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Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence for Jonathan Heron

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:03:33 GMT

The winners of the 2009/10 Awards for Teaching Excellence have been announced and CAPITAL is delighted that Jonathan Heron, Research Associate and Artistic Director of CAPITAL's resident theatre company Fail Better, has been awarded the Butterworth prize.

Exploring Arthur

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 11:38:18 GMT

As part of a programme of events planned around the RSC's production of Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur, adapted by Mike Poulton, Warwick stduents will present their own interpretation of the Arthurian legend at the RSC's open-air stage, The Dell on Waterside in Stratford-upon-Avon, on Sunday 27 June. The performance starts at 3pm. Admission is free.

Other events include a talk by Dr Christiania Whitehead, Senior Lecturer in Mediaeval Literature at Warwick, considering the many ways in which Arthurian legend has been used in in the modern day. The talk wil be in the RSC's Waterside space at 5.30-6.30pm on Saturday 26 June. Admission £5. Book online at www.rsc.org.uk

Tarell McCraney to lead 10-day workshop for writers

Fri, 28 May 2010 17:58:45 GMT

Tarell McCraney, CAPITAL's Playwright in Residence, will be holding a 10 day workshop for writers at the CAPITAL Centre from Tuesday 15 to Friday 25 June. Tarell is currently under commission at Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Rep, The Donmar Warehouse and The McCarter Theatre and has just been announced as the 43rd ensemble member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in Chicago.

Tarell proposes to bring together up to ten people with scripts they want to work on in an open forum. Each will get a day to try out therir work with the grop with talk backs at the end of each day. On the last day Tarell will work with the group on a new piece of his own.

Participants are asked to committ time to attend the whole workshop which will probably run from 12 noon to 6pm each weekday. If you are interested please send a 500 word piece saying why you would like to take part to CAPITAL@warwick.ac.uk by 5pm Wednesday 9 June.

Exploring Arthur: Call for actors

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 17:46:38 GMT

Following the call last term for students interested in devising and directing as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s “Exploring Arthur” weekend to accompany their production of Morte D’Arthur in June 2010, the CAPITAL Centre would like to hear from Warwick students who are interested in performing in a one-hour piece around the theme of Arthurian Legend.

Success at the National Student Drama Festival

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:11:41 GMT

CAPITAL is proud to have supported Warwick's prizewinning entry at this year's NSDF at Scarborough. By the Bog of Cats by Marina Carr won the Festival-Goers' Award (decided by popular vote) as well as individual awards for company members Lizzie Holmes (Judges' Award for Supporting Role), Rio West (Judges' Commendation for Acting) and Rob Morton (Sound Design).

Four CAPITAL collaborators nominated for WATEs

Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:04:40 GMT

Paul Prescott, CAPITAL Lecturer and Jonathan Heron, CAPITAL Research Associate, have both been nominated for Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence 2009/10, as have two CAPITAL collaborators: Ruth Leary (Cultural Policy Studies) and George Ttoouli (Warwick Writing Programme).

The Warwick Awards for Teaching Excellence give students and colleagues the opportunity to recognise and celebrate excellence in teaching and the support of learning. The awards aim to reward members of staff who have had exceptional impact on the student learning experience.

What Good are the Arts?

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 10:26:11 GMT

This CAPITAL-supported student performance project is devised by Claire Stone and Peter Faulconbridge . The production offers an entertaining exploration of the lively debates on the questions 'Do we have a duty to create art that serves a moral purpose? Or should art have no end beyond itself?

There will be three performances in the CAPITAL Studio:

Saturday 27th of February - 7.30 pm

Sunday 28th February 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/capital/performance/studentdrama/whatgoodarethearts/

ReCreating: In Play

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:50:37 GMT

CAPITAL's Playwright in Residence Tarell McCraney will lead a week-long intensive project, 15-19 February, using Shakespeare's King John, its themes, language, and structure to generate new work. Warwick students and staff are invited to work as an ensemble to devise ideas that spring from an exploration of the play which Tarell is adapting for the RSC. The aim is to try out these ideas then and there, putting them up on their feet, teasing them out and using them as building blocks towards an original piece.

Paul Robeson exhibition at Shakespeare's Globe

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:32:12 GMT

A Slave's Son at Stratford - Paul Robeson (1898-1976)

Curated by Professor Tony Howard, this exhibition was created in 2009 as part of Professor Howard's Fellowship in Creativity and Performance project to coincide with the 50th anniversary of Robeson's appearance as Othello in Straford-upon-Avon and the tour of the RSC's production of the play. Having visited Warwick Arts centre, Newcastle and Liverpool, the exhibition is now revived at Shakespeare's Globe in London until 28 February 2010. Admission to the display is included with a ticket to Shakespeare’s Globe Exhibition.

Diary of a Madman at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 09:29:06 GMT

Fail Better Productions, CAPITAL's Company in Residence have re-staged their critically acclaimed show Diary of a Madman (after Gogol, celebrating his 200th anniversary). This piece was named one of the best shows of 2007 in Time Out London and played the Edinburgh Festival Fringe as part of the Underbelly’s 10th Anniversary over a two week run (16th-30th August).