call for papers: political theatre

[Alan Filewod]

Liverpool Hope University College in partnership with Collective Encounters

Performance and Possibility: Theatre for Social Change in the 21st Century

16- 18 September 2005

In response to the widespread interest and popularity of activist
political theatre, Liverpool Hope University College in partnership
with Collective Encounters announces a conference that will bring
together scholars, researchers and artists to examine, debate,
present and share current practices and ideas. This conference is
particularly, though not exclusively, interested in theatre and
performance happening outside of the traditional 'theatre estate'.
Areas of exploration will include:
        Can theatre/performance tangibly effect change?
        Does performance need to be placed within a strategic
framework to have a real impact?
        How can we measure the success of Theatre for Social Change?
        What are useful 21st century models?
        What theatrical/performance styles are most powerful?
        Does 'theatre' really have a role to play in 21st political radicalism?

Proposals for panels, papers, practical presentations and workshops
are invited to investigate these questions and related or
controversial issues.  Although the context is political performance
in the United Kingdom, international topics are encouraged.

The conference will open with the performance at the heart of
Collective Encounter's Living Place Project.  This is a large-scale
multi-faceted initiative that aims to explore the impact that
regeneration is having on the residents of north Liverpool and
articulate this through a variety of creative means.  Its ultimate
aim is to ensure that local people's voices are effectively heard by
those leading the current regeneration of the city and that an
enhanced understanding of the process of regeneration is fostered.
The performance is a documentary theatre installation which will
animate a site in Liverpool's north inner city with sound, light,
multimedia and live action.  It is hoped that the performance will
provoke debate around the key themes of the conference.

The deadline for submissions is 8 July 2005.  Please submit abstracts
for papers (20 mins) and proposals for practical
presentations/workshops (1 hour), along with a short biographical
sketch, to:

Sarah Thornton
Deanery of Arts and Community
Hope at Everton
Haigh Street
Liverpool, L3 8QB
Tel:  0151 291 3256
Email:  thornts at hope.ac.uk

www.hope.ac.uk
        www.collective-encounters.org.uk


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Alan Filewod
Professor
School of English and Theatre Studies
University of Guelph
Guelph ON
Canada N1G 2W1

tel: (519) 824-4120 x 3147
fax:(519) 824-0560
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