TaPRA 2019

Performing (Br)Exile: Dramaturgies of Estrangement in the UK and GermanyThis paper considers cross-cultural practice which grows out of political estrangement, focusing on Anglo-German cultural exchange and exile. The impulse comes from a quotation by director Peter Zadek (1926... Read More →

Deconstructing Strangeness: migrant theatre and dramaturgies of belonging In her Strange Encounters, Sara Ahmed provides an important analysis on the figure of migrant often constructed as a stranger, asking: ‘how can we read migrant narratives without taking for granted the stranger... Read More →

Strangeness in post-Brexit Britain: migrant communities in North Essex connected through theatre. Considering the effect of the Brexit referendum, the ‘human side of migration’ has involved migrant communities (Syrian, Polish, Filippino and Chinese) from the North Essex region... Read More →