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SUMMARY:'The Work of the Audience' - The third interdisciplinary seminar o
 n the concept of performance - Dr Nicholas Ridout (Reader in Theatre and P
 erformance Studies\, Queen Mary University of London)  Professor Steven Co
 nnor (Grace 2 Professor of English\, University of Cambridge)  Chair: Dr Z
 oë Svendsen (Director\, Dramaturg and Lecturer in Drama\, Universit
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CONTACT:Jonas Tinius
DESCRIPTION:Monday November 18th\, at CRASSH\n\n'The Work of the Audience'
 \n\nThe third interdisciplinary seminar on the concept of performance\n\nD
 r Nicholas Ridout (Reader in Theatre and Performance Studies\, Queen Mary 
 University of London)\n\nProfessor Steven Connor (Grace 2 Professor of Eng
 lish\, University of Cambridge)\n\nChair: Dr Zoë Svendsen (Director\, Dra
 maturg and Lecturer in Drama\, University of Cambridge)\n\nCRASSH\, Semina
 r room SG1\, Ground floor\n\nNicholas Ridout likes thinking about performa
 nce as a way of thinking about work. Inspired by a 1711 article in The Spe
 ctator (‘The Trunkmaker’\, 235) he will share some thoughts about slav
 ery and spectatorship. He is the author of Passionate Amateurs: Theatre\, 
 Communism and Love (University of Michigan Press\, 2013)\, Stage Fright\, 
 Animals and Other Theatrical Problems (Cambridge University Press\, 2006)\
 , Theatre & Ethics (Palgrave 2009)\, and co-editor\, with Joe Kelleher\, o
 f Contemporary Theatres in Europe (Routledge\, 2006) and co-author\, with 
 Joe Kelleher and members of the company\, of The Theatre of Socìetas Raff
 aello Sanzio (Routledge\, 2007). \n\nSteven Connor is a writer\, critic an
 d broadcaster who has published books on Dickens\, Beckett\, Joyce and pos
 tmodernism\, as well as on topics such as ventriloquism\, skin\, flies\, a
 nd air. His most recent books are Paraphernalia: The Curious Lives of Magi
 cal Things (2011) and A Philosophy of Sport (2011). His website at www.ste
 venconnor.com includes lectures\, broadcasts\, unpublished work and work i
 n progress. \n\n As a dramaturg Zoë Svendsen has most recently worked wit
 h Joe Hill-Gibbons on Edward II at the National Theatre\, and The Changeli
 ng  at the Young Vic (Maria: revived in main house\, 2012) as well as with
  Polly Findlay on Arden of Faversham (RSC - forthcoming). Directing projec
 ts with her company METIS ARTS include 3rd Ring Out (UK tour\; TippingPoin
 t Award) and currently World Factory (NT Studio\; New Wolsey Theatre\; Cam
 bridge Junction). She is also a research fellow at Birkbeck’s Centre for
  Contemporary Theatre.www.metisarts.co.uk
LOCATION:CRASSH\, Seminar room SG1\, Ground floor  
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