Simon Bayly

Simon Bayly is a researcher and co-leader of the postgraduate research programme at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama. He holds a Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (2017-2020) and focuses on socially-engaged art practice, psychoanalysis in performance, and philosophies of collectivity. His work bridges live art, ecology, and urbanism.

Education background not explicitly stated in text. Formerly Reader in Drama, Theatre and Performance at University of Roehampton (2006-2022).

Research Interests:

• Participatory art and communal housing projects via UK Cohousing Network board role
• Performance’s relationship to labor, place-making, and object-oriented politics
• Psychodynamics of groups and organizational structures

Awards:

• Leverhulme Trust Fellowship (2017-2020)

Key Projects:

• Acts of Assembly (2017-2020): Explored gathering/assembly forms
• Co-edited Performance Research issue on 'On Meeting' (2024)

Labs/Teams: Active in Guildhall School's performance research networks and UK Cohousing Network initiatives.