As part of the core team behind Doorstep Arts, Artistic Director for Devon Youth Theatre, and an Associate Research Fellow at the University of Exeter drama department, Erin's work focuses on young people's participatory performance, dialogue, and theatre-making as a space to cultivate community.

Currently, Erin is serving as a postdoctoral researcher on the AHRC-funded national research project, 'Amateur Dramatics: Crafting Communities in Time and Space'. This research is led by Helen Nicholson (Royal Holloway), Jane Milling (Exeter) and Nadine Holdsworth (Warwick), and is the first major research project to look at the field of Amateur Dramatics. Erin has also served as a co-investigator in the Qualitative and Ethnographic Research Network, as a dialogue facilitator in various participatory projects in league with Tom Wakeford at the University of Edinburgh, and as an archivist for the Northcott Theatre, sifting through previously un-sorted records. This archival research can be seen at: http://northcottarchive.wordpress.com/.

Erin's PhD was completed at the University of Exeter in 2013. This Participatory Action Research, titled 'Vital Spaces/Vital Signs: Young People, Performance, Identity and Dialogue' was conducted over three years, and worked within devised theatre spaces to cultivate dialogue between young people and those in positions of power and authority. For more about this research, please refer to to http://vitalspaces.wordpress.com/.

Erin also serves as the Artistic Director of Devon Youth Theatre, a county-wide outreach project run by DAISI, serving young people aged 13-19 across Devon. The ongoing work of DYT aims to put young people's ownership at the heart of all the artistic work. For more about this, see DAISI's website: http://www.daisi.org.uk.

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Exeter Northcott Summer School / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-08-29T00:00:00Z">Thu 29 Aug 2013</span>Exeter Northcott Summer School / Thu 29 Aug 2013

For an inside glimpse into what the process of devising theatre with young people looks like, have a look at the fantastic blog that the Northcott Theatre summer school participants have been keeping: http://northcott...

Exeter Northcott Theatre Summer Schools / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-04-18T00:00:00Z">Thu 18 Apr 2013</span>Exeter Northcott Theatre Summer Schools / Thu 18 Apr 2013

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce that it will be holding a two week intensive Summer School with Devon Youth Theatre's Artistic Director Erin Walcon, from 12 – 24 August 2013. These two weeks will enabl...

Devon Youth Theatre 2013 Season is now open! / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2012-12-14T00:00:00Z">Fri 14 Dec 2012</span>Devon Youth Theatre 2013 Season is now open! / Fri 14 Dec 2012

Young people aged 13-19 across Devon can now register the 2013 season of DYT. Registration forms are available at http://www.daisi.org.uk/news/329-devon-youth-theatre-open-sessions-2013.html. Open Saturdays will take p...

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Exeter Northcott Theatre Youth Summer Schools / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-08-12T00:00:00Z">Mon 12</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2013-08-24T00:00:00Z">Sat 24 Aug 2013</span> <span>(2 weeks)</span>Exeter Northcott Theatre Youth Summer Schools / Mon 12 to Sat 24 Aug 2013 (2 weeks)

Exeter Northcott Theatre is delighted to announce that it will be holding a two week intensive Summer School with Devon Youth Theatre's Artistic Director Erin Walcon, from 12 – 24 August 2013. These two weeks will enabl...

Devon Youth Theatre Open Saturdays / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2013-01-13T00:00:00Z">Sun 13</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2013-01-27T00:00:00Z">Sun 27 Jan 2013</span> <span>(2 weeks)</span>Devon Youth Theatre Open Saturdays / Sun 13 to Sun 27 Jan 2013 (2 weeks)

Registration is now open for the Devon Youth Theatre 2013 season! Devon Youth Theatre creates professional-quality theatre experiences for young people aged 13-19 across Devon. Led by Artistic Directors Erin Walcon a...

Mapping Cultural Hotspots / <span itemprop="startDate" content="2010-11-15T00:00:00Z">Mon 15 Nov</span> to <span  itemprop="endDate" content="2010-12-01T00:00:00Z">Wed 01 Dec 2010</span> <span>(2 weeks)</span>Mapping Cultural Hotspots / Mon 15 Nov to Wed 01 Dec 2010 (2 weeks)

General Invitation for the users of Creative Torbay: Creative Geographies: a call for responses to help map sites of cultural interest. As part of an launch of an exciting new website that maps geographical narratives a...

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A video made by the members of Devon Youth Theatre Company 2012.