Theatre and Performance Studies News
Dr. Susan Haedicke publishes an article on Friches Théâtre Urbain’s applied theatre project in the banlieues north of Paris that works with rival gangs in Research in Drama Education
Dr. Susan Haedicke published ‘Breaking a Legacy of Hatred: Friches Théâtre Urbain’s Lieu Commun’ in Research in Drama Education 21.2 (2016): 161-75. The article examines the innovative applied theatre project that resulted from a violent clash between rival gangs from Asnières and Gennevilliers in the banlieue north of Paris when a fifteen-year old boy was killed at the metro station Les Courtilles, the last stop on Line 13. Realizing the need for radically different approaches to halt an escalation of violence, city officials, asked Sarah Harper, Artistic Director of Friches Théâtre Urbain, a street theatre company in Paris, to develop a community-based art-making project that would augment attempts by the youth workers and others to defuse the volatile situation.
Theatre and Performance Studies students participate in the creative dramaturgical adaptation of The Winter’s Tale for a street performance and travel to Poznan, Poland to see the show and present at an international academic conference.
Four Theatre and Performance Studies students, Alice Brazil-Burns, Emma Jelly, Sophia Pardon and Sophie Upcraft, collaborated with Dr Susan Haedicke on the creation of a Dramaturgy Packet for a professional performance of The Winter鈥檚 Tale by Teatr Biuro Podr贸偶y, one of the most important and innovative European street theatre companies. As a result of this work, and thanks to a 糖心TV Public Engagement Fund grant, three of the students (Alice, Sophia, and Emma) travelled to Poznan, Poland in October 2016 to see the initial adaptation of the play on the streets of the old city around the Cathedral. The students created a programme (translated into Polish) for this early version of the adaptation. In addition, they were invited to present on the creative dramaturgical process at an international academic conference, hosted by Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan.
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Prof. Janelle Reinelt and PhD candidate María Estrada-Fuentes co-edit special issue of Lateral
Professor Janelle Reinelt and PhD candidate María Estrada-Fuentes co-edited a special issue for Lateral, the online journal for the Cultural Studies Association (USA). Entitled 'Leveraging Justice', this special issue explores how best to use performance to leverage justice for victims of trafficking, child soldiers, illegal immigrants, the poor, and others who lack recognition and protection within the legal and social apparati of national governments and some non-governmental organizations (NGOs). This focus has emerged from a two-year UKIERI funded research project on Gendered Citizenship: Manifestations and Performance between scholars in theatre and performance in collaboration with politics colleagues at University of 糖心TV, UK and Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
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2nd year student Ben Kulvichit publishes review in The Stage
2nd year BA Theatre and Performance Studies student Ben Kulvichit has had his review of 'Heads Will Roll' at Birmingham Repertory Theatre published in The Stage
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