Theatre and Performance Studies Projects
Theatre Societies at Warwick
Potential supervisors: Dr Ronan Hatful (Ronan.Hatfull@warwick.ac.uk) and Dr David Coates (D.J.Coates@warwick.ac.uk)
In 2025 Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick marks its 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, we’d like to spotlight student research.
We’re looking for one (or more) students to research the histories of theatre societies at Warwick.
We’d like you to think about the ecology of theatre and performance on campus through extracurricular societies. It may be that you’d like to focus on one particular society, such as Music Theatre Warwick (MTW), Tech Crew, Freshblood, Codpiece or the Warwick University Drama Society (WUDS). Or perhaps you’re more interested in their connectivity, the performance spaces, or the history of students taking work beyond Warwick, such as to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
This URSS project will include research in the University of Warwick’s archive and could also include connecting with alumni.
We’d like some of your research to feature in an exhibition, taking place in the FAB between the end of June and mid-October 2025 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Theatre and Performance Studies.
A History of Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick
Potential supervisors: Dr Ian Farnell (Ian.Farnell@warwick.ac.uk) and Dr David Coates (D.J.Coates@warwick.ac.uk)
In 2025 Theatre and Performance Studies at Warwick marks its 50th anniversary. As part of the celebrations, we’d like to spotlight student research.
We’re looking for one student to research the history of the discipline of Theatre Studies at Warwick.
This could include looking into former staff, students, modules and course descriptions and thinking about how the discipline has evolved over time. It could also include interviewing former staff members, finding out about what the course was like from the 1970s to the 2000s and capturing key memories from their time working here.
The project will include research in the University of Warwick’s archive and could also include connecting with alumni.
We’d like some of your research to feature in an exhibition, taking place in the FAB between the end of June and mid-October 2025 celebrating the 50th anniversary of Theatre and Performance Studies.