Dr Andy Hickson is Director of Actionwork UK. Andy is a theatre Director and has had shows performed at the Globe, Sadlers Wells, Norwich Playhouse and many venues abroad. Andy specialises in using creative action methods to explore violence and other issues. Andy is winner of the Anti Bullying Flame Award and is also a filmmaker and was a runner-up in the 2008 Motorola film competition. Writing credits include Creative Action Methods in Groupwork which is translated into Czech, Polish, Hebrew and Japanese, and The Groupwork Manual (also published by Speechmark) and numerous articles and chapters. Andy has a PhD in education.