ALISON PORTER

Alison is a writer, performer and doctoral researcher in theatre studies at the University of Warwick where she has just completed her thesis on verbatim theatre and social justice. Her creative work includes plays, dance films and an installation; she has twice been long listed for the National Poetry Prize. Before moving into the arts, she had a successful career in business management with BT plc and has held several advisory roles within government including non-executive director for the Crown Prosecution Service and member of the Independent Advisory Group on Ethics at the National Crime Agency. She is an experienced theatre company trustee, currently with Synergy Theatre Project and previously with Out of Joint and Told by an Idiot. Alison has Birmingham-Irish roots but now lives near Milton Keynes.