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Linda Hassall
A practice-led performance researcher, Linda Hassall’s expertise is in applying eco-critical and landscape analysis to Australian Gothic drama. Linda has 30 years’ industry experience as a director/playwright and dramaturge. She applies her comprehensive knowledge of theatre production to her research pursuits. Her Ph.D research play Salvation Roses was a top ten finalist in the 2012 Queensland Premier’s Drama Awards and was developed into the Del’Arte Chart award-winning production Salvation Project and published as Salvation (2013). Other distinctions include Matilda Award winning play Post Office Rose (2008). Linda has a strong social justice agenda, and wrote and directed The Return (2014), the outcome of an ARC project led by Professor Michael Balfour addressing post-traumatic stress (PTSD) in returning veterans.