Trustee: Seamus Allen

Seamus is Head of Foundation at The Oxford School of Drama, Artistic Director at “What’s the Game?! Improv”, Reading, and has 20+ years of experience working as an actor and educator.

He is especially passionate about community engagement in theatre, drama coaching and access. “I recognize RABBLE as one of the most vibrant voices for the performing arts in Reading. I have seen their depth of engagement with the community and their ambition to always celebrate the greatest parts of this town, which I call my home.”

Seamus is also a skilled improviser, training with Ken Campbell’s School of Night, after graduating from the Conservatoire of Music and Drama in his hometown, Dublin. He was a core cast member in the annual London 50-hour Improvathons and performs with ‘Austentatious, The improvised Jane Austen Novel’. Seamus was Head of acting at Read college, a course, which he wrote and which became one of the most successful Foundation courses for getting students into the top acting degree programmes in the UK. Previously, he was Head of Year at Drama Studio London and recently gained an MSc in Performance Psychology, focusing on excellence in actor training.