Professor Roberta Mock, Chair of TaPRA, will open and
welcome you to the conference. She will also be announcing the winners of the following
2019 TaPRA Prizes & Awards, including the David Bradby Award, Editing Prize, Early Career Researcher Prize and Postgraduate Essay Prizes.
Professor Kate Newey, Chair of the Standing Conference of University Drama Departments (SCUDD), will also be speaking briefly on the state of the discipline and will point to how SCUDD and TaPRA work together to represent UK research and researchers in theatre and performance.
The opening keynote will be presented by Dr Margherita Laera, winner of the 2018 TaPRA Early Career Researcher Prize. She will speaking on the topic, "Be My Guest? Practising Reciprocal Hospitality Through Theatre Translation".