Ava Hunt is a practitioner in theatre for young people and  is as a researcher and Senior Lecturer at University of Derby.

With a long career in acting in TV, film and the corporate world, she  also works as a director and producer. Ava  was Artistic Programmer for Hull Truck and Associate Director for CAST, was co-founder of Tangere  Arts with David Johnston, and now runs her own production company focussing mainly on theatre with and for refugees. She has worked internationally: Palestine, Sri Lanka, Russia, Czech Republic, Romania, Australia, India, New Zealand, USA, Sweden, Norway, and Austria.