Our Advisory Committee
We are absolutely delighted to be able to announce the inaugural two members of our Advisory Committee.
The Advisory Committee, along with our director Yasmin Taheri, meet every six weeks to discuss all things Missing Link, work on exciting plans for the future and ensure we’re always working towards our goal of bridging the gap between under-represented aspiring actors and the industry.
We feel so lucky to have two wonderful and experienced creatives on board, and we are constantly benefitting from their wisdom and expertise!
Debbie Korley
Debbie is a versatile performer who has varied experience in many facets of the arts.
She descends from Huddersfield, despite her neutral accent. She is also a mentor and practitioner and occasionally teaches in drama Schools.
Theatre Credits Include:
The Whip, A Museum in Baghdad, Tamburlaine, Timon of Athens, Little Eagles, Morte D’Arthur, Grain Store, Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, American Trade, King Lear, As You Like it (RSC); Comedy of Errors (RSC/Told by an Idiot);
Beowulf (Unicorn Theatre) Prurience, Welcome To The Home (Southbank Centre), The Residents (Albany Theatre/Teatro Vivo); Cargo (Arcola); King Lear (Talawa/Manchester Royal Exchange/Birmingham Rep); Boi Boi is Dead (WYP/Tiata Fahodzi/Watford Palace Theatre); Too Clever By Half (Manchester Royal Exchange/Told By An Idiot); Black Jesus (Finborough Theatre); Coram Boy (National Theatre), A Matter of Life and Death (Kneehigh/National Theatre); The Endings (Theatre 503); Feathers in the Snow (National Theatre Studio); Cinderella (Theatre Royal Stratford East); Whistle Down the Wind (West End/Tour); Sick (Almeida);
Ten Suitcases (Drill Hall); Aida (Royal Albert Hall); Carmen Jones (Old Vic);
The Vagina Monologues(Mercury Theatre, Colchester);
Film/Television Credits:
Delicious (Bandit Television/SKY); Holby City, Casualty, Doctors, Holy Smoke, Green Balloon club (BBC); King Lear (Saffron Cherry TV/BBC); Creature Of The Estury (Eelyn Lee Productions Ltd) MONSTER (ACE/Barbican); The One’s Below (Cuba/Tigerlily); Presentation (Cbeebies); Night and Day (Granada); Night Fever (Five).
Radio/Audio:
Member of the BBC Radio Rep Company in 2019.
Selling Dreams (Story Glass/ETT); The Whip (RSC); The Archers, Murmuration, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Home Front (BBC Radio 4).
Photo Credit: Jon Holloway
Robin Belfield
Robin Belfield is a theatre director, writer and educator.
He is currently Principal Lecturer at the Institute for Contemporary Theatre in Brighton and prior to this was Young People’s Performance Developer at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Robin was awarded a place on the Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme and since then has worked extensively as a director and writer with many companies across the UK including: The RSC, the National Theatre, Nuffield Southampton Theatres, The Watermill Theatre, The Dukes Theatre, Bristol Old Vic and Theatre Royal Bath. He has also worked for many UK drama schools including: The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, The Oxford School of Drama and Guildhall School of Music and Drama.
In 2018, Robin wrote his first book “Telling the Truth: How To Make Verbatim Theatre”, published by Nick Hern Books.