Events

Established in 2013, Critical Costume is an international research network focused on the promotion of new costume scholarship and practice (see: https://www.criticalcostume.com/). The network is led by the following partners: Queensland University of Technology and National Institute Dramatic Arts (Australia) Aalto University

Critical Costume 2022 (CC2022) is the fifth event within the Critical Costume research platform. It will consist of an online conference and a virtual exhibition. Conference presentations will be delivered live, and not pre-recorded. Established in 2013, Critical Costume is an

About Performance Costume Costume is an active agent for performance-making; it is a material object that embodies ideas shaped through collaborative creative work. A new focus in recent years on research in the area of costume has connected this practice in

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

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