Alyson Campbell is (2012) a lecturer in Theatre Studies at Brunel University, London having previously lectured in Drama at Queen's University Belfast (2007-11) and in Theatre Studies at The University of Melbourne, Australia, (2005-6). She also completed her practice-based PhD on Sarah Kane's "experiential theatre" at the University of Melbourne (2009).
Campbell is a director, and has worked in a broad range of situations: from the four-stage Los Angeles Theatre Center, through Fringe, independent and community theatre, to making forum theatre with secondary students. Her work with Melbourne company Red Stitch Actors Theatre includes Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis (2007) and the Australian premieres of Martin Crimp's Fewer Emergencies (2006) and Don DeLillo's The Day Room (2004).
She has worked on the development of much new writing and directing as a director, mentor and dramaturg. In Melbourne, she developed new writing through her partnership with Sydney playwright Lachlan Philpott and their independent ensemble wreckedAllproductions.
Alyson Campbell is co-convenor of the new Queer Futures Working Group for the International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR) and a member of the Directing and Dramaturgy Working Group for the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA). She was founder and Director of the Queer at Queen's research and performance programme which ran annually as part of the OUTburst Queer Arts Festival in Belfast, 2008-10.' Source: http://www.brunel.ac.uk/ (Sighted 26/09/2012).
