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.
Andy Lavendar and Janelle Reinelt (Emeritus Professor) have articles in the latest edition of Performance Research (On Politics).
View Theatricalizing Protest The chorus of the commons by Andy Lavender and Politics Populism Performance by Janelle Reinelt
SCAPVC’s Lucy Brydon is serving as a judge on the The Hibernation Film Festival Bear Jam Productions:
https://bearjam.co.uk/work/thehibernation/
Bear Jam Productions proudly presents The Hibernation Film Festival. A festival born out of the recent events that have unfolded across the globe. However, despite being confined to our homes, we are turning this pandemic on its head and want to celebrate filmmakers’ work from around the world. So, we have decided to not only “Do More Video,” but to host our very own online festival.
Shoot Festival in partnership with Coventry City of Culture Trust and Belgrade Theatre present:
SHUT DOWN BUT SCRATCHING
As we find ourselves in deeply challenging times, now more than ever emerging artists need support. The doors to the creative industry have been slammed shut and with that, almost all of the opportunities to make new work.
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.