You are welcome to join the following research seminar, co-hosted by ARC (Artistic Research Cluster) and PEP (Performance.Experience.Presence research group) at Plymouth University: 7th December 2016, 4.30 – 6.00 pm in Scott 109, Plymouth University Presentations by Dr Anya Lewin & Prof Roberta Mock Fez: The Royal Scent opening up process when you don’t like… Continue reading 7 December 2016: Practice-research seminar with Anya Lewin & Roberta Mock
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30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University), which will feature papers by Phil Smith and David Strang: Wednesday, 30th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Babbage Building, Room 215, Plymouth University “Using character and journey in Symbolist Theatre to make a portrait of South Devon” In… Continue reading 30 November 2016: Performing Arts research seminar
9 November 2016: Seminar on Performance, Ethics & Audience Anxiety
Please join us for the next PEP Talk (as part of the seminar series of the Performance.Experience.Presence research group at Plymouth University): “Bordering on anxiety: on the politics and ethics of unsettling the audience” By Patrick Duggan (University of Surrey) Wednesday, 9th November 2016, 4.30 – 6.00pm Roland Levinsky Building room 207, Plymouth University Through recourse to… Continue reading 9 November 2016: Seminar on Performance, Ethics & Audience Anxiety
10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
Drop the Story: A celebration of solo autobiographical theatre Thursday 10 November – Sunday 13 November 2016 Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon Drop the Story is a festival of solo autobiographical theatre, now in its fourth year, co-organised by Plymouth University PhD candidate, Mo Cohen. Mo is undertaking a practice-as-research into the transformational effects of making… Continue reading 10-13 November 2016: a festival of solo autobiographical theatre at Dartington Hall
New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival
LA SAINTE TRINITÉ Friday 28 October 2016 at 15.30 at the High Street Exhibitional Gallery, Ipswich (as part of the Spill Festival of Performance) Natalie Raven, who is undertaking a practice-research PhD at Plymouth University, is premiering a new piece at the SPILL Festival of Performance. Created in 2007 by artist Robert Pacitti and produced by… Continue reading New performance by Natalie Raven at the SPILL festival
25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)
25 September 2016 at 17:00 The House, Plymouth University Free admission, booking advised Music of Motions and Presence is series of compositions by Federico Visi that make deliberate use of the body movements of the performers. Federico will be playing electric guitar, together with Lara Jones on saxophone and Marco Frattini on drums and percussion. Their gestures… Continue reading 25 September 2016: Music of Motions & Presence (free performance)
Autumn clown classes for adults in Exmouth
Finding the Funny Peculiar: Autumn Clown Classes for Adults Starting 29 September 2016, 6.30 – 8.30 pm at the Kennaway Centre, Exmouth, Devon These classes, led by Dr Maggie Irving, are about letting your hair down and revealing your strangely smart yet fabulously foolish side. Maggie’s AHRC-funded practice-as-research PhD at Plymouth University explored clowning for… Continue reading Autumn clown classes for adults in Exmouth
Exhibition in Plymouth by Kraftwerk pioneer & Plymouth University artist-researcher
SPACE INTERFACE II KARST Gallery, Plymouth 2-10 September 2016 Space Interface II is a collaborative exhibition between Eberhard Kranemann and Mathew Emmett who synthesise hybrid space through mixed reality performance. Kranemann and Emmett act cooperatively to create a multi-level immersive environment in which the performers and audience are encouraged to simultaneously occupy multiple points on the… Continue reading Exhibition in Plymouth by Kraftwerk pioneer & Plymouth University artist-researcher
Feature: “Remembering Archaos: circus with attitude”
BY ROBERTA MOCK It was the summer of 1989 and my heart began beating double-time from the moment Archaos entered their tent on Edinburgh’s Leith Links. The maniacally grinning clown positioned two feet from my head started smashing a flaming baton against a metal tent support. To my left, sparks were flying from a similar confrontation… Continue reading Feature: “Remembering Archaos: circus with attitude”
Feature: “Professional Wrestling: Cultural history made by the people”
With a Cornish Pro Wrestling show coming up on Saturday, 23 July 2016, G.H. BENNETT offers a historian’s view of professional wrestling. ‘Wrestling – that’s fake, right?’ ‘Wrestling – that’s guys in tights or flowery briefs covered in body lotion, yes?’ Wrestling is usually, and swiftly, dismissed for a variety of reasons ranging from perceived artifice… Continue reading Feature: “Professional Wrestling: Cultural history made by the people”