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The official account of the Theatre and Performance Research Association (TaPRA), UK. Our next annual conference will be hosted at the University of Warwick, 27-29 August 2025.
Reminder: general registration for our annual conference, hosted by Theatre at Warwick, closes TONIGHT!

Please head to the link below before midnight BST to book your place, secure accomodation, and buy a ticket to the conference dinner.

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TaPRA Conference 2025
warwick.ac.uk
August 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
DEADLINE: a reminder to anyone hoping to join us at Warwick for our annual conference in August that the early bird rate closes on Sunday (15 June).

Please follow this link to book your place:
warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
June 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
At the TaPRA Annual General Meeting on 9 May 2025, the membership passed a motion proposed by a collective of members on 11 April 2025: that TaPRA act on calls by our Palestinian colleagues to participate in the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement.
May 16, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Our AGM is tomorrow. Get in touch if you are a current member and haven't had the registration info.
Details of our (online) AGM next Friday have gone out to members via our newsletter. Please contact us if you are a current member and have not received this information. We look forward to seeing you there.
May 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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CALL FOR PAPERS:

@tapra.bsky.social
TaPRA Postgraduate Symposium - 20th June 2025.

Performing in The Murk
Staging the 'After'
WHAT/WHERE NEXT?

In a time marked by uncertainty, exhaustion, and rupture, how do we gather, reflect, reimagine and rebuild?
For full CFP: tapra.org/postgraduate...
May 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Details of our (online) AGM next Friday have gone out to members via our newsletter. Please contact us if you are a current member and have not received this information. We look forward to seeing you there.
May 2, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Very excited to share the programme for
@tapra.bsky.social symposium 'Futures After the Pandemic: Transmedial Stages and Posthuman Dramaturgies'

Presentations include:

AI and autism
Post-embodied identity
The manosphere
Drag and AI

And much more!

www.bruford.ac.uk/event/tapra-....
TaPRA Interim Event - Futures After the Pandemic: Transmedial Stages and Posthuman Dramaturgies
This TaPRA-funded event is organised by the Performance and New Technologies working group. The conveners would like to invite you to their interim
www.bruford.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Reminder to members that the Performance and New Technologies working group are hosting an interim event titled: Futures After the Pandemic: Transmedial Stages and Posthuman Dramaturgies.

The event runs in-person and online on Friday 9 May 10.00-17.00. Book here:

www.bruford.ac.uk/event/tapra-...
TaPRA Interim Event - Futures After the Pandemic: Transmedial Stages and Posthuman Dramaturgies
This TaPRA-funded event is organised by the Performance and New Technologies working group. The conveners would like to invite you to their interim
www.bruford.ac.uk
April 25, 2025 at 10:16 AM
A reminder that our deadline extension ends today (Tuesday 18 March) at midnight.
Eight of our working groups and the TaPRA Gallery have extended their Call For Papers deadline to Tuesday 18 March. All details are available on the Warwick website here:

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
March 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Eight of our working groups and the TaPRA Gallery have extended their Call For Papers deadline to Tuesday 18 March. All details are available on the Warwick website here:

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
March 13, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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CfP EXTENDED! @tapra.bsky.social Perf and New Tech WG 'Postdigital and AI Dramaturgies: Gen Alpha and the Politics of Care in Online Performance' 👇

tapra.org/call-partici...

Submit proposals by midnight 18 March

#Academic #Theatre #AI #Covid #GenZ #GenAlpha #Conference #Digital #Performance
TaPRA 2025 Performance and New Technologies CFP
tapra.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:48 AM
More details to come tomorrow but several of the TaPRA working groups have extended their CFPs until Tuesday 18 March. Please the webpage linked for first sight on which are still accepting submissions.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
Conference Theme, Calls for Papers and Timeline
warwick.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 3:42 PM
⏰Reminder that the deadline to submit to present, perform, provoke or celebrate at #TaPRA2025 is tonight at midnight. Please use the link on Warwick's page to apply.

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
March 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Right. Book chapter on casting in contemporary theatre finished and sent off to the editors. Some of it's alright.

Now I can get back to the fun things...Sam Wanamaker in Liverpool, which was also the subject of an abstract sent to @tapra.bsky.social for forthcoming conference at Warwick.
March 9, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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Last chance to submit a proposal to give a conference paper at TaPRA (@tapra.bsky.social) 2025 in Warwick! The deadline is this Monday 10 March.

Our WG theme this year is Fun, Playfulness & Pleasure: tapra.org/call-partici...
TaPRA 2025 Audience, Experience & Popular Practices CFP
tapra.org
March 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
A reminder that our annual conference is currently open for submissions. Deadline for applications: 10 March 2025 via the Warwick website linked below. Here's a summary of all the working group themes at a glance!

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
March 4, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The TaPRA Theatre and Performance Histories group have our next free online lecture on 5 March, 5-6.15pm GMT. Prof. Fiona Ritchie will present “Four Nights in Oxford in 1815: What the End of Dorothy Jordan’s Career Can Tell Us About Women and Regional Theatre”. Sign up: theatrehistory@tapra.org
February 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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@tapra.bsky.social Conference. University of Warwick, 27-29 August 2025

Call for Proposals!

#Conference #Theatre #Drama #Performance #AI #COVID #Digital

'Postdigital and AI Dramaturgies: Gen Alpha and the Politics of Care in Online Performance'

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February 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Please follow our dedicated postgrad team! They are amazing.
Hello Bluesky!

Right, where are all the postgraduate theatre researchers??
February 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Joining our annual conference for the first time? We've created a page explaining how things work. Do get in touch with us if you have any questions or worries!

tapra.org/how-tapras-c... #theatre #performance #theatrebluesky
February 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Call for proposals to the TaPRA 2025 conference is now live!

The theme for the Performance and New Technologies working group is 'Postdigital and AI Dramaturgies: Gen Alpha and the Politics of Care in Online Performance'

#AcademicSky #TheatreSky #AI #Postdigital #Covid

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February 4, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Hello, Bluesky! TaPRA checking in. We are so happy to announce that the Call For Papers for this year's annual conference is live on Theatre at Warwick's website. Choose from one of 13 working group themes to submit a paper.

Deadline: 10 March 2025 via webform

warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...
February 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM