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We’re the Theatre & Performance Research Association (UK). Our 2024 conference will be held at University of Northumbria.

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#TaPRA2024 will kick off in ONE WEEK. If you are registered to attend, you should have recieved a link to Sched, which is the online hub for all things conference. If you are having any difficulties accessing this, please be in touch with your working group convenors or the exec!
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We are grieving over the death of Prof Mike Pearson whose work as a theatre maker, scholar & educator inspired and influenced so many of us. Here he is performing at the 2018 TaPRA conference at @AberystwythTFTS . Love & condolences to his family, friends, students & colleagues.
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We are devastated to hear of the death of Dr Catherine Silverstone, Head of School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London. Our hearts go out to her students, colleagues, family and friends.
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We are devastated to learn of the death of Professor Phillip Zarrilli, a great theatre-maker, teacher and writer. Our thoughts are with his family, friends, colleagues and students all around the world. He is already missed.
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Congratulations to Professors Helen Nicholson, Nadine Holdsworth and Jane Milling on their David Brady prize!! #TaPRA2019
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We are delighted to announce that Dr @adelina_ong is the new Early Career Researcher (ECR) representative on the TaPRA Executive Committee!
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This petition has been started by our colleagues at @sibmas_org (the International Association of Libraries, Museums, Archives & Documentation Centres of the Performing Arts) to save the @V_and_A Theatre & Performance department. Please sign & circulate.
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Congratulations to DR RACHEL HANN at @UniOfSurrey , who has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her ground-breaking monograph, "Beyond Scenography"!
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Congrats to DR ADAM ALSTON ( @alston_adam ) @UniOfSurrey & DR MARTIN WELTON ( @mart_welton ) @QMULsed , who have been nominated for the TaPRA Editing Prize for their beautiful book ‘Theatre in the Dark: Shadow, Gloom and Blackout in Contemporary Theatre’ a @MethuenDrama publication
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In case you missed it, #TaPRA23 will be hosted by University of Leeds @UniversityLeeds from Wednesday 30 August to Friday 1 September 2023. We can't wait to see you there!
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Election Results: Congratulations to @roberta_mock on being elected to the position of TaPRA Chair.
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We are currently preparing our answers and scoring for the OfS consultation on the reduction of funding for performing arts subjects. We will share these here and via the @SCUDD_UK email list tomorrow (Tuesday), so that folk can use it as a template for their own responses.
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Congratulations to PROF HELEN NICHOLSON ( @RHULDrama ), PROF NADINE HOLDSWORTH ( @warwickuni ) and PROF JANE MILLING ( @UniofExeter )! They have been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for their ground-breaking book "The Ecologies of Amateur Theatre".
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Congratulations to DR ANNA HARPIN ( @Spamcan ) at @warwickuni . She has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her monograph "Madness, Art and Society: Beyond Illness," which creates a dialogue between art & psychiatric care.
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Congrats to DR SARAH BARTLEY ( @sarahbartaz ) at @UniversityLeeds who has been nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize for her article “Hard Labour & Punitive Welfare: The Unemployed Body at Work in Participatory Performance” in @ride_journal !
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Hard labour and punitive welfare: the unemployed body at work in participatory performance

This article addresses the performance of labour in participatory arts projects and considers the implications of such activity on perceptions of the unemployed in the UK. Utilising a combination o...

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Congratulations to DR MIRIAM HAUGHTON ( @HaughtonMiriam ) at @nuigalway , who has been nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize for her book, 'Staging Trauma: Bodies in Shadow'!
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Congratulations to PROF JERRI DABOO at @UniofExeter , who has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her book 'Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre'!
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We will be circulating our responses to the OfS recurrent funding consultation later today and are liaising with other subject and research associations about this matter.
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Congratulations to PROFESSOR JEN HARVIE @ProfJenHarvie @QMULsed for her nomination for the TaPRA Editing Prize for the book ‘Scottee: I Made It’, documenting the practice, processes, politics and perceptions of the work of the artist @ScotteeIsFat
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Congratulations to DR JOSLIN MCKINNEY AND DR SCOTT PALMER at @PCI_UniofLeeds , who have been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for their field-defining collection, "Scenography Expanded: An Introduction to Contemporary Performance Design"!
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We understand that this might be a busy & perhaps stressful week for many of our members. Let's thank everyone who has worked on behalf of theatre & performance research and, rather than falling into the trap of competition, remember to be proud of our collective achievements.
