She is Professor of Theatre and Performance and is the first female Head of the School of Arts at the University of Bristol.
She is known for her academic and educational work in the arts in universities and the public realm and for her championing of women’s equality and human rights.
She is currently working on projects about female performers who challenge the stigmas of ageing, disability and mental health.
A dual citizen of Britain and Australia, Luckhurst was appointed Professor and Director of Artistic Research and Creative Practice at the University of Melbourne from 2014 to 2018 on a scheme that hired in 40 world-leading academics and educators at the top of their fields.
From 1998 to 2014, she was based at the University of York as their first Lecturer in Modern Drama and became the co-initiator and co-founder of the innovative Department of Theatre, Film, TV and Interactive Media.