Directing and Dramaturgy
VENUE: Faculty of Arts Building (FAB), 3.32
Working Group Session 1
Wednesday, 27th August, 13.00-15.00
Playful Resistance in Black and Intercultural Theatre
Chair: Mary Mazzilli
Clare Finburgh Delijani Tricksters, Clowns and Maroons: Joy as Resistance in Contemporary Afrodescendant Performance in France.
Lynette Goddard Club, Cabaret, and Comedy Techniques as Political Performances of Black Queer Joy.
Working Group Session 2
Thursday, 28th August, 09.00-10.30
Good Feelings, Bad Feelings
Chair: Stef Kerrigan
Tim Cowbury The feel-bad factor? Reasons (not) to go to the theatre.
Nik Wakefield Performing Not Only Joy or Outrage: the mobilisation of political affects.
Working Group Session 3
Thursday, 28th August, 15.30-17.00
Anxious Hope: Performance and Protest
Chair: Mary Mazzilli
Catherine Love-Smith In search of ecological joy: utopian performatives in an era of climate and ecological crisis.
Francesca Medici Dare to be together — Tentative Collective Joy in 2010s British Drama.
Emmanuella Bulua Embodying Joy: Audience Experience and Popular Practices in the Exploration of Jeff Stetson’s Fraternity.
Working Group Session 4
Friday, 29th August, 13.00-15.00
Devising, Adapting, Researching
Chair: Stef Kerrigan
Laura Hayes Joy as a Motor of Play in Theatre-Making.
Kristyna Ilek Beyond the Suffering Artist: Cultivating Positive Experiences in Rehearsal Rooms.
Karen Morash The Complex Ecstasy of Devising Contexts for Performance Writers.
Huiyue Wen The Joy of Creating Screen-to-stage Musical Theatre Adaptations.