Theatre and Performance Studies News

On January 5th and 6th 2015, the School of Theatre and Performance Studies is proud to host a two-day conference on Gendered Citizenship and Performance, featuring academic papers, workshops, and performances by Carran Waterfield, Natasha Davis, Cardboard Citizens and Ice and Fire plus academic presenters from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Royal Holloway, University of Manchester, and University of Warwick.

‘Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance’, GCP is a joint research venture between theatre, film, and politics scholars from University of Warwick and Jawaharlal Nehru University. Supported through a grant from UCG and UKIERI, it will run for two years until 2016.

The full schedule is below:

Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance

January 5-6 2015

Tuesday 5 Jan

10.00-11.15 Welcome: Nicolas Whybrow (Warwick)

Keynote 1: Chair: Janelle Reinelt (Warwick) 

Jenny Hughes (Univ. of Manchester) and Carran Waterfield (Triangle Theatre): Sing for your Supper: Pauperism, Performance and Survival

11.30-1.00 Panel 1: Human Trafficking Chair: Jim Davis (Warwick)

Janelle Reinelt (Univ. of Warwick): Is a Trafficked Woman a Citizen? Survival and Citizenship in Performance

Sohini Chakraborty (Kolkata Sanved): Dance Movement Therapy and Psycho-social Rehabilitation: Model Sampoornata

Urmimala Sarkar (JNU): Putting Pieces Together: Mapping Recovery for Survivors of Sexual Violence

1.00-2.00 Lunch

2.00-3.30 Workshop 1: Cardboard Citizens Chair: Silvija Jestrovic (Warwick)

3.45-5.15 Panel 2: National Figures in Performance Chair: Samik Bandyopadhyay (JNU)

Anuradha Kapur (Ambedkar Univ.): Traversing the Site : 409 Ramkinkars 

Elaine Aston (Univ. of Lancaster): ‘India Unmasked' - Anupama Chandrasekhar's Acid  

Yvette Hutchison (Warwick): Aesthetics of Embodied Activism: Contemporary South African Women

5.15-6.30 Keynote 2: Chair: Bishnupriya Dutt (JNU)

Emma Cox (Royal Holloway) Irregularity: Performing Volitional Noncitizenship'.

6.30-8.00 Conference Dinner

8.00-10.30 Solo Performances:

Internal Terrains (Natasha Davis, Warwick)

The House (Carran Waterfield, Triangle Theatre)

Wednesday 6 Jan

9.00-10.15 Keynote 3: Chair: Mike Saward (Warwick)

Anupama Roy (JNU): 'Polyrhythms of Citizenship

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10.30-12.00 Workshop 2: Ice and Fire Chair: Maggie Inchley (Queen Mary)

12.00-1.30 Panel 3: Citizens’ Encounters Chair: Aoife Monks (Queen Mary)

Maria Estrada-Fuentes (Univ. of Warwick): Towards an ethics of care: Creative approaches to Ex-combatants' Reintegration in Colombia

Silvija Jestrovic (Univ. of Warwick): Murderous Maid: Jean Genet’s The Maids and Domestic Migrants Workers in Saudi Arabia

Susan Haedicke (Univ. of Warwick): The ‘Glasgow Girls’: Many Faces of Child Asylum Seekers

1.30-2.30 Lunch Break

2.30-3.30 Panel 4: Chair: Urmimala Sarkar (JNU)

Milija Gluhovic (Warwick): Citizenship and Religion in these Times

 A.P. Rajaram (JNU) Remembering Sadir: Reclaiming Presence

3.45-5.30 Panel Discussion on Ethics and Negotiation with Government, Funders, and other interested groups: Chair: Janelle Reinelt (Warwick)

Members from Ice and Fire, Cardboard Citizens, Natasha Davis, Sohini Chakraborty, Carran Waterfield

5.30-6.30 And in Closing:

Bishnupriya Dutt (JNU) and Shrinkhla Sahai (JNU) Respond to the Conference

6.30 Closing Reception (Food and Wine)

We are pleased to announce that we have been ranked first in the category of Dance, Drama and Cinematics by The Complete University Guide 2016, an independent guide to third level education in the UK. For more information, and to see how the results are calculated, CLICK HERE.

The Emerge Festival is a collaboration between Warwick Arts Centre and the Institute for Advanced Teaching and Learning (IATL). As well as showcasing the work of graduate theatre companies, we will be running a series of public events to celebrate the University’s 50th anniversary. These sessions will be experimental and participatory but accessible to the entire University community. The festival has been programmed and produced byMatt Burman and Laura Elliot (Warwick Arts Centre) in partnership withJonathan Heron (IATL). We are particularly interested in theatre and performance-making as learning and research in their own terms, and we are delighted to welcome back so many alumni and emerging professional companies.

The 2015 Emerge Laboratory is co-curated by Jonathan Heron (IATL/Fail Better Productions) and Anna Harpin (Theatre and Performance Studies/Idiot Child) with support from Warwick Arts Centre. At the inaugural 2014 Emerge Laboratory, graduate theatre companies (including Barrel Organ, Dumbshow, Fat Git, FellSwoop, Kill the Beast) and alumni practitioners (including producers, performers and writers) participated alongside Warwick students over four days of events and experiments. This year’s theatre laboratory is open to all Emerge practitioners and new members of the IATL Student Ensemble. If you would like more information, please email J.P.Heron@warwick.ac.uk.

There will be five performances from Warwick graduate companies across the festival. Dumbshow, FellSwoop and IATL celebrate the University’s 50th anniversary with a double-bill of performances, a sound installation and an exhibition of materials in Warwick 2065 on Tuesday 3 November. The critically acclaimed FellSwoop present their new show Ghost Operaand the triple National Student Drama Festival award winning Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons from Walrus returns on Wednesday 4 November. On Thursday 5 November, Tit4Twat blur lines between interactive theatre, live art and cabaret in Losers and the multi-award-winning Barrel Organ bring their latest Edinburgh success to Coventry,Some People Talk About Violence .

In the laboratory, there will be co-facilitators, guest practitioners, festival volunteers and workshop participants. While these different roles will involve variable levels of experience, everyone will have equal rights to participate, and the ethos of the collaboration is that of the ensemble. The guest practitioners will be drawn from emerging companies Barrel Organ,Dumbshow, FellSwoop, Tit4Twat and Walrus. If you are a Warwick student interested in theatre and performance-making, you can either audition for this group, volunteer to work as a festival assistant or simply come along to a panel discussion or performance. Why not use this opportunity to see where you can be when you graduate!

Shoot a five minute film in 24 hours as part of Warwick's 50th Anniversary celebrations. Teams of up to 6 are handed an envelope with key elements to include in their video which must be completed in 24 hours. Industry judges will award prizes in a number of categories - students, staff, alumni and budding filmmakers everywhere all welcome. Entries close November 13th.