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The countdown to #REF2021 , in 2022, is on…
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Please see below for a solidarity statement and commitment to anti-racist practices from the TaPRA Executive Committee. We send our love and solidarity to all struggling under systems of racism.
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TaPRA is one of 18 signatories to a letter in @thetimes today, condemning the proposed redundancies of expert archivists at the @V_and_A which will place the national performing arts collection at risk.
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In case you need to know this, we will have an introvert room at our conference in September. Someplace you do not have to talk, or socialise, or pretend it's always easy.
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Congrats to DR NAOMI PAXTON at @CSSDLondon , nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize for her research on suffrage theatre & the Actresses' Franchise League. This includes her monograph "Stage Rights! The Actresses' Franchise League, Activism & Politics 1908-1958."
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Congratulations to our older sibling, SCUDD, which has changed its name to DramaHE & will be applying for charitable status. It’s great to see this powerful forward vision at such a challenging time for our disciplines.
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@SCUDD_UK Reps unanimously approved changing our name to DramaHE. This brings us into line with allied subject associations such as @MusicHigherEd and @dance_he , and makes us more legible to people outside of the discipline. #DramaHE
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Congratulations to DR LYNNE KENDRICK ( @DocKendrick ) at @CSSDLondon , who has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her authoritative book, "Theatre Aurality"!
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We are deeply saddened by the death of Prof Christopher McCullough. Specialising in Shakespeare, Brecht & 20th c European political theatre, he helped develop Drama as an academic discipline. Our thoughts are with his family, many friends, students & colleagues at @UofEDrama .
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DIARY DATE: All TaPRA members are invited to come together to IMAGINE THE FUTURE OF THEATRE & PERFORMANCE RESEARCH in the UK & beyond on 26 August, 11am-4pm BST. The event will be facilitated ONLINE by @improbable1 using OST, which you can read about here:
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About Open Space technology

Open Space Technology (OST) is a great way for groups to think, talk and take action together. It can work for as few as 5 people, and as many as 5000.

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We are delighted to announce that, following the recent election, DR JOSLIN MCKINNEY @JoslinMcK is our new ‘Research Officer: Awards’. Joslin is a long-standing member of the TaPRA Scenography Working Group. Please join us in welcoming her to the Executive Committee.
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Congratulations to DR STEPHEN GREER ( @stevegreer ) at @UofGlasgow , who has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for his impressive monograph, "Queer exceptions: Solo performance in neoliberal times."
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Congratulations to DR MICHAEL PEARCE ( @drmichaelpearce ) at @UniofExeter , who has been nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Award for his recent body of work that highlights the significant roles that people of colour have played in British theatre history.
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Our annual conference should have been happening this week at Liverpool Hope. We miss you all.
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Congratulations to PROFESSOR LISA LEWIS at @De_Cymru @UniSouthWales ! She has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her monograph, "Performing Wales: People, Memory and Place", which approaches Welsh culture as performative practice.
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We are getting increasingly excited about our annual conference at @UofEDrama in September. We have 3 keynotes, including Prof Harvey Young, who will be speaking on "Undead Performance: Staging Black Life". #TaPRA2019
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We are now an international coalition of 16 theatre, dance & performance associations condemning the proposed cuts to @DTP_Roehampton .
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A reminder that our friends at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education @ATHE2019 are compiling this incredibly useful list of resources for remote teaching of our disciplines. It is growing every day.
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Congratulations to DR KONSTANTINOS THOMAIDIS ( @KThomaidis ) at @UofEDrama , who has been nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize for his body of work in establishing the field of interdisciplinary voice studies. This includes his short monograph 'Theatre & Voice'.
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We are delighted to welcome our new Co-Chairs, @royona , @broderickchow and @RachelHann , to the @TaPRA_ Executive! You can meet them here:
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It’s all over. Thanks to the convenors and all the delegates for a fabulous conference! #TaPRA2018
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TaPRA extends huge congratulations to @KeneIgweonu , the new chair of @SCUDD_UK , and our appreciation to outgoing chair @Dr_Kate_Newey . We look forward to continuing our strong & productive relationship, working together to best serve the UK's performing arts HE sector.
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Huge congratulations to the newly minted PROFESSOR @reid_trish ! Trish has been such an important member of our research community (including as a member of the TaPRA executive committee). Her research focuses on contemporary Scottish and feminist theatre.
