Uncle Vanya, Ghosts and When the Crows Visit There is a long history of contagion as a metaphor for the proliferation of desire in theatre. In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Benvolio advises Romeo to get over Rosalind by taking ‘some […]
43 Gordon Square, Birkbeck, University of London 6th June 2019 ‘Conversations on Care and/in the Community’ invited researchers and writers from a number of disciplines to engage in a series of conversations surrounding these new social and spatial conditions of […]
Conversations on Care and/in the Community 12.30 – 6.30 Keynes Library, 43 Gordon Square, Birkbeck, University of London 6th June 2019 Experiences and practices of care have changed dramatically in the past three decades. Since the passing of the NHS […]
The Death and Performance Symposium at Sick! Theatre Festival, University of Salford Being seen ‘Death’, Steve Eastwood suggests, ‘is the final representational taboo.’ He is talking about his film Island, a documentary which he filmed over the course of a […]
Bryony Kimmings is talking to her critical inner voice. ‘Haven’t we seen enough theatre shows about metal mothers?’ it says with a leer. It’s a man’s voice, specifically the voice of a male theatre producer with a slightly northern lilt. […]
