The latest episode focusses on The Majority by Rob Drummond, which I directed in August 2017. Includes interviews with me and Rob, along with researchers Oliver Heath (RHUL) and Kirsty Sedgman (Bristol).
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The Majority in London, 11-28 August
Info here for a new show I am directing at the National Theatre this summer, written and performed by Rob Drummond. Tickets now available.
The script, including my introduction, is published by Bloomsbury Methuen Drama.
I will be taking part in a post show discussion on 24th August.
Demises script published
A script for my devised performance, Demises (2007), was published this summer by Oberon in a new book of texts from the first ten years of the Forest Fringe. Purchase a copy here.
Deep Mapping book
A new book about Deep Mapping includes the article I wrote with Dr. Laura Bissell, ‘Regular Routes: Deep Mapping a Performative Counterpractice for the Daily Commute’. Download the PDF version, or purchase a copy here.
CauseWay at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
CauseWay by Victoria Bianchi, a site-specific performance I directed for the National Trust for Scotland last year, will be presented again at the Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, on 10-12 October 2015. Buy tickets here.
Regular Routes: Deep Mapping a Performative Counterpractice for the Daily Commute
My new article, co-written with Dr. Laura Bissell, has just been published. Read it in Humanities.
Early Days: reflections on the performance of a referendum
Dr. Laura Bissell and I have co-written an essay about how theatre and performance responded to (and contributed to) last year’s Scottish independence debate (available in a special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review on ‘Electoral Theatre’, and accompanied by a short film of interviews with artists).
Reflections on a mobile train conference from Helsinki to Rovaniemi
Dr. Laura Bissell and I travelled north through Finland last year on a ‘mobile train conference’. Our account of the journey is available in Cultural Geographies
Bullet Catch in Vancouver
Bullet Catch by Rob Drummond, a play that I co-directed for the Arches arts centre, will be at the PuSh Festival, Vancouver, 15 Jan – 7 Feb
Herald Angel Award 2012, Total Theatre Award 2012, Belfast Telegraph Critics Award 2013
Rhythmic routes: developing a nomadic physical practice for the daily commute
My keynote speech for the British Sociological Association Postgraduate Conference, co-authored with Dr. Laura Bissell, has just been published. Read it in the Scottish Journal of Performance
