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I am a musical theatre and voice researcher, and a triple threat educator and practitioner with an interdisciplinary background in theatre, voice, and music studies. I hold a PhD in Musical Theatre and Voice Studies from the University of Exeter.  Through my research, I developed the conceptual framework of the ageing female voice in musical theatre as pharmakon.  I argued that ageing female vocalities oscillate between progressive and regressive elements embodied and envoiced within each role. Based on this framework, I developed a taxonomy of pharmaka, including categories such as vocal epidermalisation, voices betwixt and between, gynaevocal horror, gaga characters, and docile vocalities.

I also hold an MA in Performance Practices from Middlesex University. My research tested and documented approaches on musical theatre’s triple threat training while working with young South-East Asian performers from Taiwan, Japan, China and Korea. The training methods were, then, tested with professional and semi-professionals performing in musical theatre productions which I directed while living in Taiwan.

Additionally, have undergraduate studies in Musicology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, and I also hold diplomas in piano performance, music composition, orchestration, and audio engineering.

I have published in both peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. My research focuses on musical theatre histories, vocal paedagogies and draamturgies around female ageing, as well as the development of a shared musical theatre vocabulary for scholars and researchers. As a director, music director, and vocal coach, I have led numerous musical theatre productions across Europe and Asia. My teaching and artistic work integrate feminist dramaturgies, embodied voice techniques, and intercultural training approaches.

I have presented my research at major international conferences including TaPRA and IFTR, contributing papers on ageing, vocal identity, and musical theatre. In addition to my academic and creative work, I have co-convened the TaPRA “Sound, Voice and Music” working group, I serve on the editorial board of Music and Arts in Action, and I act as regional representative for Mercury Musical Development (Southwest England).

Recent Publications

Recent publications include “Still Here? Ageing Female Vocalities in Musical Theatre” (IASPM Journal, 2024); “A Strong, Older Woman: Lived Experiences of Female Ageing in Contemporary British Theatre” (in The Methuen Drama Handbook of Women in Contemporary British Theatre, Bloomsbury, 2025); and “The Ageing Female Voice in Musical Theatre” (in Contemporary Voice and Music Training for Actors, National Theatre of Greece, 2024). I have also contributed interviews and critical reflections on female ageing and dramaturgies in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies, Scene, and the TDPT Blog.

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UK, US, Taiwan, Greece

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Japan, Korea, Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, United Kingdom, United States, Western Europe

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20th century, 21st century

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