Biography

Marina Hadjilouca is a Performance Designer and an Academic, currently based at Rose Bruford College. As a practitioner, Marina creates Scenographic Interventions in contested public spaces and designs sets and costumes for theatrical performances and the opera. She has collaborated with major theatre organisations
in the UK, Cyprus and Greece, including Arcola’s Grimeborn Festival, the National Theatre of Cyprus, ​and the International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama.

As a researcher Marina focuses on the use of performance design as a methodology for socially engaged art practices. Research interests include politicised art practices, agonistic theory, neoliberal urbanism, public spaces and privatisation. She has presented her research in conferences and symposiums in Europe and the UK and has published papers in conference proceedings. Marina is a Visiting Lecturer at the Royal College of Art, and is also one of the founders and organisers of the Socially Engaged Design (SED) Conference in Cyprus.

Hadjilouca holds a BA(Hons) in Theatre Design for Performance and a MA in Narrative Environments. Marina has recently submitted her PhD Thesis at the Royal College of Art.

Other professional memberships:
Marina is a member of the IFTR, TAPRA and CYCSTAT.