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Andrew Filmer
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at Aberystwyth University | Curator PQ Performance Space Exhibition 2023 | IFTR Theatre & Architecture WG | 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Writing in The Conversation, Dr Andrew Filmer explains how historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage.

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Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues
Historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Here's a piece I wrote for @theconversation.com on the reopening of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre over the weekend: "Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues" theconversation.com/glasgows-cit...
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Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues
Historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage.
theconversation.com
August 26, 2025 at 9:39 AM
We are advertising an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship with the National Botanic Garden of Wales. The application deadline is 30th May 2025.
May 12, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Absolute pleasure to be involved in this year's @welshcrucible.bsky.social. The first two days in Cardiff were immense - so many interesting people and perspectives. Looking forward to seeing everyone again in a month.
@andfilmer.bsky.social is interested in the way performance weaves is way into our lives, why we make art, and how artists interact with performance spaces @aberuni.bsky.social #crwsiblcymru #crucible25
May 10, 2025 at 7:18 AM
We're advertising a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship hosted by Aberystwyth University with the National Botanic Garden of Wales. 1/3
March 30, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The average spend on cultural services in the 24 European countries surveyed (including the UK as a whole) is £215.02 per person. In Wales the figure is £69.68 per person ... This placed Wales second from bottom of the group of 25 nations.

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Culture and sport funding in Wales among the lowest in Europe
On 26 March 2025 the Senedd will debate the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee’s report, A decade of cuts: impact of funding reductions for culture an...
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March 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
So good to have Theatre South in Aberystwyth this week, workshopping their play 'The Imaginary Prince of Wales' with our Drama and Theatre students.
March 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Reposted by Andrew Filmer
Welsh National Theatre
From Wales to the World
Artistic Director: @MichaelSheen
Est. 2025
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January 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
"AI slop breaks down the inquiry and investigation into the world as it is, replacing the critical landscape with text and image fragments that affirm the world as it is imagined."

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Slop Infrastructures 1 & 2
"Maybe the Human Part of Human Connection is Overstated." 💡This week, I'm trying something new. Starting today, and ending on Tuesday, I'll be e-mailing smaller sections of a single piece, Slop Infra...
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January 9, 2025 at 9:47 PM