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Fraser Stevens Drama Assistant Professor of Drama

Office
John Mitchell 193

Research Area(s)

  • Performance Studies
  • Theatre History
  • Secrecy
  • Clandestine and Covert Practices
  • Devised Theatre
  • Experimental Theatre
  • Obsolete Technology and Machinery

Publications

A selection of publications include:

Edited Anthologies and Collections

Co-Editor with James Harding, Special Issue on covert performances, Performance Research: Undercover Vol 26, No. 8.

Articles and Chapters

Stevens, Fraser. 2022. “The Poetic Failure of Mata Hari: Espionage as performance theatre.” Performance Research: Undercover Vol 26, No 8.

Stevens, Fraser and James Harding. 2022. “Editorial: Revealing undercover engagements.” Performance Research: Undercover Vol 26, No 8.

Stevens, Fraser. 2020. “The Performance of Covert Cultural Landscapes”, Global Performance Studies 3.2.

Stevens, Fraser. 2017. “Cultural Camouflage: Acting Identities in WWII Espionage.” War and Theatrical Innovation, edited by Victor Emeljanow. London: Palgrave Macmillan, 23-40.


Artistic Works

A selection of work includes:

Directing

2024 Mother's Daughter, Greystones Theatre, Saskatoon, Canada. [Upcoming]

2023 Othello AI, Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield, UK. Off the Shelf Festival

2022 Pericles, Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield, UK. Off the Shelf Festival [Toured to Czech Republic]

Multiple Roles

2018 The Triumph of Isabella, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Centre. Live Performance Director and Performer.              

2018 Babel, Almost Human. Director, Production Manager, and Scenographer. [Site-Specific performance, toured to United States, Czech Republic, Germany and England]

2017 Prometheus Unbound, Cafritz Theatre. Co-Director and Scenographer.

2016 When We Grow Up We'll Be Old, Almost Human. Performer, Production Manager, Scenographer [Site-Specific, community, and youth driven production in South England


Teaching & Supervision

I lead a range of classes at the undergraduate level including, acting, ensemble based practices, devised theatre, character development, interdisciplinary study, theatre history, and performance studies. 

At the graduate level, I am soliciting proposals and interest for MA, MFA and PhD projects aligned with my research interests. 

Research

At present, I am part of an international multidisciplinary working group titled Visual Cultures of Secrecy. It is led by faculty at Oxford University, Oxford Brookes University, Warwick University, and Ruhr-Universität Bochum.

In the longer term, I developing a project that intersects my theoretical and historical work on secrecy with my devised theatre work centering technology in performance. This project is international in scope and will involve academics from Europe, Africa and North America.


Education & Training

PhD Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, United States

MA Practising Theatre and Performance, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Wales

BA Hons. Theatre, York University, Toronto, Canada