theatre
George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed
Minghella Studios Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, United KingdomProfessor 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 book, George Farquhar: A Migrant Life Reversed, to be published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2018. It examines the tradition of biographical writing about the Restoration dramatist George […]
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication collections and archives open afternoon
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication TOB 2, Earley Gate, Whiteknights Campus, University of Reading, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomEntertainment: 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 cross–disciplinary research and other activities. We begin with short talks, including by Rick Poynor on National Theatre posters, David Plant on material from the John […]
Research Seminar: Encountering Europe on British Stages
Studio Space 102, Minghella Studios Minghella Building, Reading, Berkshire, United KingdomEncountering 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 turmoil that the Brexit vote caused in British politics and society, there has been a lot of conversation about the role of theatre before and […]
Social Media Technologies in Immersive Performance
Minghella Studios Minghella Building, Whiteknights Campus, United KingdomYou 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 at Minghella Studios, University of Reading The research project User Not Found: Social Media Technologies in Immersive Performance, based at the University of Reading, […]