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ACE funding award for 'The Pool Game'

ACE funding award for 'The Pool Game'
Description
Liz Tomlin's latest playtext, the Pool Game, is to be produced by Geiger Counter Theatre in June 2012.
Date:
03/04/2012

Jerusalem Tango set for Leeds and London run

Description
New play by Pat Rowe, graduate of our MRes in Playwriting Studies.
Date:
02/04/2012

'How a novel evolves, and other stories'

'How a novel evolves, and other stories'
Description
April lecture to be delivered by Drama alumna, Emma Darwin, author of 'The Mathematics of Love' and 'A Secret Alchemy'.
Date:
27/03/2012

New 'PhD by Distance Learning' approved

New 'PhD by Distance Learning' approved
Description
University Senate approves new PhD by Distance Learning study mode in Arts and Law subject areas.
Date:
27/03/2012

Popular Exhibitions, Science and Showmanship, 1840-1910

Description
Dr Caroline Radcliffe and Dr Sadia Qureshi contribute chapters.
Date:
21/03/2012

Manuscripts Still Matter

Manuscripts Still Matter
Description
Dr Caroline Radcliffe to speak at British Library conference in April.
Date:
21/03/2012

The Inventory: Jude Kelly

The Inventory: Jude Kelly
Description
Financial Times interview with Southbank Centre artistic director Jude Kelly, graduate of our Single Honours Drama degree.
Date:
27/02/2012

The Big Interview: Madani Younis

The Big Interview: Madani Younis
Description
MPhil Playwriting graduate (2002) Madani Younis talks to the Yorkshire Post about becoming the artistic director of the Bush Theatre, London.
Date:
09/01/2012

How to humanise Thatcher

How to humanise Thatcher
Description
Drama and English graduate Phyllida Lloyd interviewed in The Guardian on directing Meryl Streep in 'The Iron Lady'.
Date:
09/01/2012

Pantomime – The perfect form of Christmas entertainment? Oh yes it is!

Description
Research from the University of Birmingham has highlighted striking similarities between today's Saturday night television talent shows and another great Christmas tradition, the Victorian pantomime. The appeal of pantomime in providing spectacle, melodramatic villains and a guaranteed happy ending for a Victorian audience is paralleled today in Strictly Come Dancing and the X Factor.
Date:
19/12/2011
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