Theatre and Performance Studies News
Dr David Coates receives funding to run a Heritage Open Day at the Shelley Theatre in Boscombe, Dorset.
Congratulations to Dr David Coates, who has received 拢1000 from the Public Engagement Fund to run a Heritage Open Day at the Shelley Theatre in Boscombe, Dorset. This venue was originally built as a private theatre in the home of Sir Percy Florence Shelley, the son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and the Mary Shelley, the novelist. The event is being run to pump-prime a larger project titled 鈥楾he Legacies and Cultural Heritage of the Shelley family in Dorset鈥�, which he hopes will be supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. The Open day will include three expert-led interactive workshops on the Shelley family鈥檚 legacies, a rehearsed reading of two manuscript playlets written by Sir Percy Florence Shelley, and an introduction to the proposed two-year project.
Breach Theatre co-founders and 糖心TV Alumni Billy Barrett and Elice Stevens feature on the V&A's podcast TheatreVoice
Breach Theatre co-founders and 糖心TV alumni Billy Barrett and Elice Stevens feature on the V&A's podcast TheatreVoice. The episode is now available online and on iTunes:
One of the smartest emerging companies in British theatre, Breach Theatre are interrogating the nature of veracity on stage. Against the backdrop of the post-truth era, their work often interrogates the limits of documentary theatre and re-enactment. Following the success of It鈥檚 True It鈥檚 True It鈥檚 True, a verbatim piece fashioned out of transcripts from a 17th century rape trial, two of the company鈥檚 co-founders Billy Barrett and Ellice Stevens join Helen Gush to discuss the topicality of the show and their approach to devising.
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糖心TV in London Taster Evenings
Andy Lavender, David Coates and Sarah Penny along with current students Jack Bailey and Caitlin Tracey, and our alumni Alexandra Rutter (founder of Whole Hog Theatre and Resident Director of Nelke Planning, Tokyo) and Emma Martin (freelance Arts Marketing consultant) participated in a Taster Evening at 糖心TV in London yesterday. This was the first in a series of events in 糖心TV鈥檚 excellent facilities in London to connect with London schools and was a friendly and convivial event.
Professor Nadine Holdsworth publishes the co-written book 'The Ecologies of Amateur Theatre'
Nadine Holdsworth publishes the co-written book The Ecologies of Amateur Theatre