HEADLINE NEWS
World leading research in Drama recognised in the Research Assessment Exercise 2008. Read More.
The Times Good University Guide 2010 has ranked Exeter 4th in the UK for Drama. The ranking is based on our performance in key areas such as research quality, student satisfaction, graduate prospects and entry requirements. See full story about the University’s success.
The Drama Department at Exeter has once again been ranked first in the UK for Drama in the National Student Survey (2008)*.
*based on the average of positive responses across all survey categories for full service universities (i.e. excluding specialist colleges); 51 institutions were reviewed for Drama.
RESEARCH NEWS
Revitalising the Prom: Popular Performance and History at the Seaside.
Jane Milling has received an AHRC award of £28,420 to support a practice-led research project exploring the history and re-activation of the seaside pierrot show, with Tony Lidington, director of the last pierrot troupe in the UK. Read More.
Digital Reconstruction Award
In collaboration with Goldsmiths College, University of London, Computing Department, the Centre for Intermedia has been awarded an AHRC/BT Pilot Research Networking Scheme award of £11,995 for "Digital Reconstruction in Archaeology and Contemporary Performance". The PI is Dr. Marco Gillies (Goldsmiths), CI Professor Nick Kaye (Exeter). The network will initiate new interdisciplinary collaborative research around digital technologies for reconstructing and accessing lost cultural sites and events in areas ranging from archaeology to contemporary performance.
Foul Tide
Honorary Fellow William Stanton's play 'Foul Tide' will be performed March 16 - 24 2010 at the Courtyard Theatre, London. Read More.
Told by the Wind
Phillip Zarrilli has received two major awards to support a practice-led research project, 'Told by the Wind', from the AHRC and the Arts Council of Wales. Read More.
Transforming the way we live in digital Britain
Gabriella Giannachi is a 'spoke' of Horizon Digital Economy Research Hub, a £12m research centre funded by RCUK based at the University of Nottingham (2009-2014). Other spokes are based at Reading and Cambridge Universities. Key partners include: Active Ingredient, Aerial, Alton Towers, the BBC, Blast Theory, the British Library, BT, Experian, Infoterra, Invensys, Jaguar, Leica, Network Rail, Oracle, Ordinance Survey, the Radiator Festival, ScienceScope, and Sharp Laboratories. More information
AHRC Fellowship
We are delighted to announce that Howard Barker is the recipient of the new AHRC-funded Creative Fellowship in the Department of Drama. Howard, who was described by The Times newspaper as “Britain’s most important living playwright” will spend the time continuing his life’s work of re-defining tragedy. The three-year Fellowship will produce, apart from academic papers and symposia, two new plays by Howard on the themes of Plethora and Bare Sufficiency. An international festival to celebrate the 21st birthday of Howard Barker's theatre company will take place on 21st October 2009. More information.
Graduate Scholarships
Graduates of the University of Exeter will receive a £1000 fee scholarship for SALL Masters programmes in the Departments of Drama, English and Modern Languages. To be eligible students must meet the standard entry criteria for the relevant programme and must have graduated within the last five years. More information.
Best Paper
A Best Paper Award was received at CHI 2009 for 'From Interaction to Trajectories: Designing Coherent Journeys Through User Experiences' written by Steve Benford (University of Nottingham), Gabriella Giannachi (University of Exeter), Boriana Koleva (University of Nottingham) and Tom Rodden (University of Nottingham).
More at http://www.chi2009.org/
Music Theatre Grant
David Roesner has been awarded an AHRC workshop grant. It will enable him to conduct two 3-day workshops for practitioners and scholars investigating the creation processes of experimental music theatre. This project will be conducted in collaboration with Prof. Matthias Rebstock of the Universität Hildesheim, Germany, and will result in an co-edited book and a DVD documentation by Peter Hulton.
Grant Success
Jerri Daboo has been awarded two research grants to support her work on the southern Italian ritual of tarantism. An AHRC Research Leave Scheme award will enable her to complete her book, 'Ritual, Rapture and Remorse: the dance of the spider in Salento', to be published next year by Peter Lang. A second award from the Wellcome Trust will enable Dr. Daboo to develop her archival research into the medical history of the ritual.
AHRC Award
Hugo Glendinning has joined the Department as Fellow in the Creative and Performing Arts. Hugo, who has been working as a photographer for 20 years, has collaborated with leading British theatre and dance companies and is regularly commissioned by the RSC, National Theatre, Royal Opera House and many West End theatre producers.
CONFERENCE
"Performing Presence: from the live to the simulated," 26-29 March 2009.
The Centre for Intermedia, Department of Drama, hosted an international conference, "Performing Presence: from the live to the simulated," 26-29 March 2009, at the culmination of a major AHRC interdisciplinary research project led by Exeter Drama in collaboration with Stanford University University MetaMedia Lab and UCL Computer Science. Follow these links for the Conference Schedule.
EVENTS AND STUDENT NEWS
21 for 21
On the 21st October 2009 more than 50 theatre companies across the world joined together in an international festival to celebrate the 21st birthday of Howard Barker’s theatre company the Wrestling School. 21 for 21 was a remarkable event of staged readings, full performances and devised works that rejoiced in Barker’s playwriting, directing, poetry and painting. More Information.
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