Dr Lucy Tyler is Associate Professor of Performance Practices in the Department of Film, Theatre and Television at the University of Reading and Director of Academic Tutoring for the department. In this role she leads the coordination of academic tutoring and student engagement systems, working closely with academic and professional services colleagues to support student welfare, disability provision, and academic progression. She also oversees departmental examination processes and regulatory frameworks, with particular experience in inclusive and practice-based assessment across a wide range of formats including essays, written examinations, oral assessments, and live performance assessment. Lucy also serves as departmental UG Exams Officer, overseeing the administration and governance of undergraduate assessment.
Lucy is a theatre-maker and scholar whose research examines theatre-making processes, artistic development, and the institutional structures that shape contemporary cultural production. She is the author of English Play Development Under Neoliberalism (Cambridge University Press, 2025).
She is also Principal Investigator of the Work in Progress project, a long-running performance development initiative supported by Arts Council England and the University of Reading in affiliation with South Street Arts Centre. The project brings artists, researchers, and students together to develop new performance work while investigating the institutional and infrastructural conditions that shape contemporary performance development.
Alongside her academic work, Lucy is a Somatic Movement Practitioner and Yoga Teacher, and she incorporates embodied approaches into both her teaching and the facilitation of creative rehearsal and research processes.