Theatre and Performance Studies News
Cultures of the Left: Manifestations and Performances Colloquium hosted at Warwick
Cultures of the Left: Manifestations and Performances
Colloquium June 5th and 6th
(Supported by British Academy and Connecting Cultures GRP
On the anniversary of the October Revolution, questions of the Left have been re-emerging as timely and urgent. This colloquium explores how to live and do Leftist politics in response to injustices of our own time.
After workshops at Warwick (UK) and JNU (India) earlier this year, British Academy Partnership project Cultures of the Left: Manifestations and Performances gathers again for a series of talks and discussions, asking: How can the cultural and ethical legacy of the Left inspire political resistance under neoliberalism? How does cultural Left imagine and perform new ways of doing Left politics to integrate a range of issues (i.e. immigration, nationalism, gender, etc.)? Can performances and manifestations of the cultural Left be explored as means of rethinking the structure of Leftist political organisation and mobilisation in a global context?
Keynotes:
Dr Ameet Parasvaram (JNU) & Dr Igor Štiks (University of Edinburgh):
Speakers:
Prof. Elaine Aston (Theatre, Lancaster University)
Prof. Samik Bandyopadhyay (Theatre, JNU)
Dr Anna Hájková (History, Warwick)
Dr Brahm Prakash (Theatre and Performance, JNU)
Prof. Andy Lavender (Theatre & Performance Studies, Warwick)
Prof. Janelle Reinelt (Theatre & Performance Studies, Warwick)
Prof. Anupama Roy (Centre for Political Studies, JNU)
Dr Mallarika Sinha Roy (Women Studies, JNU)
Dr Illan Rua Wall (Law, Warwick)
Contact: s.jestrovic@warwick.ac.uk
Jim Davis and Anna Harpin short-listed for Book Awards
Two Warwick theatre and performance academics have been short-listed by the Theatre and Performance Research Association for book awards. Jim Davis’s monograph Comic Acting and Performance in Late-Georgian and Regency England has been shortlisted for the David Bradby TaPRA Award for Research in International Theatre and Performance. Anna Harpin’s Performance and Participation: Practices, Audiences, Politics, jointly edited with Helen Nicholson, has been shortlisted for the TaPRA Prize for Editing (Edited Collection or Special Issue).
Dr. Anna Harpin's new show 'WHAT IF THE PLANE FALLS OUT OF THE SKY?' now on national tour
What if the plane falls out of the sky? is a playful and unusual story-led piece about fear, anxiety, and the idiosyncratic and frankly absurd strategies we employ to manage our sense of impending doom. It involves a moving story set in the grounds of Fear Camp, gleeful audience participation, and complimentary in-flight drinks and snacks. What if the plane falls out of the sky? is a tender and giddily-told story about feelings we all recognise.
Presented by Idiot Child with Bristol Old Vic Ferment, What if the plane falls out of the sky? is touring in Spring 2017. Venues include Bristol Old Vic, Shoreditch Town Hall, and the Bike Shed, Exeter.
Find out more about Idiot Child and the tour here: https://www.idiotchild.com/
Professor Andy Lavender joins the School of Theatre & Performance Studies and Cultural & Media Policy Studies
We are delighted to announce the arrival in the School of Professor Andy Lavender who joins us from the University of Surrey where he was Head of the School of Arts for five years. Andy’s most recent book is Performance in the Twenty-First Century: Theatres of Engagement (2016) and he will be teaching a 30 CAT 2nd year module next academic year on Tragedy in Performance: Conventions, Discourses, Dramaturgies. He also has a strong interest in practice as research and the use of digital technologies in multimedia performance.
From 1st August 2017 Andy will take over from Nicolas Whybrow as Head of the School of Theatre & Performance and Cultural & Media Policy Studies.