Theatre and Performance Studies News
TOP STORY: TaPRA 2025 Conference to be hosted at Warwick
We're delighted to announce that the annual Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA) conference will be hosted by Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick between 27 and 29 August 2025. The conference will mark both the 20th birthday of TaPRA and the 50th anniversary of Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick. Our conference keynotes, plenary panels, artistic activity, conference dinner and programmed events will speak to the themes of milestones and markers, focussing on celebrations, festivities, spectacle and joy. We'll look forward to welcoming you to Warwick next year!
To keep up to date with the conference plans, please visit our dedicated TaPRA pages here.
Society for European Festivals Research - Turin Conference
As a co-founder and convenor of the Society for European Festivals Research, Margaret Shewring is hosting a conference in Turin from 18 to 20 September (2019), on ‘The Role of Courtly Spectacle in the Politics and Diplomatic Entanglements of the House of Savoy in the Renaissance and Early Modern Periods (1450–1750)’. Turin, the capital city of the Piedmont region in northern Italy, used to be a major political centre and has a rich culture and history, with part of the historical centre of Turin, the Residences of the Royal House of Savoy, added to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list in 1997.
Twenty-five speakers, from a range of academic disciplines and professional backgrounds, including curators and archivists, will be taking part. The conference, a joint initiative in collaboration with the State Archives of Turin and with support from the University of Warwick (Theatre and Performance Studies, Centre for the Study of the Renaissance and Connecting Cultures), will take place in the auditorium of the State Archives and will be open to the general public.