Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Creative Computing
Diana brings her mathematical and theatrical background to Norwich as a dedicated member of the Creative Computing department. She has experience of freelancing in the theatre industry, having devised mathematically inspired theatre, as well as developing software for immersive performances.
Diana’s teaching methods involve collaborative work, as well as participatory exercises where students get to physicalize the code they are writing. She makes sure to understand the students’ individual interests to provide workshops curated to everyone’s enjoyment.
I graduated in Mathematics at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (2018) and hold an MFA in Advanced Theatre Practice from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (2021). These studies provided me a blend of experiences that has shaped the work I’ve been involved in throughout my career.
I co-founded and co-direct the theatre company ANTS Theatre, since 2020, which originated as part of my MFA. With ANTS Theatre I devised and performed in the plays Qrumpet (2020 – 2022) and We Still Fax (2020 – 2021). I have also been a part of the devising team of the mathematical piece Axiom of Choice by Marcus du Sautoy (2022), which is scheduled to tour in India in autumn 2024.
As part of my freelance work, I created software for the plays The Tight Squeeze (2022) and Terraforming Mars (2023) by Ludens theatre, which is an immersive theatre company that uses technology to enhance audience interaction.
I am currently researching Human Robot Interaction in the performing arts, specifically using the Fax Machine Robot that I created together with ANTS Theatre for our play We Still Fax. In my research I explore questions such as what makes us empathize with a robot in a performance and whether humans trust humanoid and / or non-humanoid robots.
Diana Vallverdu
Diana Vallverdu
Diana Vallverdu
Diana Vallverdu
Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Creative Computing Lecturer, BSc (Hons) Creative Technology
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