I have been awarded a grant for a project with the Belgrade Theatre, Coventry to begin on completion of my doctorate. This is a highly competative staff fund, for large-scale projects which support the university’s teaching and learning strategy. I obtained this grant with the support of Cath Lambert. The title Read more…
The show got me during its final moments when the young people on the stage said to the audience ‘you have a choice.’ I was enjoying four young people’s portrayal freedom riders in the US; riding the buses to protest against segregation. Part of me, however, wanted to hear another Read more…
(based on the genius song “Agony” from Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim) Did I abuse this (educational opportunity)by showing distain?My brain’s feeling mashed up.I might just lose it;tormented I’m reeling from frontal lobe pain! Agony!VIVA’s out of my reachWhen you’ve had an ideaYet that idea it still defies speech Read more…
An interdisciplinary discussion of the different way people go about doing collaborative theatre work. Talkers on the panel included Omar Elerian, Associate Director of the Bush Theatre,West London, Michael Bywater, and playwright James Wilson. Inua Ellams, who wrote 13 Fairy Negro Tales, started off the evening by performing one of Read more…