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.
Phd Researcher, Alison Porter has been long-listed for the National Poetry Prize 2019!
Congratulations to Alison who was longlisted out of the 16,000 applicants for the National Poetry Prize 2019. Her work was also long-listed in 2015.
National Theatre at Home, plays streamed every Thursday
From April 2, under the banner of National Theatre at Home, every Thursday (7pm) will see a new National Theatre play released – free to watch for one week – along with bonus content including cast and creative Q&As and post-stream talks.
Clive Barker Award for Performance
This award is designed to provide practical and financial support for Theatre and Performance Studies students who plan to create a piece of extra-curricular performance work in the department with a view to submitting this work to the Edinburgh Festival or a similar public platform. The recipients of this award will receive up to £600 to help mount the work.
Theatre and Performance Studies are hosting a live chat for new MA Programmes
Join us online to find out more about our two new, exciting MA programmes – MA Applied Theatre: Arts, Action Change and MA Playwriting and Adaption: Stage, Screen and Beyond.
Key academic staff teaching on the courses will be available to tell you more about the degrees, and to answer any questions you may have.
Sign up here: https://meetandengage.com/b8h6g0b8t