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We are delighted to announce the shortlist for the TaPRA 2019 Early Career Researcher Prize! In alphabetical order: * Dr Katie Beswick ( @ElfinKate ) at @UofEDrama for her research on social housing in performance; 1/3
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Huge congratulations to Prof @mmdelgado1 who has won the @ATHE_Theatre Career Achievement Award in Academic Theatre! Maria is an Honorary Life Member of TaPRA for her work toward our establishment as an organisation.
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Congratulations to all our award winners!
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Congratulations to PROFESSOR @LeniGoddard . We are thrilled that she has been recognised for her leadership, her outstanding research, and her important contribution to British theatre culture.
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And congratulations to the newly minted Professor Goddard- the first black British born professor of theatre in UK. Brilliant academic who is doing so much for black British theatre.
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Here's the link to our responses to the government's HE funding consultation. You're welcome to use it to help frame your own but please don't edit this document. Please forward to anyone interested in saving arts education & the creative industries:
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We will be circulating our responses to the OfS recurrent funding consultation later today and are liaising with other subject and research associations about this matter.
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We are greatly saddened to hear of the death, last night, of Professor Noel Witts. His books, including The 20th and 21st Century Performance Readers, continue to inspire and shape our fields. Our thoughts are with his friends, family, former students, and colleagues.
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We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Hans-Thies Lehmann, who was a respondent for the 2006 TaPRA annual conference. His theory of post-dramatic theatre gave us a way to discuss & analyse performances that didn't quite fit the critical frameworks then available.
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Hans-Thies Lehmann ist tot. Wie nachtkritik aus seinem persönlichen Umfeld bekannt wurde, starb der große Theoretiker des postmodernen Theaters gestern in Athen:
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#TaPRA21 has come to an end. Thank you to all who participated & made it feel so important & special. Delegates, the conference video playlist will be available until the end of September, as will the padlet site so you can continue offering feedback. Have a great weekend! 💗
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Such a fabulous keynote discussion between Drs Kareem Khubchandani & Prarthana Purkayastha on non-western drag aesthetics, the legacy of José Esteban Muñoz, aging, vulgarity, serious fun in the classroom, & the liminal pleasures of Meera Syal. #TaPRA21
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* Dr Naomi Paxton ( @NaomiPaxton ) at @CSSDLondon for her research on suffrage theatre & the Actresses' Franchise League * Dr Konstantinos Thomaidis ( @KThomaidis ) at @UofEDrama for his research in interdisciplinary voice studies. #Congratulations #TaPRAECRPrizeShortlist 2/3
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The new National Theatre season features more female than male playwrights.
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Female playwrights star in new National Theatre lineup

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Welcome to David Coates ( @DavidJCoates ) and Matt Franks (both of @warwickuni ) who have recently taken over as convenors of our Theatre History and Historiography working group. Many thanks to previous convenors, Hayley Bradley and Lucie Sutherland, for all their work.
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HUGE thank you to @JoslinMcK , @yaronshy , everyone @PCI_UniofLeeds , and the @UniversityLeeds conference and catering teams who looked after us all with such care and attention 🙏 #TaPRA23
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Here's a great report on arts & humanities research and the impact agenda by Prof @elebelfiore .
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A message from the Theatre & Performance Research Association (TaPRA) and Standing Conference of University Drama Departments ( @SCUDD_UK ) #REF2021 #research #community #PerformingArts #drama #dance #theatre
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What is theatre & performance FOR? What can it DO? On 26 August, we are hosting an online open forum facilitated by @improbable1 to imagine the future of performance research together. Invitations will be sent to all TaPRA members at start of August. Please save the date.
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CfPs for #TaPRA2018 @AberystwythTFTS are now published. See the calls for all 13 working groups here:
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There's only 1 day left to formally respond to the government's proposal to cut specialist funding to HE arts subjects by 50%. Here are our responses to the consultation questions (they are less than straight forward), which you're welcome to use: (1/2)
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The programme for #TaPRA2018 @AberystwythTFTS is now released including overall schedule & WG details
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What a fantastic keynote by Professor @PascaleExeter , the 2021 David Bradby Monograph Prize winner! Drawing on theories of the pre-dramatic, she analysed the fascinating positioning of audiences in virtual productions of Shakespeare during the pandemic. #TaPRA22
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We are delighted that Helen Nicholson, Nadine Holdsworth & Jane Milling will be presenting the David Bradby Memorial keynote at our annual conference: 6-10 September (entirely online). You can book here (early bird rates are now available until 28 June):
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We are part of an international coalition of theatre, performance & dance associations condemning the violence against colleagues and students at Indian universities. You can read our joint statement here.
