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Dr Julie Shearer

Lecturer, School of Arts

Qualifications

PhD (Trinity College, Dublin), MA, BA (Hons)

Contact

Email:
Room: Milton Building (E6) G87
Phone: 02 6773 5202 (or +61 2 6773 5202 overseas)
Fax: 02 6773 2623

Julie has recently joined the staff at UNE from Trinity College in Dublin where she taught Shakespeare, Irish Theatre and subjects in Performance.  She has a PhD from Trinity College, a MA from University College Dublin and a BA (Hons) from QUT.  Previous to her academic career Julie was a professional actor and theatre-maker performing with, amongst others, Bell Shakespeare, the Queensland State Theatre Company and the Riverina Theatre Company.

Areas of Teaching

Theatre & Performance

Research interests

Shakespeare and Renaissance drama, Political theatre, Contemporary Irish and Australian theatre, Actor Training.

Her current research project is Wide Open: The Landscape of Contemporary Australian Political Theatre.