Beri Juraic is a theatre researcher, educator, dramaturg, curator and producer. Before UCC, he has taught at Lancaster University as Associate Lecturer and as Visiting Lecturer at the University of Salford (UK) and the University of Tokyo. In Autumn 2022, he was Visiting Scholar at Kansai University in Japan. He holds a PhD in Theatre from Lancaster University, UK and MA in Japanese Studies from SOAS, University of London.

His research interests concern rehearsal and creative processes, intermediality (sound in VR and immersive performances), curated theatre and performance festivals, dramaturgy and contemporary Asian (particularly Japanese) performance. 

He is a published author with major theatre and performance studies journals such as Performance Research, Critical Stages, Contemporary Theatre Review, Theatre Research International, Verge – Studies in Global Asias amongst others. Together with director Yuta Hagiwara, he received the 2024 Carol Fisher Sorgenfrei Prize for Japanese Theatre Scholarship. He co-convenes International Federation for Theatre Research (IFTR)’s Asian Theatre Working Group. He is currently finishing his first monograph – Errant Tourists: Dramaturgies and Politics of Crossing Borders based on his doctoral project. 

He has worked extensively as a theatre and dance producer, dramaturg, festival curator, venue programmer in Japan, Croatia, the UK, Algeria and France. He also worked as a theatre critic and reviewer for Teatar.hr, at the time largest online portal for theatre in the Balkans. As a dramaturg and producer, he has worked on over sixty productions to date ranging from world or national premieres of highly acclaimed writers (Edward Bond, Mark Ravenhill, Elfriede Jelinek) to creative engagements with small theatre companies across three continents. He continuously collaborates with Lima-born Tokyo-based theatre maker Yudai Kamisato. He is also an associate member of Tokyo-based Kamome Machine theatre company, most recently working as friendly and critical eye on Nanjing Project, dealing with Sino-Japanese history.

• Contemporary Japanese Theatre
• Contemporary Asian Theatre
• Theatre and Migration
• Intermediality (sound and aurality)
• Inter-Asian Queer Performance
• Rehearsal and Creative Processes
• Festival Curatorial Policies and Dramaturgy
• Cultural Policies and Creative Producing from Global Perspectives

Grants prior to joining UCC

UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council / NWCDTP - Scholarship

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation - grant for fieldwork in Japan (2022)

UKRI AHRC/ North-West Consortium Doctorial Training Partnership - grant for fieldwork in Japan (2022) 

UKRI AHRC/ North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership - conference attendance grant (2023) for IFTR

Graduate College Grant - conference attendance grant (2023) for EAJS

British Association for Japanese Studies - conference attendance grant (2023) for EAJS

UKRI AHRC/ North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership - targeted funding for Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange project (2023)

Japan Foundation UK - grant for Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange project (2023)

UKRI AHRC / North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership - targeted funding for Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange project (2024)

The Great-Britain Sasakawa Foundation - grant for Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange project (2024)

Daiwa-Anglo Foundation - grant for hosting Yudai Kamisato as part of Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange Project (2024)

Japan Foundation, Japan (head office) - grant for hosting Yudai Kamisato as part of Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange Project (2024)

Lancaster University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Postgraduate Research Funds - conference attendance grant with Yudai Kamisato (2024) for PSi 29.

Lady Marks Charitable Trust - fieldwork research grant (2024-2025)

UKRI AHRC / North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership - conference attendance grant (2024) for IFTR Manila

UKRI AHRC / North-West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership - project grant (2024) for 'Standing, Walking, Seeing' exchange event with Tokyo-based performance artist Takuya Takemoto, and curator and dramaturg Yurika Kuremiya.

Japan Foundation, Japan (head office) - grant for hosting performance artist Takuya Takemoto and curator/dramaturg Yurika Kuremiya (2024)

Arts Council England - project grant to collaborate with Kamome Machine on Nanjing Project Vol. 5 (2025)

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation - project grant to collaborate with Kamome Machine on Nanjing Project Vol. 5 (2025)

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Lancaster University - conference attendance grant for IFTR annual conference in Köln (2025)

EAJS Conference Fee Grant (2026)