TURN OF PHRASE - Key Persons
Facilitator and Language Specialist Augustina studied English and German at Brasenose College, Oxford, before training as an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Recent theatre includes Playing for Time at Sheffield Crucible, Hitchcock Blonde at Hull Truck, The Nutcracker at the Nuffield and Nora in A Doll's House at Theatre by the Lake. Alongside acting, she works as a translator and qualitative analyst of German market research for various clients in the pharmaceutical industry. She has experience of facilitating drama workshops, of role play for medical student training, and also volunteers with the Hackney Pirates, a children's literacy charity. For Turn of Phrase she helps lead workshops and develops our work on gendered language.
Dr. Emily Grossman is an expert in molecular biology and genetics, with a Double First in Natural Sciences from Queens' College Cambridge and a PhD in cancer research. She also trained and worked as an actress, and now combines her skills as a science broadcaster Read More
RESEARCHER, FACILITATOR AND BROADCASTER IN GENDER Dr. Emily Grossman is an expert in molecular biology and genetics, with a Double First in Natural Sciences from Queens' College Cambridge and a PhD in cancer research. She also trained and worked as an actress, and now combines her skills as a science broadcaster and educator; teaching maths and sciences at all academic levels and explaining science for a wide range of TV and radio programmes and at live events. Emily is a resident science expert on ITV's The Alan Titchmarsh Show, Discovery Channel's How Do They Do It? and Sky1's celebrity panel-show Duck Quacks Don't Echo, hosted by Lee Mack. She has also appeared as a science expert on BBC Breakfast, ITV's This Morning, Channel 4's Food Unwrapped, CNN, BBC World News, The One Show, and London Live's Not the One Show. Emily has been interviewed on Radio 4's Last Word, Radio 5 live's Daily Bacon, BBC World Service's Newshour and LBC Radio and she is a regular guest on the Guardian Science Weekly podcast. She is also the voice of Oxford University Press's MyMaths. Emily has hosted events, chaired discussions, spoken on panels and given talks for The Royal Society, The Science Museum, The Academy of Medical Sciences, The Royal Institution, The Royal Statistical Society, Cheltenham Science Festival and Science Showoff, and she has spoken at many schools and universities. She is also a passionate advocate for gender equality in science and has spoken about it many times on Sky News, at the Feminism in London conference and the Women of the World Festival, and in a Tedx talk. Emily also works as a freelance communication and media skills trainer and has run sessions for the Society of Biology and for the Famelab International science communication competition, and she has been a judge for the Institute of Ideas Debating Matters competition.
Emma trained as an actor at Drama Studio London, following a degree in Drama & Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She currently works as an actor and voice artist and has a particular interest in Shakespeare and classical adaptations. She is an experienced singing and drama teacher/ workshop leader Read More
After completing her degree in English Literature and Drama at the University of Sussex, Francesca went on to study Acting at Drama Studio London. She works as a professional actor alongside her work for Turn of Phrase and has amongst her theatre credits Read More
Job Titles:
- Facilitator and Researcher
Philip trained as an actor at The Oxford School of Drama, performing within collectives such as The Royal Shakespeare Company, The Royal Lyceum Theatre and the BBC. Following his dramatic training, he went on to study Anthropology at The University of St Andrews Read More
Job Titles:
- Artistic Director
- Co - Founder
After studying History at Balliol College, Oxford, Timothy trained as an actor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. He works extensively as an actor. Recent work includes appearances in Therese Raquin at the National Theatre, the title role in Richard III at Guildford Read more