Elspeth Tilley | |
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 Tilley in 2016 | |
| Born | Elspeth Nina Tilley |
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| Alma mater | University of Queensland |
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| Institutions | Massey University |
Elspeth Nina Tilley is an Australian playwright,actor and academic and is a full professor at Massey University in Wellington,New Zealand.
Tilley earned a BA(Hons) in 1996 at the University of Queensland with a thesis called More than one and solo:subjectivity in contemporary Australian and Canadian monodrama,which she followed with a PhD in drama and literature in 2007. [1] Her doctoral thesis,also at Queensland,was titled White vanishing:a settler Australian hegemonic textual strategy,1789-2006. [2] [3] After this Tilley moved to Massey University,where she was promoted to full professor in 2023. [4]
Tilley's research covers theatre,performance,literature,media and public communication,examining ethics and social justice. [5] She has published four books,including White Vanishing and Creative Activism:Research,Pedagogy and Practice. [4]
Tilley's plays have been published in Canada,New Zealand,the USA and the UK,produced around the world. Her plays have featured in a variety of festivals including the British Theatre Challenge,Short + Sweet,Pint Sized Plays NZ,Climate Change Theatre Action,Stage-It 2 and have been translated into French,Italian,and Belizean Creole. [4] [2]
Tilley has won the British Theatre Challenge three times,in 2017,2018 and 2019. [6] Tilley was an official playwright for Climate Change Theatre Action in 2015,2017,and 2019. [6] She has also been awarded the Playwrights’Association of New Zealand Outstanding Achievement Award (2018), [7] three teaching excellence awards,a Peking University Research Fellowship and a Prime Minister’s Group Scholarship to Latin America. [4]
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