Dear all, 

You are cordially invited to V&A Theatre Collections and UEL's joint
conference 'The East End Seen Through Performance'. Please see below for
further details about the conference.

 
Thursday 29 January 2009 10.15 am to 4.15 pm

Sackler Centre Lecture Theatre

V&A South Kensington

Entrance on Exhibition Road

London SW7 2RL


The conference will mark the impending launch of the JISC-funded ELTA
website, and will feature speakers from UEL, Kingston University and Warwick
University, as well as the eminent building historian and conservationist
John Earl. 

There is no admission free, and lunch plus refreshments will be provided free
of charge. 

 
Places are limited for what promises to be a very popular conference, so
please RSVP to [log in to unmask]

It would be appreciated if interested parties could indicate any special
dietary requirements or disability needs in their response. 


Best wishes,

ELTA

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'The East End Seen Though Performance': a conference 

V&A Theatre Collections and the University of East London (UEL) will jointly
host a one-day conference focusing on aspects of 19th and 20th century
theatre in London's East End. The conference will take place in the new
Sackler Centre at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London on Thursday 29
January 2009.


'The East End Seen Though Performance' will herald the impending launch of
the East London Theatre Archive (ELTA) website, due to go live during
February 2009. The website will feature digitised images of rare archive
material sourced from archive collections held by the V&A Theatre
Collections, UEL, and others.

Items relating to theatres such as the Britannia Theatre, New Standard
Theatre, Hackney Empire and Theatre Royal Stratford East will feature on the
webite. The ELTA website, which is funded by JISC, will be freely available
to all researchers on an open access basis.

The conference will allow researchers to explore East London's unique
contribution to the performing arts, which to date has been a comparatively
under-researched subject area. Speakers will cover the last 200 years via
themes including demographics, theatre architecture, and audiences, and will
aim to challenge prevailing notions of East London theatre. 

Our confirmed speakers comprise:


*	Professor Colin Chambers, Kingston University, Reader in Drama,
University of Kingston

*	Professor Jim Davis, Department of Theatre studies, University of
Warwick

*	John Earl, building historian and former Director of the Theatres
Trust

*	Dr John Marriott, Reader in History, University of East London
(Co-Director Raphael Samuel History Centre)


Mark O'Thomas, Director of the Institute of Performing Arts Development
(IPAD) at the University of East London, will chair the conference. A full
programme will be made available nearer the time of the conference.

There is no admission charge for the conference, but places are limited and
are allocated on a 'first come, first served' basis. Free lunch and
refreshments will be provided. 

To book your place email: [log in to unmask]