Ada Campe

Currently employed as Knowledge Exchange Fellow at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, Naomi is also a Parliamentary Academic Fellow, an Associate Fellow of the School of Advanced Study, University of London, and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Naomi trained as a performer at Goldsmiths College, University... of London, and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland). After a decade as a professional actor, in 2011 she started a PhD in the Drama department at the University of Manchester. Her doctoral research, completed in 2015, explored the work of the Actresses' Franchise League and the contribution of theatre professionals to the suffrage campaign. Naomi is a member of Equity and The Magic Circle. She is also Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer for The Magic Circle. In 2013 Naomi edited The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays (Bloomsbury) which launched at a Platform event at the National Theatre entitled Suffragettes on Stage. In 2018 her monograph Stage Rights! The Actresses' Franchise League, Activism and Politics 1908-1958 was published by Manchester University Press and she edited a second collection of suffrage plays with Bloomsbury entitled The Methuen Drama Book of Suffrage Plays: Taking the Stage, which launched at the National Theatre as part of the Courage Everywhere season. She has also written academic book chapters, articles, blogs and more: You can see a complete list of her publications here. A confident and creative speaker and presenter, Naomi's extensive public engagement experience includes creating games and educational resources, collaborating with musicians and playwrights to make new work, curating exhibitions at Parliament and the National Theatre, performing and speaking at museums, archives and festivals across the UK, and appearing on radio and tv. She is the regular MC for Museums Showoff and the V&A Museum's Stand Up at the V&A shows, was an AHRC/BBC Radio 3 New Generation Thinkers for ...Read More