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Acting Like Children was a research event held in 2011 examining approaches to the performance of child characters by adult artists, involving Polka Theatre, Action Transport Theatre, Travelling Light, Early Years Theatre expert Jo Belloli, director Sally Cookson, Vice Chair of Action for Children’s...

The chapter examines William James’ theory of emotion and its strong links to actor training. According to James, during an emotional event, the subjective experience (feeling) follows the physiological arousal that is known to accompany it, such as tears and increased heart rate. Although common se...

This series of performances (2019-2020) brings together Brian Lobel's research in one-to-one performance making and notions of intimacy, using the simple act of communal television watching. Based on Brian's 2015-2018 performance, You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive Me, You Have to Forgive M...

As a plastic, immaterial medium, the use of light on stage is challenging: how to experiment, test, develop and communicate lighting intentions in advance of the performance? How, in other words, to model light? And for lighting practitioners, how to acquire, hone and reinvent techniques and a desig...

Between 2016-2018, we were both involved in the management of queer venues alongside others where our arms plunged elbow-deep into toilets, grasping through London's sewer networks towards each other. Our roles sustained flows of effluence removal, drinks, patrons, money, performers, and queer effer...