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. […]
Continue ReadingDRIFT 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!
Continue ReadingPermutation, 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, […]
Continue ReadingBamako (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 […]
Continue ReadingDrama & 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 […]
Continue ReadingOnly 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 […]
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Somebody – Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 March 2019
Judith E Wilson Drama Studio Faculty of English 9 West Road Cambridge CB3 9DP Wednesday 8pm Thursday 1.30pm dance theatre performance built from experimentation, focus, friendship, trust and silliness SOMEBODY is an exploration of desire, shame, intimacy, adultery, boredom, conflict, and the mundanity of romance. What we do emerges from real dialogue and its strengths […]
Continue ReadingT.S. Eliot; She do the Different Voices – Monday 11 March 2019
A performance lecture meets clairvoyante’s séance, reflecting on Eliot’s work, followed by a seminar-style discussion from 19:30. Everyone welcome to come join us —undergraduates, graduates, faculty, and others. And do feel free to circulate to anyone else who may be interested. 1920s dress very much encouraged, though not obligatory! Free entry.
Continue ReadingMarat Sade – Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 March 2019
Unrest swells at the Asylum of Charenton. After years of confinement Marquis de Sade has been given the liberty to stage one of his plays as a recreational activity for the other inmates. De Sade proceeds to harness the neurotic, exposed energy of his co-patients into a story about the French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat […]
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