In the summer of 2020, as the UK’s first COVID-19 lockdown gave way (at least for some) to the ‘rule of six’, television screens and social media feeds filled with…Read More >
theatre
3rd Symposium on How It Is by Samuel Beckett
Gare St Lazare Ireland and The Samuel Beckett Research Centre Friday 5 March 2021, 10:00 – 19:00 GMT A one day international symposium with guest speakers, panellists and a performance…Read More >
The Politics of Form: Exploring the role different dramaturgies play in determining the political character of a play (Film Theatre and Television Seminar)
Within the context of British theatre, plays are generally considered political if they address current social and political issues within the content of their narrative. Little attention is paid to…Read More >
Social Media Technologies in Immersive Performance
You are warmly invited to join us in Reading this June for: USER NOT FOUND: Social Media Technologies in Immersive Performance A one-day performance symposium Thursday 28th June from 1.30pm…Read More >
Research Seminar: Encountering Europe on British Stages
Encountering Europe on British Stages: Europe as a Canvas Speaker: Dr Marilena Zaroulia, University of Winchester “Since the result of the June 2016 referendum on Britain’s EU membership and the…Read More >
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication collections and archives open afternoon
Entertainment: theatre, music, lotteries, fairs To celebrate 25 years of ephemera studies Typography is hosting themed open afternoons to introduce university colleagues to this amazing source material as inspiration for…Read More >
George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed
Professor David Roberts, Birmingham City University. George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed Studio Space, Minghella, 15.30, Thursday, 12 October This paper is based on the introduction to David’s forthcoming…Read More >
‘Shakespeare and us’ – University professor to give prestigious Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture at the Globe theatre
By Professor Grace Ioppolo, English Literature professor at the University of Reading, and 2017 Sam Wanamaker Fellow at Shakespeare’s Globe Although the Sam Wanamaker Fellowship Lecture was scheduled several months…Read More >
