Dominic Hingorani

Professor Dominic Hingorani

Head of Department

Director

Performing Arts

Department of Music, Writing & Performance , School of Arts and Creative Industries

Dominic is a Professor of Performing Arts and Strategic Lead for Impact and Innovation in the School of Arts and Creative Industries.   He is also Creative Director of ‘The Source’ Professional Arts Venue and UEL’s Partnership with Newham Youth Empowerment Service.  Dominic also leads the delivery of the Newham Place Partnership for Creative Newham.

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • Theatre Directors Guild

Areas Of Interest

  • Theatre and performance
  • Representation, inclusion and access in the arts and heritage
Dominic Hingorani

OVERVIEW

Dominic is strategic lead for Impact and Innovation for The School of Arts and Creative Industries and co-Director of the Centre for Inclusive Research in Creative Arts (CIRCA).

He is Creative Director of ‘The Source’ professional Arts Venue and the groundbreaking partnership with Newham Youth Empowerment Service.

Dominic also leads the delivery of the Newham Place Partnership for Creative Newham which is a £1.6M three-year project to create 46 diverse cultural producers in the borough.

Dominic’s research is through publishing and practice and focuses on methodologies of inclusion and contesting structural inequalities in relation to access and participation in the Arts, Heritage and the Creative Industries.

Dominic is joint Creative Director of Brolly Productions CIC a cross arts company that stages sensitive histories creates new roles in the repertoire for under-represented artists and develops new participants & audiences for the Arts and Heritage.

Brolly’s create national touring productions, films, installations, podcasts, commissions and work includes; ‘The Stopping Place’ (2024), ‘The Powder Monkey’ (2019) ‘her’ (2017) Guantanamo Boy (2015). 

External roles

CURRENT RESEARCH

Dr Hingorani's research practice contests the position of marginal voices within the mainstream and aims to develop innovative cross-arts performance work for new and diverse audiences, especially among those who may not have attended an arts event before.

Research centres

PUBLICATIONS

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Publications

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Teaching