Dr. Molly Mullen

Board Member

A senior lecturer in applied theatre and participatory arts at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. Bringing over ten years of experience producing theatre education, youth theatre, community arts and children’s theatre projects in the UK and New Zealand.Originally from the UK, Molly has been living in Aotearoa since 2009 in Tāmaki Makaurau with her two children and partner. 

With a particular interest in the diverse economies of applied theatre and community-based arts practice; the multiple ways in which projects and organisations are resourced and managed. Molly is interested in developing complex understandings of the interrelationship between policy, funding and practice. This area of research extends into the ways in which theatre and performance makers experiment with alternative economies and engage creatively with themes and issues related to economy.