THEATRE NOW (CURRENT THOUGHTS, FUTURE PRACTICES)

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By Irish Society for Theatre Research
THEATRE NOW (CURRENT THOUGHTS, FUTURE PRACTICES)
A day of talks an discussions as part of the Irish Society of Theatre Research Symposium.
09:30-10:00 – Registration
10:00-11:15 – Panel: ‘Theatre Now: Current Thoughts and Future Practices’
Patrick Mason, Raymond Keane, Mary Moynihan, Graham Whybrow
Chair: E Weitz – Trinity College Dublin
11:15-11:30 – Coffee break
11:30-12:45 – Panel 2: ‘Racing, lepping, dancing and the Lord knows what’: Rethinking the parameters of Irish theatre history’
Lionel Pilkington, Mark Phelan, Lillis Ó Laoire
Chair: Cathy Leeney – University College Dublin
12:45-13:30 – Working groups
Introduction & breakaway session: Historiography / Comedy / Gender / Class
13:30-14:30 – Lunch
14:30-15:30 – Keynote – Jane Taylor “On Not Keeping Body and Soul Together: an event in the history of the self.”
Chair: Paul Murphy – Queen’s University Belfast
15:30-15:45 – Coffee brea
k15:45-17:00 – Panel 3: ‘Theatre Now: Current Thoughts and Future Practices’
Tom Kilroy, Willie White, Kellie Hughes, Jim Culleton
Chair: R Trench – Institute of Technology, Sligo
The events will be followed by a the launch of 2 books Focus 2012: Interfaces Between Irish and European Theatre, Journal, edited by Maria Kurdi and launched by Melissa Sihra and Staging Thought: Essays on Irish Theatre, Scholarship and Practice, edited Rhona Trench and launched by Stephen Rea.
This is event is currently over subscribed, for more information please conact Eamonn Jordan at eamonn.jordan@gmail.com