Stefan Aquilina is an Associate Professor of Theatre Studies at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Malta, Co-Director of the Stanislavsky Research Centre (Leeds/Malta), and Editor-in-Chief of the Stanislavski Studies journal. Aquilina's main interest is in modern theatre and performance, especially Stanislavsky and Meyerhold, but he has a wider interest in theatre historiography, actor training, and reflective teaching. Aquilina is the author or editor of six books, including Stanislavsky and Pedagogy, Modern Theatre in Russia: Tradition Building and Transmission Processes, and The Routledge Companion to Vsevolod Meyerhold (with Jonathan Pitches).