Associate Professor in Performance, East London Arts, University of East London
Liselle is Associate Professor in Performance at the University of East London. Drawing on a background in community arts, SEN teaching and socially engaged performance, her radical Crip, Queer, Feminist research-practice centres neurodivergent identity and the lived experience of learning disabled and autistic artists. Course Leader for MA Applied Theatre and UEL’s Partnerships Lead for Newham’s Youth Empowerment Services and The Source, she champions inclusive pedagogy and ethical co-production. With Access All Areas, she co-founded the award-winning Diploma in Performance Making for Learning Disabled & Autistic adults at Royal Central, now in its 16th year, and co-formed Not Your Circus Dog Collective, creators of the five-star touring show Not F**kin’ Sorry!, now filmed to drive culture change in statutory and voluntary organisations. With Stay Safe East, she co-launched Yes We Can Have Sex!, a national RSE campaign for disabled young people, at the End Violence Against Women Conference 2026. Her most recent co-written publication, “Disrupting the Hierarchies in the Making of Authentic Learning Disabled, Autistic and Neurodivergent-Led Activist Theatre,” appears in Patterns of Practice (2026).
