Research activity located in six centres
- The Stanislavski Centre
- Rose Bruford International Research Centre for Voice and Speech
- Clive Barker Research Centre for Theatrical Innovation
- Research Centre for Multicultural and Intercultural Performance
- Research Centre for New Writing: new work, translations and adaptations
- Research Centre for Technologies in Performance
- Theatre for Young Audiences Research Centre
Several of the centres are connected to a number of Special Collections – for example the unique David Bolland Kathakali Film Archive, housed in the Learning Resources Centre – which serve as both primary and secondary sources for research.
The scholarly journal New Theatre Quarterly is published by Cambridge University Press in association with the College.

