Lead Teachers
Professor of drama and applied theatre
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Besides being the initiator and coordinator of Theatre SPACEs, he is also the project coordinator of CIVIC STAGE (Citizenship-, Identity-, European Values-, Inclusion-, and Community development through Societal Participatory Theatre Activities in a Global Europe Horizon Europe project).
Adam is a drama teacher, psychologist and cultural manager. He was the project leader of several dozen international projects in the field of Drama/Theatre in Education. He initiated and led the research project DICE with the participation of 12 countries, the first in-depth research into the impact of drama and theatre education methods on Lisbon key competencies. He was the lead author of two key Hungarian handbooks on Theatre in Education and Theatre Pedagogy.
Professor In, Education
Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Trinity College Dublin
Email- Carmel.OSullivan@tcd.ie
Carmel O'Sullivan is Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor in Education at Trinity College Dublin. An internationally recognised scholar and practitioner in arts and drama education, she leads interdisciplinary and socially engaged research exploring arts, creativity, inclusion and the design of learning environments that enable diverse learners to thrive. Her research leadership bridges theory and practice, translating research into real-world impact, particularly for young people and communities experiencing educational and social disadvantage.Her work includes significant contributions to Social Drama and Autism, Career LEAP, an innovative work-readiness programme for young adults facing significant barriers to employment, and the Erasmus Mundus Theatre SPACES initiative.
Through Theatre SPACES, she collaborates on an international programme in which students develop practice-based partnerships with organisations and communities across settings including prison education, hospital education and social care, connecting university learning with diverse real-world contexts. She leads and contributes to funded research across creativity and assessment in higher education, arts in education, inclusion and workplace wellbeing.
Carmel works nationally and internationally with students, academics, artists, practitioners, policymakers, business and community organisations. A regularly invited keynote speaker, she has delivered lectures, workshops and professional development programmes across Europe, Asia, North America, Africa and beyond. Her work is characterised by a sustained commitment to collaboration, inclusion and meaningful engagement between universities and the wider communities they serve.
Carmel is very active in her local community and has continued to work with children and young people throughout her professional career. https://www.tcd.ie/education/people/general/carosull/
MARIA ALBERT, PhD (lecturer, University of Arts, Târgu-Mureș, Romania) has been teaching comparative literature, Romanian theatre, film analysis and translation techniques and has translated texts for the theatre. She has a doctoral degree in theatre from the I.L. Caragiale National University, București. She has contributed to theatre productions as a dramatic advisor. Publications include studies on contemporary theatre and dramatic writing and an English textbook for drama students (English Act, 2006). She participated in research projects with the themes: the history of Hungarian theatre in Romania, contemporary Hungarian theatre and otherness. She participated at several international drama-writing workshops and co-organized editions of the International Playwriting Camp in Târgu-Mureș in cooperation with Lark Play Development Center, and with Peace Dale Global Arts, New York.
Teachers
Professor of drama and applied theatre
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
Teaches in:
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Theatre-in-Education (TIE) / Applied Theatre
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From Text to Theatre
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Process Drama
Researches:
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An investigation into the boundaries of drama pedagogy: drama, dementia, and dignity
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“What if” – stepping into another person’s shoes as a research method
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Meeting the Other: An investigation into the significance of ritual when engaging with people living with dementia
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An investigation of the Theatre-in-Education (TIE) genre as a possible form of interactive theatre when engaging with people living with dementia, through the development and touring of the performance The Girl in the Attic (2017/2018/2019). The production premiered at a TIE theatre festival in Budapest in March 2017 and was performed 40 times.
Associate Professor in Drama and Applied Theatre, Researcher and Storyteller
HVL, Bergen Campus
Selected recent publications:
Lyngstad, Mette Bøe (2025): Using Drama in Café Dialogue as an Alternative Approach in Multicultural Educational Processes. Frontiers in Education.
