Event

World Factory Workshops – Monday 17th June 2019

World Factory: the Workshop AHRC Doctoral Training Programme: University of Cambridge MADE IN CHINA. SOLD IN BRITAIN. WORN BY YOU. From the factory floor to the catwalk, from Shanghai to London, World Factory weaves together stories of people connected by the global textile industry. Riffing on our awareness of mass production […]

Even the Walls have Ears – Thursday 20th June 2019 – PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS NOW CANCELLED

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, this performance has now been cancelled. Neighbours press glass beakers against their living room wall, doctors in disinfectant-drenched rooms hold cold stethoscopes against bare backs, Amazon Echoes sit squat and smug on kitchen counters, phones with touch screens dial through thinly-lined pockets. I take my headphones out to eavesdrop on you […]

Karen Mac Cormack & Steve McCaffery poetry reading – 7th June 2019

Poetry Reading 7 pm, Judith E. Wilson Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP The Cambridge Theory, Criticism, and Culture Seminar presents a rare opportunity to hear from two leading contemporary avant-garde poets, Steve McCaffery and Karen Mac Cormack. STEVE McCAFFERY has been twice nominated for Canada’s Governor General’s Award and is […]

Moon & Rob Oldham – Wednesday 12th June 2019

MOON & ROB OLDHAM TWO FREE COMEDY SHOWS 12th June 2019 8pm start (7.30pm doors) 10pm Finish Judith E Wilson Drama Studio, Faculty of English, 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP ROB OLDHAM: WORM’S RESOLVE After his 2018 Fringe debut, Worm’s Lament (The Guardian’s Top Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe), Rob Oldham is back. […]

DRIFT READING SERIES – Sunday 2nd June 2019

DRIFT 6 An evening of performances showcasing the work of new poets. Part of the ongoing DRIFT Reading Series, introducing new writers from Cambridge and, sometimes, elsewhere. JUDITH E. WILSON STUDIO, ENGLISH FACULTY, 9 WEST ROAD, CAMBRIDGE 7.30 – 9.00 P.M. Free entry and all are welcome!

Permutation, Being, Flux – Sunday 9th June 2019

Permutation, Being, Flux 9 June, 2019 6:00 – 7:00 PM Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio Faculty of English West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP This event is a participatory experimental music installation led by composer Jorge Gomez Abrante. The audience are invited to explore the installation and interpret scores from experimental composers such as Carla Cao, Jorge Gomez, […]

Bamako (2006) Decolonise English Film Screening – 24 May 2019

Bamako (2006) by Abderrahmane Sissako “Bamako is an imaginative indictment of post-colonial economic policies in Africa. The film depicts a mock trial taking place in the courtyard of a house in Bamako, the capital of Mali: the people of Africa versus the IMF and the World Bank. As these proceedings reveal the crippling […]

Drama & Performance Seminars – 9 May (Launch) & 23 May & 6 June

Drama & Performance Seminar series The Drama & Performance Seminar series aims to explore questions of performance within theatrical contexts both contemporary and historical, with a special emphasis on ideas of the dramatic and performance in practice Judith E Wilson Drama Studio Faculty of English 9 West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DP […]

Only When its Feathers are Grown – 29 April to 4 May 2019

Only When Its Feathers are Grown Judith E Wilson Drama Studio 29 April until 4 May 2019 Presented by Fly No Filter We strive to make hip hop accessible by nurturing its heritage and investing in development. Only When its Feathers are Grown is a new interactive, interdisciplinary hip hop based performance installation project with […]