Event

Festival of Ideas 20th October 2018 – Futurist Feminism

FUTURIST FEMINISM:LIVE-ACTION CHOREOGRAPHY Cambridge Festival of Ideas Saturday 20 October: 3:00pm – 5:00pm Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, CB3 9DP Désirée Ballantyne, former Soloist with English National Ballet, and scholars from the English Department will explore movement responses to the feminist dialogue between two key figures in Modernism: Mina […]

Festival of Ideas 20th October 2018 – Tall Tales

Tall Tales:Giants in Literature Saturday 20th October 2018 12:30-1:10pm in the Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, English Faculty, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP Why do we like reading about giants? What ideas do writers express through them? Let’s visit the realm of giants and see what we can discover! This […]

Apple ‘n’ Spice Work in Progress 21st September 2018

Currently rehearsing in the Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, Sanskruti Dance are preparing for performances in London (Little Angel Theatre), Colchester and Cambridgeshire libraries. Sharing their work in progress, they wish to introduce you to Indian storytelling with Apple ‘n’ Spice – an original interactive multi-cultural dance performance. This charming new fairy-tale tells the story […]

Commedia dell’Arte Acting Workshop (20 September 2018)

The first day of the conference (Thursday 20th September 2018) will conclude with a two-hour Commedia dell’Arte acting workshop to be held in the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio in the Faculty of English on the Sidgwick Site of the University of Cambridge (9 West Road, CB3 9DP). One of our keynote speakers, Professor Richard Andrews (University of […]

Work-in-Progress Performance (2 August 2018)

Work-in-progress Performance 6-7pm Thursday 2nd August, 2018 Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio Faculty of English, West Road, Cambridge Free to attend We welcome anyone with an interest in music and dance to join us for a work-in-progress performance collaboration by Kae Ishimoto, Soosan Lolavar, and Rosa van Hensbergen. The performance explores threads, connections, and […]

Polyphonic Poetry Festival – 15-16 June 2018

FRIDAY 15 JUNE @ KETTLES YARD 6pm-9pm SAT 16TH JUNE @ JUDITH E. WILSON DRAMA STUDIO – FACULTY OF ENGLISH 12pm-12am Friday Events £5* Purchase tickets through Kettle’s Yard: http://www.kettlesyard.co.uk/ *Free Tickets for Cambridge Students are available. Please email us at CamPolyphonic@gmail.com to arrange Saturday Events Free FRIDAY SCHEDULE @ KETTLE’S YARD (Part of […]

Polyphonic Poetry (16 May 2018)

Polyphonic Poetry: Tim Atkins, Cole Swenson, Ariana Reines 16 May 2018, 7:30pm – 10:00pm Venue: Judith E Wilson Drama Studio Curated by Lee Ann Brown, Judith E Wilson Poetry Fellow Tim Atkins – Bio: Some Books: 25 Sonnets (The Figures), Horace (O Books), Koto Y Yo, and Petrarch Collected Atkins (Crater Press), 1000 Sonnets (ifpthenq) […]

Polyphonic Poetry (21 Feb 2018)

Come hear these stellar poets perform at the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio at Cambridge University, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge, UK! KATY BOHINC is a poet and data scientist; an avant-garde publisher and a professional marketer; an activist, an astrologer and an innovator. She has three books of poetry: TRINITY STAR TRINITY […]

Artists as Activists – Seminar & Recital (17 Nov 2017)

Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English 9 West Road, Cambridge, CB3 9DP Malik Al Nasir, British Guyanese poet & activist (protégé of Gil Scott-Heron) British Guyanese poet and spoken word artist ‘Malik Al Nasir’ (Malik & The O.G’s) discusses how colonialism and slavery destroys identity and disrupts the historical transition of cultural […]

Cambridge Literary Review: Readings for Launch of Issue 10 (2 Oct 2017)

Launch of Cambridge Literary Review Issue 10 Readings from contributing writers and friends. Please come and join us for an evening celebrating experimental poetry and prose. Dr Laura Kilbride, Dr Rosie Snajdr and Dr Lydia Wilson (Co-Editors of Cambridge Literary Review) and readers including Dr Drew Milne and Dr Alex Houen (contributers to issue 10).