Board & Associate Artist

Kate Hale

Kate is one of Foursight Theatre's Associate Artists and a founder member of the company. She trained at the University of Exeter and subsequently with Philippe Gaulier in London. She was an Artistic Director of Foursight for 11 years and involved as a director on Pink Smoke in the Vatican, Slap!, Shoot The Women First, Boadicea, and The Trout Sisters. She performed in Hitler's Women, Shoot The Women First and Bloody Mary and the Virgin Queen . In her capacity as Education Director of Foursight (1998-2002), Kate created and directed several plays for schools, youth theatres and universities. As an Associate Artist since 2002, Kate has continued to work with the company as a director, a tutor on the Serious Play actor training courses and, during research and development projects, as a devising actor.

She most recently worked with the company as dramaturg for Thatcher the Musical!. Kate also works as a freelance artist for other arts organisations and is a senior lecturer in Drama at the University of Wolverhampton, where her teaching focuses on Applied Drama, Theatre of the Oppressed and devising techniques. She is currently working towards a Practice as Research MA at the University of Warwick which asks the question, "What systems are needed to ensure that collective, actor -centric devising processes remain truly democratic?"