Steve Bottoms (above) is Co-Director of the Multi-Story Water project, and is managing the our activities in Shipley. Steve is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Manchester, although he lives in Leeds, and is originally from Sheffield (and a proud Unitedite).  An experienced theatre director and sometimes performer, Steve has written books on topics as diverse as American playwright Edward Albee and female-to-male drag performance. In 2010-11 he co-ordinated the AHRC network project “Reflecting on Environmental Change through Site-Based Performance”. He recently made a site-specific solo show touring the “the longest corridor in Europe”, at Leeds University