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Ollie Smith Author & Editor

Michael Pinchbeck is Reader in Theatre at Manchester School of Art and Senior Research Lead for the Department of Art & Performance at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. He is a writer and theatre maker based in Nottingham and has toured extensively. His research explores dramaturgy, scores, practice-as-research and the performance of commemoration.

Ollie Smith is a contemporary performance maker based in Nottingham, and a Lecturer in Drama and Theatre at the University of Lincoln, UK, specialising in collaborative devised theatre and live art practices. He works cross-discipline, his practice exploring themes of self and persona, relationships and (mis)communication, social contracts and isolation.