnerable children in educational settings. I am also part of a three year European Research Program ARTPAD [Achieving Resilience Through Play and Drama] working with partners in Poland, Germany, Hungary and Austria currently led by our Subject Group of Drama and Play.
Publication: Colverd,S, Hodgkin, B. (2012) Emotional Intelligence in the Primary School.
London: Routledge
Trustee of Theatre Gloucestershire, an organisation that promotes and produces work with Gloucestershire based theatre companies and practitioners.
I am an Associate Director of Red Dog Theatre Company.