50th Birthday Celebrations

Between September 2025 and September 2026 Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick celebrates its 50th Birthday (insert balloons, party poppers and a huge cake here)! It was in 1975 that the Department of Theatre Studies was created and took on its first students, when Michael Booth, an established scholar of nineteenth century theatre, moved from Canada to England to become its founding Professor and Chair. He was joined in 1976 by Richard Beacham and Clive Barker and, within the next two years, by Geraldine Cousin (1977) and Margaret Shewring (1978).

We want to celebrate this important milestone for Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick and would like you to join us. We would appreciate you completing the brief form below, to help us to understand how you might want to celebrate with us:

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How would you like to celebrate our 50th birthday with us? What sort of activities and events would you like us to host? What activities and events would you engage with?

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