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It is unacceptable that there is not a single play by a woman playwright in @NationalTheatre 's next season.
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Next season at the National Theatre we're taking you to Australia, South Africa, Ireland, an English coastal town and... Lamonic Bibber. - #TheSecretRiver - #MasterHaroldandtheBoys - #Translations - #Hansard - #Jellyfish - #MrGumandtheDancingBear Public booking 3 May
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Brunel University in London is currently advertising a full-time permanent Lecturer in Theatre position. The deadline for applications is Monday 21 June 2021 (midnight). For full details of the post and the application process please go to:
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Congratulations to DR TRISH REID ( @reid_trish ) at @KingstonUni , who has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her elegant book, "The Theatre of Anthony Neilson."
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Hello members. It is with real sadness that we announce the cancellation of TaPRA2020 at Liverpool Hope University. We took this decision at our Executive Committee meeting yesterday. Given the uncertainty around Covid-19, there was little option to go ahead. 1/2
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Our next annual conference will be ‘hybrid’ and hosted by @LiFTS_at_Essex , 12-14 September 2022. More details are available in the newsletter that went out to members a few days ago. #TaPRA2022
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Congratulations to our @iftrcomms and @nuigalway colleagues on hosting a wonderful conference! We look forward to continuing many of the vibrant conversations at TaPRA2021.
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Shortlists for our TaPRA Awards 2018 have been announced. Incl. projects by Tony Fisher, Kelina Gotman, @SarahGrochala , @margheritalaera , Jo Scott, @DeirdreHeddon & Dominic Johnson, @jpitches68 & Stefan Aquilina. See the full list here:
TaPRA Awards 2018: Shortlists
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Congrats to DR KATIE BESWICK at @UniofExeter , nominated for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize for her body of work on the cultural representation of the housing estate. This includes her monograph, "Social Housing in Performance: The English Council Estate On & Off Stage."
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Congratulations to Kélina Gotman for winning the 2018 David Bradby Award for ‘Choreomania: Dance and Disorder’ with @OUPAcademic .
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Congratulations to DR MARISSIA FRAGKOU ( @marissiafr ) at @C3UPA ! She has been nominated for the TaPRA David Bradby Award for outstanding research for her timely monograph "Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty First Century Theatre: Politics, Affect, Responsibility"
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One thing we should have said more loudly during conference: big thank you to @LiamJarvis who designed our #TaPRA2019 'splash' logo which appeared on slides, brochure and conference bags!
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Kick off! #TaPRA2019
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We're delighted to share & celebrate the 2021 TaPRA David Bradby Monograph Prize shortlist. Congratulations to all! There were an unprecedented number of entries this year, all of astonishingly high quality. The winner will be announced at our annual conference on 6 September.
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INTERNATIONAL STATEMENT FROM A COALITION OF DANCE, PERFORMANCE AND THEATRE ASSOCIATIONS REGARDING THE PLANNED CUTS TO THE PERFORMING ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON @RoehamptonUni
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We are delighted to announce the 2 winners of the 2020 TaPRA Postgraduate Essay Prize: Sky Herington, PhD candidate, @TheatreWarwick and Clio Unger, PhD candidate, @CSSDLondon Congratulations to both! The winning essays emerged from a very strong shortlist.
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We have now revealed all 7 nominees for the TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize 2019. Here's a recap: Sarah Bartley (Leeds) Katie Beswick (Exeter) Bryan Brown (Exeter) Miriam Haughton (NUI Galway) Naomi Paxton (Central) Michael Pearce (Exeter) Konstantinos Thomaidis (Exeter)
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With fresh rounds of redundancies announced at @RoehamptonUni , @dmuleicester and @wlv_uni , we are recirculating this international statement regarding @DTP_Roehampton from 2020 which remains as salient as ever.
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We are now an international coalition of 16 theatre, dance & performance associations condemning the proposed cuts to @DTP_Roehampton .
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Congratulations to DR KATE DORNEY & PROFESSOR MAGGIE GALE at The University of Manchester for their nomination for the TaPRA Editing Prize. Their book, ‘Vivien Leigh: Actress and Icon’ sheds new light on our understanding of the actress in scholarship @OfficialUoM @ManchesterUP
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You can now watch the excellent Decolonizing Theatre, Dance & Performance Studies panel at our 2019 annual conference - with provocations by @LeniGoddard , @royona , @TomCornford , @vladrondeguev & Prarthana Purkayastha - here:
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TaPRA Executive Sponsored Panel:Decolonizing Theatre, Dance and Performance Studies5 September 2019, University of ExeterChair: Professor Lynette GoddardThis...

