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> The SCUDD Conference this year will be hosted by the University of Lincoln -
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> Regional Spaces, National Stages: Performance beyond London 1945-2010.
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> University of Reading, 17th September  2010
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> Call for papers
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> The term 'regional theatre' is a contentious one, as was its predecessor
> provincial theatre; implying as it does a performance culture that is
> parochial and conservative, or a convenient network of staging satellites
> for shows destined to launch themselves in London's West End.
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> The traditional historical narrative of performance outside London also
> suggests a series of peaks and troughs relating directly to state subsidy,
> both through local government bodies and responsiveness to a more
> centralized Arts Council policy. In this scheme, 1945 marks the
> establishment of the Arts Council of Great Britain, which continued the work
> of the Council for the Encouragement of Music, and Arts (CEMA) in funding
> individuals and companies to perform throughout Britain.  In the 1960s, the
> Arts Council launched its Housing the Arts scheme to build more performance
> venues outside London creating a network of regional theatre spaces. In the
> 1970s, it funded a large variety of touring companies who took work to a
> variety of performance spaces beyond this network. In the 1980s and 1990s,
> reductions in funding saw the closure of spaces and companies before the
> noughties ushered in a new renaissance in cities such as Birmingham,
> Sheffield and Liverpool, as well as new national theatres in Scotland and
> Wales.
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> The  symposium 'Regional Spaces, National Stages' will set out analyse the
> role of performance outside London in Britain's theatrical ecology and seeks
> contributions which supplement or challenge existing narratives, either
> through studies of specific companies, venues or localities or by addressing
> wider topics such as
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> *	notions of local, regional and national and their relationship to
> performance
> *	ethnicity & regional theatre
> *	metropolitan / urban / suburban / rural theatre;
> *	regional theatre as a conceptual / imagined space
> *	relationships between regional theatres and touring companies
> *	the role of regional theatre in training and developing
> practitioners
> *	regional theatre's contribution to the social and economic impact of
> an area
> *	models of regional theatre outside the UK
> *	historiography of regional theatre 1945-present
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> This is by no means meant as an exhaustive list and papers on other areas
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> would be welcomed. The symposium will include speakers ranging from
> academics working in this area as well as practitioners and critics
> including:
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> *	Daniel Evans, artistic director of the Crucible Theatre Sheffield
> *	Lyn Gardner, theatre critic of the Guardian
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> The symposium forms part of a five year AHRC funded project, 'Giving Voice
> to the Nation': The Arts Council of Great Britain and the Development of
> Theatre and Performance in Britain 1945-1995. The project, a collaboration
> between the University of Reading and The Victoria & Albert Museum, aims to
> explore the relationships between subsidy, policy and practice through an
> investigation of the archive of the Arts Council of Great Britain held at
> the V&A. The project comprises of three major strands: histories and policy
> of regional theatre, touring companies and new writing. This symposium is
> the first in a series of events aimed at exploring these areas.
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> Please send a 250 word abstract of your proposed paper to Dr Graham
> Saunders, University of Reading. Email:  [log in to unmask] by 31st
> May 2010
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> Further details about the symposium can be found on the website:
> http://www.reading.ac.uk/ftt/research/ftt-givingvoice.aspx
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> Information about fees and booking will be made available shortly.
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