Lauren Williams
Principal Lecturer in Creative Industries
Lauren Williams trained as a performer at The University of Winchester and at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, gaining a distinction in her Master of Arts degree for Actor Training and Coaching. Lauren has been an educator for 10 years and is an experienced teacher and Acting Coach.
Lauren’s research and practice is from a feminist position and is centred on challenging
power dynamics within education and advocating for consent in actor training. Throughout
her career, pedagogically, Lauren has maintained an individualistic approach whilst in the
role as facilitator to support and cultivate agency in students.
Her approach is student- centred and dialogical. As an academic, Lauren has presented at several conferences in her are of research, including for The Makings of the Actor – Acting Methods Reconsidered – New Perspective in Acting practice in a Meta-Covid World titled ‘Power Dynamics, Consent and Touch withing the rehearsal room in a post-pandemic world’ and the most recent being The S Word – Stanislavski: Director, Trainer, Pedagogue at the University of Athens titled ‘Can you feel it? Re-defining Affective Memory in 2023’.