Lyngstad, Mette Bøe (2024): Great-Grandmother, Grandmother, Mother, and Me: A Search for My Roots through Research-Based Theatre. Arts 2024, 13(3), 107. https://doi.org/10.3390/arts13030107
Assistant Professor, Education
The School of Education
Trinity College Dublin
Email- SUSAN.KENNEDYKILLIAN@tcd.ie
Dr Susan Kennedy-Killian is Assistant Professor in Drama and Theatre in Education in the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin where she teaches and researches in the fields of drama and theatre in education and inclusive education. Dr Kennedy-Killian contributes to Trinity's internationally recognised programmes in drama in education and works with students, educators, artists, and communities to explore how drama and theatre in education can enrich educational experiences and support inclusion. Dr Kennedy-Killian is actively involved in research and international collaborations that connect education, the arts, and society.
Raluca Blaga is Lecturer in Theatre History and Theatrology at the University of Arts Tirgu Mures. She is particularly interested in the relationship between performance and audience. She read Theatrology at the University of Arts Tirgu Mures and Mathematics – Informatics at Petru Maior University Tirgu‐Mures between 2002 and 2007. In 2012 she defended her doctoral thesis entitled Adaptations of Tragic in Contemporary Dramaturgy and joined the teaching staff of the University of Arts from Tirgu‐Mures.
Raluca Blaga is also the author of un regizor: Theodor-Cristian Popescu, UArtPress, Presa Universitară Clujeană, 2025 and (Su)poziţii teatrale sau ancore împotriva nostalgiei confortului, Eikon Publishing, 2018.
University Lecturer of Pedagogy and Educational Management
Krisztina Iringó Vargancsik-Thörik is a university lecturer at the Teacher Training Department of the University of Arts Târgu Mureș, Romania. She holds a BA in Social Pedagogy and a PhD in Sociology from Babeș-Bolyai University. Her academic and professional work focuses on teacher education, experiential learning, art education, inclusion, and mental health. As an experiential education trainer since 1996, she has worked with the Outward Bound International network in more than twelve European countries and has led numerous Erasmus+ projects. She is also Chair of the KEY Association of Social Educators, promoting the inclusion of children with special needs through advocacy, education, and art therapy. Her research explores art education, experiential pedagogy, and innovative approaches to teaching and learning, and she regularly contributes to international academic collaborations and conferences. She is also a creative practitioner in ceramics with a strong interest in the intersection of art, society, and human development.
Puppeteer, theatrologist, Associate Professor at the University of Arts Targu Mures. Faculty of Arts in Hungarian. She studied at the University of Arts in Targu Mures, where she graduated as a theatrologist and also finished her PhD. Since 2008 she has been teaching Puppetry Art, History of Puppetry Art, Puppet Theatre Technologies, Speaking techniques in the Puppet Theatre, Orientations and Tendencies in the Contemporary Art of Animation. Her research interests include: Institution and Puppet Theatre, The Contemporary Puppet Theatre, Visual dramaturgy, History of 20th Century’s Transylvanian Puppet theatre, Avantgarde in the Puppet theatre, Puppeteer and puppet.
As author of two books, she has also published articles and papers in theatre-periodicals like Symbolon, Játéktér/Playing Area, and Art Limes. Báb-Tár. As an invited professor, she gave lecture at prestigious universities and professional institutions both in Romania and abroad (Cardiff, Budapest), and she is also a Fulbright Alumna. Alongside her scholarly activity she is an active puppet theatre director, dramaturge, and translator.
Eugen Păsăreanu is a theatre scholar and associate professor at the University of Arts Târgu Mureș, Romania.
Graduate of Theatre Studies - Journalism (UNATC Bucharest) and of the master programmes in Theatre Studies - cultural management and marketing (UNATC Bucharest) and Drama in Education (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), Eugen has elaborated studies in the area of the relationship between the dramatic phenomenon and society. Holding a doctorate that addresses the forces acting upon theatre in the world of today, Eugen Păsăreanu publishes research and implements artistic and academic projects alongside organisations from the UK, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Croatia, Hungary and Romania.
Published volumes: Why doesn’t theatre fade away? Dramatic art between dissolution and consolidation (2017) and Introduction to theatre pedagogy (2021), the latter being nominated by the Institute of Theatre and Multimedia Research in Târgu Mureș for the Szabó Lajos Essay, Criticism and Exegesis Prize, 2023.
Guest Lecturers
The programme features guest lecturers from all over the world. Key guest lecturers in the autumn semester of 2026:
