QUT | Staff Profiles | Bree Hadley

Name

Associate Professor Bree Hadley

Position(s)

Associate Professor
Faculty of CI, Education & Social Justice,
School of Creative Practice,
Drama

Discipline *

Performing Arts and Creative Writing, Communication and Media Studies

Phone

+61 7 3138 3225

Fax

+61 7 3138 8105

Email

bree.hadley@qut.edu.au

Location

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Identifiers and profiles

Qualifications

PhD (Monash University), Master of Education (Higher Education) (Queensland University of Technology), Master of Arts (Writing and Literature) (Deakin University), Graduate Certificate in Arts & Entertainment Management (Deakin University), Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts (Griffith University)

Professional memberships and associations

Past President, Vice-President + Treasurer, Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA)

Past Director, Performance Studies international (PSi)

Member, Performance and Disability Working Group, International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)

Keywords

Disability drama, theatre, performance, dance, Disability arts, Contemporary, Physical, Public Space Performance, Digital and social media performance, Immersive, participatory, interactive performance, Audiences, spectators, spectatorship, Policy, industry, and production climate effect on practice, Equity, diversity, and access in educational practices

* Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2008

Bree Hadley is Associate Professor in Drama in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT, where she has run courses in performing arts, community arts, arts management, marketing and advertising, entrepreneurship, and digital media for more than a decade. Hadley’s PhD, analysing the way Asian-influenced physical theatre practitioners in Australia subvert stereotypes of gender and race through physical performance practice, was completed at Monash University in 2005. Her work post-PhD has continued to investigate the construction of identity in contemporary, pop cultural and public space performance – live and online public space performance – concentrating on the way artists marked by disability, race, gender, or other bodily differences mobilise images and media from the public sphere to subvert stereotypes, and the way spectators respond to such work. She has a particular interest in performances which position spectators as co-performers or co-creators. In the past 10 years, Hadley’s research has focused mainly on these issues in disability arts. Hadley’s research has appeared in her recent co-edited collection with Dr Donna McDonald The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts Culture and Media (2018), her sole authored books on Theatre, Social Media and Meaning Making (Palgrave 2017) and Disability, Public Space Performance & Spectatorship: Unconscious Performers (Palgrave 2014), as well as in many scholarly journals, including Disability & Society, CSPA (Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts) Quarterly, Performance Research, About Performance, Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies, Australasian Drama Studies, Brolga: An Australian Journal About Dance, M/C Media and Culture Journal, Scope: An Online Journal of Film and Television Studies, Asia Pacific Journal of Arts and Cultural Management, Journal of Further and Higher Education, and others. She is currently working on a book project on The Social Experiment: Pranks, Political Activism, and Performing Stigma For Mainstream Audience and a shorter work on the historical evolution of disability theatre and performance in Australia drawing on her work with the AusStage ARC LIEF project over the last five years. Hadley has also written extensively for newspapers and online platforms such as The Australian, ArtsHub and Australian Stage Online. Hadley is past President of the Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies (ADSA), a past Director of Performance Studies international (PSi), and a nationally recognised commentator on all forms of drama, theatre and performance as a result of her previous roles as a critic for The Australian, judge for the Matilda Awards, and committee member and consultant to many arts agencies, organisations and festivals. Prior to joining QUT in 2007, Hadley worked as a dramaturg, director, and administrator for independent theatre companies (including, most recently, Theatre@Risk and Walking into Bars in Melbourne), and the Glen Eira City Council, and taught drama, literature, writing, communications and cultural studies at Deakin University, Victoria University, Monash University, and Swinburne University of Technology TAFE.

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Bree Hadley.

In the past decade, Hadley has been appointed to many leadership roles in the Creative Industries Faculty at QUT –

Chair, Creative Industries Faculty Equity Committee, 2010-Date
Faculty Research Ethics Advisor, and Alternate Chair, CIF, 2015-Date
Postgraduate Study Area Coordinator, Drama, CIF, 2014-2015
Postgraduate Study Area Coordinator, Creative Production & Arts Management, CIF, 2008-2012
Bachelor of Creative Industries Core Unit Coordinator, Events & Festivals, CIF, 2012-2014
Transitions to Professional Environments (Internships & Industry Projects) Coordinator, Drama, 2008-2011
Honours Coordinator, Drama, 2007-2011

Hadley has also acted as Unit Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor, Workshop Leader, and Industry Project and Internship supervisor for thousands of students across dozens of different units, including–

HDR Postgraduate & Professional Development Modules

– KKM001 Introduction to Personal Social Media Networking (Coordinator, Facilitator)
– KKM001 Professional Social Media Networking (Coordinator, Facilitator)
– ATN Critical & Creative Thinking (Coordinator, Facilitator)

Master of Creative Industries Units in Arts Management, Event Management, Entrepreneurship

– KKP001 Entrepreneurship and the New Economy (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP002 20:20 Vision: Imagining the Creative Future (Tutor)
– KKP111 Digital Tools in the Creative Economy (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP112 Telling Stories: Narrative in CI (Coordinator, Lecturer)
– KKP414 Digital Writing: Words Under Glass (Coordinator, Lecturer)
– KTP406 CI Events & Festivals (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KTP409 Arts & Cultural Management (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP408 Marketing Arts & Culture (Coordinator)
– KKP402 Managing Money in the Arts (Coordinator)
– KKP404 Arts & Cultural Policy (Coordinator)
– KTP411 Advanced Practice in CP&AM (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP411 Major Project in Arts & CI Management (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP003 Project Design in Creative Industries (Study Area Advisor, Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KKP004 Innovation in Creative Industries: Major Project (Study Area Advisor,Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor, Supervisor)

Bachelor of Creative Industries Units in Arts Management, Event Management, Entrepreneurship

– KTB211 Creative Industries Events & Festivals (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KTB210 Creative Industries Management (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KTB305 The Entrepreneurial Artist (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) Units in Process, Applied & Community Performance

– KTB102 Process Drama (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KTB209 Applied Performance (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)

Bachelor of Fine Arts (Drama) Units in Contemporary Performance & Production

– KTB101 Understanding Theatre (Lecturer)
– KTB104 Performance Innovation (Lecturer)
– KTB105 Production 1: Storymaking (Director)
– KTB204 / KTP401 Understanding Performance (Coordinator, Lecturer, Tutor)
– KTB207 Staging Australia (Lecturer)

Masters and Bachelors Units in Workplace Learning

– KKB341/2/3/4 Workplace Learning (Discipline Unit Coordinator, Supervisor)
– KKP320 Advanced Workplace Learning (Discipline Unit Coordinator, Supervisor)
– KKB345 & KKP346 Creative Industries Project (Project Supervisor)
– KKP616 Postgraduate Independent Project

This information has been contributed by Associate Professor Bree Hadley.

Creative Producer, Fluid States, Performance Studies international (PSi) Annual Conference, 2015.
Conference Convenor + Producer, Compass Points, Australasian Association for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies (ADSA) Annual Conference, 2014.
Member, Management Committee, Youth Arts Queensland, 2010-2104.
Member, National Advisory Committee, JUMP National Mentoring Program for Young and Emerging Artists, Australia Council for the Arts / Youth Arts Queensland, 2009-2011.
Member, Judging Committee, Matilda Awards for Excellence in Brisbane Theatre, Arts Queensland, 2009-2011.
Judge, Geoffrey Milne Bursary and Veronica Kelly Prize, Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama & Performance Studies (ADSA), 2007-2014.
Consultant + Program Evaluator, ‘Creating Queensland’ Community Partnerships Program Evaluation, Brisbane Festival / Australia Council for the Arts, 2010.
Documentation Team Leader, Exist in 08, Judith Wright Centre for Contemporary Arts, 2008.
Documentation Team Leader, Magdalena Brisbane Easter Gathering, Metro Arts, 2008.
Coordinating Committee, Magdalena Brisbane Easter Gathering, Metro Arts, 2008.

Manuscript Reviewer – Palgrave, Routledge, Methuen + numerous journals, ongoing.
Member, Editorial Board – Liminalities Journal, Performance Paradigm Journal, ongoing.

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Hadley B, (2017) Theatre, social media, and meaning making
Hadley B, (2014) Disability, public space performance and spectatorship: Unconscious performers
Hadley B, (2017) Disability theatre in Australia: a survey and a sector ecology, Research in Drama Education p305-324
Hadley B, (2016) Cheats, charity cases and inspirations: disrupting the circulation of disability-based memes online, Disability and Society p676-692
Hadley B, (2015) Participation, politics and provocations: People with disabilities as non-conciliatory audiences, Participations: journal of audience and reception studies p154-174
Hadley B, (2014) Practice as method: The ex/centric fixations project, Material inventions: applying creative arts research p145-165
Hadley B, Kapur A, Ruiz C, Wrigley S, (2013) Vision, Viability and Value: Three perspectives on the performing arts across cultures, context and nations, Performance Research p95-101
Hadley B, (2011) (Dia)logics of difference: Disability, performance and spectatorship in Liz Crow's Resistance on the Plinth, Performance Research p124-131
Hadley B, Trace G, Winter S, (2010) Uncertainties that matter: Risk, response-ability, ethics and the moment of exchange in live art, About Performance p137-151
Hadley B, Rajak J, Filmer A, Caines R, Read A, (2010) The 'dirty work' of the lie, Performance Research p123-129

For more publications by this staff member, visit QUT ePrints, the University's research repository.

Awards and recognition

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2016
Details: Invited to present a keynote paper on 'Social Experiments: Pranks, Political Activism, and Performing Marginality for a Mainstream Audience' at the Performing the Real Symposium at the University of Otago, New Zealand, in June 2016

Type: Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
Reference year: 2015
Details: Co-Convenor of PSi#21 Fluid States: Performances of Unknowing Performance Studies internaitonal Conference 2015, a festival-style production with conferences, symposia and performances in 15 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Pacific throughout 2015

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2015
Details: Invited to present keynote on 'Theatre, Social Media & Spectatorship' for PSi#21 Fluid States: Performances of UnKnowing, Performance Studies international conference, at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark,in June 2015

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2015
Details: Invited to present keynote paper on 'Disability Arts in Australasia' for Disability Culture: New Grounds 2015 practice-led research symposium run by Centre for Disability Culture at University of Michigan, USA, in February 2015

Type: Keynote Speaker/Expert Panel Member/Invited Speaker for a Conference
Reference year: 2014
Details: Invited to present keynote paper on 'Theatre & Spectatorship' at the National Theatre of Croatia, Rijeka, Croatia, to launch the Zooming Fluid States festival run by Drugo More (Croatia) and Performance Studies international (global) in Sepember 2014

Type: Committee Role/Editor or Chair of an Academic Conference
Reference year: 2012
Details: Co-Convenor of Compass Points, Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama & Performance Studies 2012 at Queensland University of Technology with Caroline Heim

Type: Advisor/Consultant for Industry
Reference year: 2011
Details: Consultant, Evaluation of "Creating Queensland Program", Brisbane Festival, 2010-2011.

Type: Appointment to Prestigious Positions
Reference year: 2015
Details: Voted in as President of Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama & Performance Studies, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15. (Also voted in as Vice President 2008-2009, 2010-2011, and Treasurer 2015-2016)

Type: Appointment to Prestigious Positions
Reference year: 2015
Details: Voted in as Director of Performance Studies international (PSi), 2011-15

Type: Academic Honours, Prestigious Awards or Prizes
Reference year: 2010
Details: Creative Industries Faculty Dean's Award for Leadership

Accredited Supervisor – Level 3 Mentoring Supervisor
Supervised 5 PhD, 4 Masters by Research, 20+ Masters by Coursework, and 6 Honours projects to completion
Examined 20+ PhD, Masters, and Honours projects for universities across Australia and New Zealand
Practice-led research projects constitute 2/3rds projects completed and examined
Interest in projects investigating social justice, diversity, inclusion, and access to the arts – for artists, audiences, communities, or combinations thereof – as part of the Socially & Ecologically Engaged Practice theme within the QUT Creative Lab
Interest in projects investigating live and online practices, platforms, and technologies that engage spectators as co-creators, as part of the Socially & Ecologically Engaged Practice theme within the QUT Creative Lab

Current supervisions

Crippling Comedies: Symbolic Power in Comic Representations of Disability
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Adjunct Associate Professor Barbara Adkins, Adjunct Associate Professor Vivienne Muller, Dr Lisa Stafford
Creative Placemaking for Cultural Diversity: Designing multicultural event experiences in public spage
PhD, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Debra Cushing
Lose Yourself: A Cross-cultural Study of Audience Experience in Immersive Theatre
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Associate Professor Mark Ryan
Understanding what develops cultural infrastructure - bringing forth the science-art-culture of Brisbane's Knowledge Corridor
Professional Doctorate, Principal Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr Keith Armstrong

Completed supervisions (Doctorate)

Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)

Seeing the Chameleon: Barriers to Making Dance Work for Independent Dance Creators in Brisbane (2017)
THE REAL DEAL: Interrogating the Paradoxical Co-Existence of Reality and Construction in Contemporary Theatre (2016)
Architecture, The Body and Authority in Performance (2015)
When Sparks Fly: Developing Formal Mentoring Programs for the Career Development of Young and Emerging Artists (2010)