| Geoff Bullen
Guest Instructor
B.A., Manchester University
Shakespeare Verse Workshop
Geoff Bullen is currently Associate Director of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he specialises in the teaching of Shakespeare, as well as directing the annual Showcase Presentation of final-year students, the Stage Fighting Competition and the New York University, Tisch School of the Arts/RADA Shakespeare in Performance programme.
He was born in Cornwall, and graduated from Manchester University in 1969. Working at first as an actor, he began his directing career with Century Theatre, since when he has worked extensively both in the commercial and subsidised theatre.
A 4-year appointment as Associate Director and Writer at Theatre Centre (Britain’s longest established company dedicated to work for schools) has led to work with numerous other companies working in the field of education.
From 1995 to 1999, he was Course Director of Nottinghamshire Next Stage – a pioneering Local Government project in Adult Education Performing Arts; and in 2003 designed and inaugurated a Community Arts Management training course for CADT in Liverpool.
As translator and adaptor – notably of the work of Feydeau and Steinbeck – he is the author of numerous plays on social issues for schools, and his work has been performed around the world.
His most recent productions include Cavalleria Rusticana for Magdala Opera, the premieres of Beside Picasso (Brian McAvera) and Bacon (Pip Utton), both at the Edinburgh Festival, David Rudkin’s Red Sun for a National Tour, Into The Woods, Assassins and The Beggar’s Opera at RADA, and The Tempest at the Stadsschouwburg in Amsterdam. He currently is working on an adaptation of Bruce Chatwin’s novel On The Black Hill for AJTC.
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