People

Philip Weaver

Senior Lecturer: Course Leader - Head of BA Acting
East 15 Acting School
 Philip Weaver

Profile

Biography

Philip Weaver trained at The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Goldsmiths’ College, University of London. Philip has worked as an actor and director for theatres including BAC, Birmingham Rep, Colchester Mercury, Glasgow Citizens, The Kings Head Islington, The Lyric Hammersmith, Nottingham Playhouse, The Oval House, RSC Summer Studio, Salisbury Playhouse, The Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Theatr Clywd, Wolsey Ipswich and The Young Vic, as well as BBC Radio Four. He has also worked in Holland, Belgium, Slovakia and Scandinavia.

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Verbatim Theatre and Contemporary Scene Study (EA112)

  • Actor and Text (EA113)

  • Improvised Living History (EA114)

  • Development of Acting Methodology (EA211)

  • Extension of Acting Methodology (EA212)

  • Acting Techniques and Styles (EA213)

  • Shakespeare and Elizabethan Verse Drama (EA214)

  • Notions of Realism (EA313)

Contact

prweaver@essex.ac.uk

Location:

EAST15 LOUGHTON HH3.4 HATFIELDS HOUSE, Loughton Campus