Research Interests

• Irish drama, with an emphasis on theatre and performance in the North of Ireland
• Theatre history and historiography
• Non-western theatre and performance
• Cultural and performance theory

Select Publications

• ‘The Fantasy of Post-Nationalism in Northern Theatre: Caught Red-Handed Transplanting the Planter.’ Australasian Drama Studies 43 (October 2003).
• ‘Representing the Disappeared: Material Absence and Historical Presence in David Farrell's Not-so-Innocent Landscapes.’ In Representing the Troubles, ed. Brian Cliff and Eibhear Walsh. Dublin: Four Courts Press, forthcoming.
• ‘Irish Nights: Irish Political Melodrama On and Off the 19th Century Belfast Stage.’ In New Directions in Irish Theatre History, ed. Deana Rankin and Lionel Pilkington. Dublin: Four Courts Press, forthcoming.