Blog Posts
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Notes from the Rehearsal Room: In Defence of Rage
I was fortunate enough to shadow the hip hop theatre company Beats & Elements during part of their rehearsal process for the play High Rise Estate of Mind, which ran at the Battersea Arts Centre from 20th-29th March 2019. It will show at Camden People’s Theatre from 7-11th May 2019. This series of ‘Notes from…
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Notes from the Rehearsal Room: What’s it Worth?
I was fortunate enough to shadow the hip hop theatre company Beats & Elements during part of their rehearsal process for the play High Rise Estate of Mind, which ran at the Battersea Arts Centre from 20th-29th March 2019. It will show at Camden People’s Theatre from 7-11th May 2019. This series of ‘Notes from…
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Estate: A Reverie, Screening and Discussion
The University of Exeter Drama Department is hosting a free screening of Fugitive Images’ film Estate: A Reverie, please see below for details — and please share with friends and colleagues, especially those in the Devon area, who might be interested. Estate: A Reverie A film directed by Andrea Luka Zimmerman, produced by Fugitive Images Screening…
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Date for Your Diaries. Seminar Talk on ‘Making Performance in Your Council Estate Home’
I am the speaker at the December seminar for the Institute of Historical Research ‘Studies of Home’ series. 2nd December 2015, 5.30pm, Senate House, London. ‘The Resident Artist: Making Performance in Your Council Estate Home’. Put it in your diaries! Check out the exciting seminar line-up for the rest of the year by clicking here.
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Look at the E(s)tate We’re In
For the past five and half years, I have been undertaking research examining the representation of council estates (or social housing estates) across a number of divergent theatre practices (mainstream, applied and site-specific). In September 2013 I attended a fascinating event, run by artist Jordan McKenzie as part of the Live Art Development Agency’s DIY…