Performance Studies international are delighted to announce the Call for Proposals for PSi #29, which will be hosted by The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in Collaboration with LIFT (the London International Theatre Festival) on 20-23 June 2024. This hybrid...
In this post-2020 moment, care has become “a keyword of our time” as seen in an explosion of special issues, anthologies, and conferences in theatre and performance studies, of which ATHE’s 2023 conference, “Building from the Rubble: Centering Care,” serves as just...
In the US, calls for prison abolition have gained momentum in recent years and have reinforced the distinction between reform (developing less violent methods of policing, for example) and abolition (creating a world where policing is not necessary). Abolition as an...
WAAPA, EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITYPERTH/BOORLOO, WESTERN AUSTRALIA Stanislavsky was clear that the actor must take their place in the theatre. His writings are full of injunctions to reflexively situate oneself with respect to the stage, set, actors, objectives, and so on....
A new volume edited by Kirstin Pauka, Dennis Gupa, and Catherine Diamond will address the particular contributions made by Southeast Asian live performances of theatre, dance, puppetry, and performance art to further a healthy engagement with nature. Several volumes...
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Women’s Innovations in Theatre, Dance, and Performance We are writing about a call for contributors to an exciting new series at Bloomsbury. Women’s Innovations in Theatre, Dance, and Performance aims to capture the innovations women have made...