The Centre holds the archive of Many Voices, a four-year research project which investigated the theatre’s response to the UK’s multicultural profile and the potential for intercultural performance, and features the contributions of distinguished artists and scholars from all five continents, and UK companies including Pan Intercultural Arts, Yellow Earth Theatre, Kali Theatre Company, Nitro, Border Crossings, Talawa Theatre Company and Tara Arts.
The Centre continues this work through Sustained Theatre initiatives. The College holds The David Bolland Collection of Film and Video on Kathakali, with additional material on other performing arts of Kerala. This unique archive was donated by David Bolland, curated by Anthony Hozier, Professor Emeritus of the College, and blessed by Kalamandalam Gopi, Director of the Kala Chethena Kathakali Company.
Fellows of the College associated with the work of the Centre include Yvonne Brewster, Ray Fearon, David Tse Ka-Shing, Paulette Randall, Janet Steel, Ben Thomas, Richard Demarco, Philip Hedley and Jatinder Verma; and the Centre’s Visiting Professors are Michael Walling, Artistic Director, Border Crossings; and Wlodzimierz Staniewski, Director, Centre of Theatre Practices Gardzienice. During 2011–12 this Centre continues initiatives to work with theatre artists and drama schools in Poland, Jamaica and Kolkata, India.
