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.
Creativity & Idea Generation
Express your creativity with Tik Tok: https://youtu.be/gyix5pr3dUE
Finding Freelance Work in Lockdown: https://youtu.be/7GSpSWzY9FI
Standing out from the Crowd: https://youtu.be/KTVtFC3Ykbo
I’d love to hear your thoughts on these videos. We have lots of great sessions planned, details of our summer plan are here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/enterprise/summer-term-online/
Clare Green
Creative & Digital Communities Manager
David Coates has an article published: ‘Amateur Theatre Networks in the Archive’ Performance Research’s special issue ‘On Amateurs’
It is available through the library or https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/67DYCCYI6AXQ9DQWCUEY/full?target=10.1080/13528165.2020.1736751
Congratulations to Lucy Chamberlain for securing a place on the TeaMWork virtual internship 2020 scheme !
There were hundreds of applications across the three universities, Warwick, Monash Australia and Monash Malaysia, WELL DONE!
Theatres' David Coates is shortlisted for Warwick Awards for Personal Tutoring Excellence!
Well done to David, this initiative recognises the importance of academic support to our students and seeks to celebrate the work of the University's dedicated network of Senior and Personal Tutors. We will keep our fingers crossed for you!