Nicolas Ridout teaches in the Department of Drama at Queen Mary, University of London. He  is the author of Stage Fright, Animals and Other Theatrical Problems (CUP: 2006), and co-editor, with Joe Kelleher, of Contemporary Theatres in Europe (Routledge: 2006). He is the co-author,  with Claudia Castellucci, Romeo Castellucci, Chiara Guidi and Joe Kelleher of The Theatre of  Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio (Routledge: 2007). He is currently Visiting Professor in Theatre Arts and Performance Studies at Brown University, where he is working on a book about theatre, communism and love.