JOHN FREEMAN is Senior Lecturer in Performance Studies at De Montfort University. The former editor of 'Performance Practice', he is associate editor of 'Theatre Topics' and 'Body, Space and Technology'. He is a member of the International Association of University Theatre and has taught in Helsinki, Casablanca, Liege and New York. As a performer he has worked with practitioners as diverse as Edward Bond (world premiere of 'Jackets') and Pete Brooks (Insomniac's production of 'Clare de Luz').