Dan de la Motte

Profile

Project Title: Performance-based co-creation with young people as political activism; disseminating and contextualising the work of Fevered Sleep

Supervisors: Professor Kiera Vaclavik and Dr Maggie Inchley.

Previous qualifications:

BA from University of Birmingham (2012)

Research

Public Engagement

I am an actor/performer, presenter and independent creative practitioner, born and based in London. Recent work has included Too Much Pills & Liquor (The Divine), On Railton Road (Museum of the Home), Live to Tell: (A Proposal For) The Madonna Jukebox Musical (Omnibus Theatre and Camden People’s Theatre), Route 158 (Punchdrunk Enrichment schools tour), Rock n Roll Nature Revelation (festivals tour with Timberlina), Be More Mushroom (at St Margaret’s House, Bethnal Green, where he was co-Artist-in-Residence for 6 months). Upcoming projects include continuation of on BOB, a documentary celebrating the life of war-time Dutch activist Bob Angelo. Elsewhere, Dan is a presenter, host, facilitator and workshop leader and has recently worked with and for, among others, the Unicorn Theatre, Yard Theatre, London Museum, Queer Tours of London and the National Portrait Gallery. Dan sits on Equity’s National Council, is an Associate Artist with Fevered Sleep and is a Creative Climate Leader with arts/environment charity Julie’s Bicycle.