http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk Part of the British Theatre Consortium Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:04:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The British Theatre Consortium is pleased to announce a new conference entirely dedicated to the art of creating punning titles for theatre conferences. The first session 'Welcome to the House of Pun' will centre on a keynote address by David Edgar and consist largely of telling the history of British ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/new-conference-announced/ In 2008, the British Theatre Consortium were commissioned by the Arts Council to carry out some research into the effectiveness of their 'new writing' policies over the last decade. The project was, in fact, split between us and a group comprising Emma Dunton, Robin Nelson and Hetty Shand. Broadly, we ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/writ-large/ University of Birmingham, Selly Oak Campus Saturday March 13th- Sunday March 14th 2010 20 years of the Birmingham Playwriting MA/MPhil(B) 20 new plays by graduate playwrights 20 papers on the pedagogy of playwriting 2009-10 marks the twentieth anniversary of the foundation of what was then the MA in Playwriting in Birmingham, the first course of ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/2020-playwritingpedagogy/ Many thanks to everyone who came to speak or to listen. 120 delegates from across the world gathered at the Warwick Arts Centre to address a range of questions around the debates about British theatre and multiculturalism - from the promise and perils of theatre as social engineering, the way ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/all-together-now-conference-ended/ Saturday 11.00-13.00 Intro keynote and panel: A national narrative? Michael Boyd on Shakespeare’s Different Histories; Playwright Howard Brenton, director and actor Barrie Rutter. 13.00-14.15: Lunch 14.15-15.45: Access schmaccess? Barbara Matthews (Arts Council of England), commentator Mark Lawson and Ed Vaizey MP (Conservative Arts spokesman)  15.45-16.15: Tea  16.15-17.45: Mistaken identity? Playwrights Alia Bano,  Kwame Kwei-Armah and Ashmeed Sohoye, director Natalie ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/conference-programme/ There were many theatrical events recently that link directly to the issues of our conference. Below, you will find discussions of three of the most noteworthy, covering between them many of the most pressing aspects of the concept of ‘All Together Now’. This coverage is far from comprehensive and ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/related-theatrical-debates/ The acclaimed verbatim theatre show, The Caravan, by Look Left, Look Right will be running at the Warwick Arts Centre during the conference, All Together Now: British Theatre after Multiculturalism. In Summer 2007 severe flooding across the UK brought misery to thousands of people, destroying homes and livelihoods. As a result ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/all-together-now-the-caravan/ The British Theatre Conference is part of the British Theatre Consortium, a forum in which theatre makers, administrators, students and academics can come together to share views on all issues concerning contemporary theatre and performance in Britain, from playwriting to live art, regional theatre to international touring, site-specific theatre to ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/welcome/ Under Labour, the arts were charged with challenging social exclusion, celebrating diversity and reasserting Britishness. But is there a contradiction between diversity and national identity? Should theatre foster cohesion or challenge it? If multiculturalism is dead, should theatre be promoting it? Is the theatre's role to encourage tolerance or provoke ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/all-together-now-british-theatre-after-multiculturalism/ In 1997, Tony Blair became Prime Minister in a wave of renewed cultural confidence. The new government abolished entrance charges to museums and galleries, encouraged widening access to the arts, and made a generous new settlement to regional theatre. The newlyd-devolved Scottish Executive made real the long-held dream of a ... http://britishtheatreconference.co.uk/how-was-it-for-us/