Dorothy Max Prior is a writer and artist working across many disciplines and genres, from theatre/performance, live art, music and installation to creative non-fiction, cultural commentary and arts journalism.

Max has more than forty years experience in the performing arts – from punk-rock drummer to performance artist; ballroom dance teacher to street theatre director/choreographer, and site-specific performance and installation maker. She has a particular interest in immersive and interactive work that is placed outside of regular theatres, galleries and arts spaces.

Her non-fiction writings have been published in numerous books, including Punk is Dead: Modernity Killed Every Night, (Zero books 2017) and Showboat: Punk/Sex/Bodies (Dashwood Books, 2016); and in journals including Total Theatre Magazine, which she edits.

She is a founder member of experimental music group Rema Rema, whose album Fond Reflections was released by 4AD in 2019, and she is a former member of Psychic TV. She continues to use sound as a crucial element of her performance and installation work.