Dr Verónica Rodriguez Morales

My main research interests range from the field of contemporary British theatre and performance (with a focus on the intertwining of ethics, aesthetics and politics, globalisation and spectatorship) to new political forms of theatre, as well as health and illness in theatre and performance practices (particularly women’s health and combining perspectives from the medical humanities and feminism/s), and contemporary theatres in Spanish and Global South Studies.

My book, David Greig’s Holed Theatre: Globalization, Ethics and the Spectator (2019), with a foreword by Dan Rebellato, was published by Palgrave Macmillan and launched at Royal Holloway, University of London in collaboration with the Centre for Contemporary British Theatre. 

I was research assistant for “The Representation of Politics and the Politics of Representation in post-1990 British Theatre”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FFI2009-07598). I was a co-investigator for “Ethical Issues in Contemporary British Theatre since 1989: Globalization, Theatricality, Spectatorship”, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (FFI2012-31842) and for “British Theatre in the Twenty-First Century: Crisis, Affect, Community”, a four-year research project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO) and the EU European Regional Development Fund (FFI2016-75443).

I participated in “Representations of the Precarious in Contemporary British Drama and Theatre”, a one-year (2014) research project funded by the Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD; Projekt-ID 57049392). 

My play Bi, about bipolar disorder, was commissioned by the Royal Court Theatre, presented during the Waltham Forest London Borough of Culture 2019, and directed by one of the Royal Court’s Associate Directors Lucy Morrison.

I have participated in other community theatre projects with the Soho Theatre and Theatre Royal Stratford East. I am co-founder of the community theatre company Wild Forest Theatre, based in Waltham Forest, London.

I am a member of the artistic collective of endometriosis sufferers Inner Orchestra.

I deliver playwriting workshops and workshops on women’s health across community and academic settings. Mental health in academic settings and beyond is another important interest. 

In 2019, I attended the “Mellon School of Theatre and Performance: Migrations” at Harvard University (Cambridge, Massachusetts).

I have spoken by invitation, for instance, at the Cambridge Interdisciplinary Performance Network (CIPN) seminar series, at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH), University of Cambridge and at the Scottish Universities’ International Summer School (SUISS).

I have delivered keynotes lectures too. I have been visiting research fellow at University of Augsburg, University of Winchester, Charles University (Prague), Queen Mary, University of London and Royal Holloway, University of London. 

I previously lectured at University of Barcelona; Canterbury Christ Church University; Royal Holloway, University of London; and Richmond University.

In the Department, I organised the "Relaxed Mondays" talks series on digital theatre and performance in response to the health COVID-19 crisis during the summer term of the academic year 2019/20 and I have a passion for championing inclusion and diversity.