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Louise Ritchie is a Lecturer in Theatre & Theatre Practice at Aberystwyth University's Department of Theatre, Film, and Television Studies. Her practice-based research interrogates face-to-face pedagogy in workshops, focusing on digital tools' role in transmitting performance-making pedagogies through video, photography, and pre-recorded instructions.
- BA (1st class hons), MA (with distinction), PGCE, PhD (Cymru)
- Organized Brith Gof archive dissemination events at National Library of Wales
- Awarded AHRC doctoral scholarship for practice-based research
Ritchie's research explores the creative possibilities of digital notation systems for physical theatre, culminating in her 2012 thesis Digital notation: new approaches to physical theatre and its documents. Her work bridges digital media and performance pedagogy, examining spatial dynamics in site-specific installations.
Selected publications (2004-2013) reveal research trends in:
- Digital archiving of performance practices
- Interactive workshop methodologies
- Time-based documentation techniques
- Media integration in physical theatre
- Spatial transformation in performance
- Cultural memory transmission
Scientific achievements include:
- AHRC doctoral scholarship recipient
Ritchie actively collaborates with experimental theatre company Almost Human as an associate artist, and has participated in international exchanges like Human Dialog (Norway). Her research outputs span peer-reviewed articles, performances, and digital installations.
