Associate Professor Richard Reddrop spent over 15 years as a Stage Manager at the National Theatre of Great Britain and prior to that worked for 2 years at The Royal Shakespeare Company. While at The National he worked with many leading figures in British theatre including Richard Eyre, Matthew Bourne and Harold Pinter and writers such as Edward Bond, Tom Stoppard and Carol Churchill, as well as on several notable Australian productions, including Cloudstreet and Honour by Joanna Murray-Smith. In 2008 he was the Production Manager of Dreamthinkspeaks’ Liverpool European Capital of Culture commission, One Step Forward, One Step Back. Richard also produced the Liverpool Everyman Theatre’s 40th birthday season celebrations involving performers such as Julie Walters, Willy Russell and Jonathan Pryce, and has been a board member of the theatre company 20 Stories High., and a member of Drama UK Directors of Technical training Committee, Federation of Drama Schools Technical and Production Network. Prior to joining WAAPA in 2023 he was Head of Design & Technology at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, a position held from 2014 – 2022.  He is a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy, member of The Stage Management Association. His research areas and interests include Assessing Creativity in Higher Education & Architecture & Performance Spaces.