UPDATE and early bird registration reminder
PERFORMING HERITAGE: research into practice
The University of Manchester, 3-5 April 2008
Further details of the Performing Heritage conference have now been
announced including keynote presenters and performances. There will also
be a number of opportunities to hear findings from the Performance,
Learning and Heritage project including details of the upcoming project
report.
Keynotes from:
CATHERINE HUGHES is a museum theatre practitioner and scholar, who worked
for many years at the Museum of Science, Boston. She wrote the first book
on museum theatre, Museum theatre: communicating with visitors through
drama (Heinemann 1998) and has just completed a major research project on
museum theatre at Ohio State University.
BAZ KERSHAW is Professor of Drama at the University of Warwick and was
formerly Director of the five-year research project PaRiP (Practice as
Research in Performance). Author of many books including The Radical in
Performance (Routledge 1999) he also has extensive experience as a
director and writer in experimental, radical and community-based theatre.
LAURAJANE SMITH is Reader in Cultural Heritage Studies and Archaeology at
the University of York. She is author of The Uses of Heritage (Routledge
2006) and Archaeological Theory and the Politics of Cultural Heritage
(Routledge 2004).
MARK WALLIS is Director and Artistic Director of Past Pleasures Ltd.
(which he also founded). He has been involved in professional costumed
interpretation since 1977 and is a consultant for the Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation.
Keynote performances:
ANDREW ASHMORE AND ASSOCIATES: ?This Accursed Thing?
TRIANGLE THEATRE COMPANY
A detailed timetable will be available in February, but for those who need
to organise travel and accommodation, start and finish times appear below:
THURSDAY 3rd: Registration begins at 9am. At 10am, the conference will
officially open, to be followed by the first keynote address from Catherine
Hughes and a PLH panel presentation. A full day of activities will include
entertainment in the evening.
FRIDAY 4th: Full day of papers, panels, and performances, including keynote
addresses from Laurajane Smith and Mark Wallis. The conference dinner will
take place in the evening.
SATURDAY 5th: Keynote address from Baz Kershaw will be followed by papers,
workshops and panels. The day will end with a panel presentation where the
key threads of the conference will be drawn together. At this point the
implications of research and development in the field for future policy
will be discussed. The conference will formally close at 3pm.
NOTE: Early bird registration ends 31st January. For details of conference
fees and how to register visit the website at
http://www.plh.manchester.ac.uk/conference.htm
We hope to see you in April,
The Performing Heritage conference team
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