Maggie Kinloch
Vice Principal and Director of Drama
Acting
Professor Maggie Kinloch FHEA FRSA
Maggie is Vice Principal and Director of Drama at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and
Drama in Glasgow. She has worked at a senior level in the Higher Education Drama
Conservatoire sector throughout the UK since 1994.
Educated at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and the University of Glasgow,
Maggie has taught drama in secondary and special schools; been Director of Drama at Glasgow Arts
Centre; and Associate Director of TAG and Annexe Theatre Companies. Following five years as
Chief Executive and Artistic Director of the Byre Theatre in St Andrew’s, Maggie moved into
education at London’s Central School of Speech and Drama, moving back to Scotland in 2001.
She was Head of the School of Drama at Queen Margaret University for 5 years, prior to her
appointment at RSAMD. She has extensive Committee and Board experience with a range of arts
organisations. This currently includes:
- Chair of Glasgay Festival
- Serving as a member of the Board of Directors of the National Theatre of Scotland
- Serving as a member of the International Advisory Panel of the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, USA.
- Serving as a Director of the European League of Institutes of the Arts
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