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We are saddened to hear of the death of Alison Hodge. Our thoughts are with her family, friends, colleagues and all the performers she trained and inspired.
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We are thrilled to announce the shortlist for our 2019 David Bradby Award for outstanding research in theatre & performance! In alphabetical order: * Prof Jerri Daboo ( @jerrijd ) at @UofEDrama , for 'Staging British South Asian Culture: Bollywood and Bhangra in British Theatre' 1/6
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Hi #TaPRA21 delegates. Part 1 of our exec-curated Institutional (Anti)Racism panel is available to watch now, with contributions from @broderickchow , @royona & @adebayomojisola . The link can found in the Sched listing for Part 2, the live session, on Monday 6 September at 14.30.
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Congrats to @margheritalaera for winning the 2018 TaPRA Early Career Research Prize for the project ‘Translation, Adaptation, Otherness: “Foreignization” in Theatre Practice’
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Congratulations to all our TaPRA Prize winners and shortlisted projects. The judge’s comments for the 2018 TaPRA Awards are available on our website:
Winners: TaPRA Awards 2018
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In light of the upcoming @ucu strike action, and in solidarity with our colleagues, we have decided to extend the deadline for abstract submissions for our 2022 conference @LiFTS_at_Essex to 1 April 2022. More info on all CfPs can be found at #TaPRA22CfP
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Congratulations to DR TONY FISHER @CSSDLondon and EVE KATSOURAKI @UEL_News on their TaPRA Editing Prize Nomination for the book ‘Beyond Failure: New Essays on the Cultural History of Failure in Theatre and Performance’.
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Do you know (or are you) an excellent postgraduate student studying theatre/performance? If so, please see 👇. A chance to turn a promising essay, thesis chapter or burgeoning idea into a published, peer-reviewed article and to gain feedback from expert mentors.
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Thinking of entering the TaPRA2022 PG Essay Prize? We are extending our offer to apply for mentorship to 24th September 2021. To be matched with a coach, you need to email the first full draft of your essay to Joslin McKinney: exec @tapra .org by Fri 24 September 2021.
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With #TaPRA21 starting tomorrow morning, let's get in the mood by looking back to our annual conference at @AberystwythTFTS in 2018, which started exactly 3 years ago. It included keynotes by Kully Thiarai and Jim Davis and a durational performance by Mike Pearson.
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Calls for Papers have now been published for TaPRA22, our hybrid conference at @CTR_Essex , 12-14 Sept. Each of our Working Groups has its own theme which you can read here. You can also submit to the PaR Gallery. Deadline for proposals is 18 March.
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London Theatre Seminar, 2 May 2019: ‘Theatre / Performance / Dance Studies is Too White’ - a roundtable chaired by Royona Mitra with Mojisola Adebayo, Lynette Goddard, Cristina Rosa & Roberta Mock (Chair of TaPRA). All welcome!
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Our next London Theatre Seminar will take place on 2 May 2019 at 6:30 PM, at 11 Bedford Square (RHUL Central London), Room 1-01. Please note remainder of our seminars for Term 3 will also take plac…

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The winner of the TAPRA 2021 Early Career Researcher Prize is Dr Katherine Graham ( @kath_graham ) for the essay 'Between material and perception: toward an aesthetic of scenography'. 🤩
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Now THAT was a conference party! #TaPRA22
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Full #TaPRA2017 schedule @SalfordUni now released: incl. 13 working groups, 2 keynotes, 1 gallery, PG events & disco
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We are delighted that registration for our 2022 conference ( #TaPRA22 ) is now open! TaPRA members will find all the details (as well as lots of other news) in the newsletter that has just been sent out.
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Congratulations to DR EMMA COX @RoyalHolloway for her TaPRA Editing Prize nomination for the Research in Drama Education special issue on ‘Envisioning Asylum/Engendering Crisis’
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* Dr Anna Harpin ( @Spamcan ) at @TheatreWarwick , for 'Madness, Art and Society: Beyond Illness' * Dr Lynne Kendrick ( @DocKendrick ) at @CSSDLondon , for 'Theatre Aurality' #TaPRADavidBradbyAwardShortlist 2/6
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Congrats to @DeirdreHeddon and Dominic Johnson for winning the 2018 TaPRA Research Prize for Editing for ‘It’s All Allowed: The Performances of Adrian Howells’ with @thisisliveart & @IntellectBooks .
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