Steve Dixon

Stephen Robert Dixon (born 1956 in Manchester, England) is a British actor and academic. He studied performing arts at the Victoria University of Manchester, graduating in the same class as Rik Mayall. He worked as an actor for many years, taking minor roles in films like "Privates on Parade" and on television shows including "The Young Ones" and "The Krypton Factor" whilst working as a stand-up comic at The Comedy Store in London. He also worked in theatre, most notably with directors such as Nicholas Hytner, Steven Berkoff and Richard Eyre. He has directed productions himself in Mexico, Latvia and the UK, and produced an opera for the theatre company Opera North.

He turned to lecturing during the 1990s, and has since become a world renowned academic in the field of performing arts. Originally working at the University of Salford, he has since moved to Brunel University in London, where he is now head of the School of Arts.

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* [http://www.brunel.ac.uk/about/acad/sa/artstaff/drama/stevedixon Prof. Steve Dixon at Brunel University]
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