IFTR 2020, Galway, Ireland 13th July – 17th July 2020 https://www.iftr.org/conference   Theatre Ecologies: Environments, Sustainability, and Politics Deadline for proposals: 31 January 2020   The constantly shifting eco-system that constitutes theatre is the central theme of IFTR 2020 as we come together to consider ecologies of theatre

Critical Costume 2020: COSTUME AGENCY Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO), Norway Workshops: 10-21 August 2020 Conference and Exhibition: 21 – 23 August 2020   We invite artists, researchers, scholars, designers to submit their proposals for workshop-, conference- and exhibition participation Applications deadline: January 5th, 2020   “The

Extended deadline for the submission of proposals: 15 October 2019   CALL FOR PAPERS   Scenographers use drawing as an expressive and communication tool in rehearsal and in performance. They use it as a record of a thought process and an instrument for reflection.

We are pleased to announce the publication of the latest issue of About Performance, which was co-edited by Dr. Rosie Findlay (Course Leader, MA Fashion Cultures) and Dr. Amanda Card (University of Sydney). The issue has the theme 'Fashioning Performance/ Performing Dress', and it features work considering a wide range

The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space was established in 1967 to bring the best of design for performance, scenography, and theatre architecture to the front line of cultural activities to be experienced by professional and emerging artists as

Fashioning Inclusion brings together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners who show that bodies of all abilities and types can be a site for creative self-expression. The challenges of creating with and for different abilities offer new opportunities for

Join world leading designers, directors and playwrights, as well as academic experts, for a one-day symposium of talks and workshops considering the construction and representation of the real in theatre and performance. Developed from initial research into Jocelyn Herbert’s designs for

12th – 14th September 2018 University of Surrey, UK  Theme: ‘Costume Ethics’ Deadline: 16th May 2018 There is something risky about costume. Acts of costuming can render bodies as highly visible, yet discourses of ‘the body’ all too often assign this distinctive agency to acting or

About Costume in Performance This beautifully illustrated book conveys the centrality of costume to live performance. Finding associations between contemporary practices and historical manifestations, costume is explored in six thematic chapters, examining the transformative ritual of costuming; choruses as reflective of

Studies in Costume & Performance is the first international research journal to focus entirely on the nascent field of costume for performance. Please join the launch of this exciting new publication on 2nd February 2017. To celebrate we have invited

The conference will bring together teachers, academics and researchers from a range of international institutions engaged with the teaching of theatre and performance design to explore current pedagogy and provide a discursive platform for exploring new approaches to learning and