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.
Nadine Holdsworth to receive the High Sheriff Award
Nadine Holdsworth has been awarded the High Sheriff Award in recognition of her exceptional contributions to the community in the West Midlands (Via her Homelessness project).
Marco Polo and the Silk Roads – Call for Applications
Autumn School for Postgraduate Students and Early Career Researchers
Venice, 30 September – 4 October 2024
Research in Drama Education issue 'Confronting the Global Climate Crisis: Responsibility, Agency and Action' co-edited by Dr Rachel Turner-King and Dr Bobby Smith
Dr Rachel Turner-King (Education Studies) and Dr Bobby Smith co-edited the latest issue of Research in Drama Education - ‘Confronting the Global Climate Crisis: Responsibility, Agency and Action’. In this issue, authors grapple with the challenges of utilising applied theatre and socially engaged performance to explore climate crisis in a range of community contexts across the world. The issue is available here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/crde20/current
Theatre and Global Development: Performing Partnerships - Now Published
Bobby Smith has published his monograph Theatre and Global Development: Performing Partnerships, which is available here: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-55725-5