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Associate Professor Richard Reddrop

Associate Dean (Production and Design)

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2683
Email: r.reddrop@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML3.273  

Richard is the Associate Dean of Production & Design at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Background

Associate Professor Richard Reddrop spent over 15 years as a stage manager at the National Theatre and prior to that worked for 2 years at The Royal Shakespeare Company. While at The National he worked with many leading figures in British theatre including Richard Eyre, Matthew Bourne and Harold Pinter and writers such as Edward Bond, Tom Stoppard and Carol Churchill, as well as on several notable Australian productions, including Cloudstreet and Honour by Joanna Murray-Smith.

In 2008 he was the Production Manager of Dreamthinkspeaks’ Liverpool European Capital of Culture commission, One Step Forward, One Step Back. Richard also produced the Liverpool Everyman Theatre’s 40th birthday season celebrations involving performers such as Julie Walters, Willy Russell and Jonathan Pryce, and has been a board member of the theatre company 20 Stories High. Prior to joining WAAPA he was Head of Design & Technology at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts.

Professional associations

  • He is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, member of The Stage Management Association

Research areas and interests

  • Assessing Creativity in Higher Education
  • Architecture & Performance Spaces

Qualifications

  • Postgrad Cert Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, United Kingdom, 2013.
  • Stage Management and Design, United Kingdom, 1984.
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