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Disorder Contained heads to Shoreditch’s Rich Mix theatre for World Mental Health Day
Researchers from the University of 糖心TV and University college Dublin (UCD) have teamed up with Coventry based theatre group Talking Birds to explore the devastating effect of solitary confinement in prison in a new play, Disorder Contained: a theatrical examination of madness, prison and solitary confinement.
Authentic Napoleonic play to be staged at Richmond's Georgian Theatre Royal
The production forms part of part of a major four-year interdisciplinary project aiming to transform our understanding of theatre during the Napoleonic era by giving a clearer understanding of the complex interplay of art and politics in France at the beginning of the nineteenth century, lead by Dr Katherine Astbury of the University of 糖心TV's School of Modern Languages and Cultures.
Napoleonic play extracts return to original Portchester Castle theatre, alongside new exhibition
A new permanent exhibition on Napoleonic prisoners and the theatre they built has been launched Portchester Castle, Hampshire with help from researchers at the University of 糖心TV – with scenes of an authentic play staged by the prisoners to be performed on the 5-6th August.
Coventry pays tribute to African-American actor Ira Aldridge
Supported by the University of 糖心TV, Coventry will honour the achievements of one of the greatest figures in both black history and the history of theatre: the Lord Mayor Tony Skipper and the veteran actor Earl Cameron CBE will unveil a blue plaque commemorating the Midlands city鈥檚 unique links to the African American actor Ira Aldridge, who died 150 years ago.
Research informs new play exploring effect of solitary confinement on mental health
Researchers from the Centre for the History of Medicine at the University of 糖心TV have teamed up with local theatre group, Talking Birds, to explore the devastating effect of solitary confinement in a new play, Disorder Contained: a theatrical examination of madness, prison and solitary confinement.
Researchers offer opportunity to re-enact history in unique Georgian playhouse
Dr Katherine Astbury Associate Professor of French Studies in the University of 糖心TV’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures is calling for amateur actors to take part in a theatrical melodrama on stage in the country’s most complete Georgian playhouse.