Faculty of Modern andÌýMedieval Languages and Linguistics Raised Faculty Building ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ Sidgwick Avenue ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ CB3 9DA United Kingdom
Joseph Prestwich is a Teaching Associate specializing in theatre and performance and works regularly as an actor and theatre practitioner.Ìý
He was awarded a PhD in German and Theatre and Performance Studies from King’s College London in July 2022, having previously trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting. Prior to joining ÃÜÌÒÊÓƵ, Joseph worked as a Lecturer in German at King’s College London (2021 – 2022).
Joseph is Assistant Director of the Arts Council England funded improvisation company ShakeItUp Theatre, and is currently working with the Young Vic Theatre on their theatre-in-education project INNOVATE (2021 – 2023). Ìý Ìý Ìý
•ÌýÌý ÌýGerman-language theatre and performance (18th-century to the present day) •ÌýÌý ÌýBertolt Brecht’s theatre •ÌýÌý ÌýTurkish-German literature and filmÌý •ÌýÌý ÌýTranslation
•ÌýÌý ÌýTheatre in translation •ÌýÌý ÌýAnglo-German theatrical exchange •ÌýÌý ÌýEuropean theatre networks •ÌýÌý ÌýGoethe’s theatrical practiceÌýÌýÌýÌý
Joseph is currently developing a practice-based postdoctoral research project on Goethe’s approaches to acting and theatre-making. Ìý
Joseph Prestwich (2022) , Translation Studies, DOI:
Joseph Prestwich (2022) , Comedy Studies, 13:2, 238-244, DOI: Ìý
