Coming soon….
PGT symposium
12th November 2025
Day one of the programme is comprised of a PGT symposium in which students and early career researchers present their work, fostering research, promoting the interests of our emerging academic community and encouraging greater diversity within the field.
| Time Slot | Room | Speaker and Abstract |
| 10:00am | Upper Bar | Coffee and Welcome |
| 10:30am | Keynote | Fats Begum |
Conference
13th November 2025 is the conference, comprised of conventional papers, performances and recitals from leading academics in this field, again to explore contemporary societal and cultural themes such as identity, trans/gender issues, race and civic engagement.
| Time Slot | Room | Speaker and Session Title |
| 10:00am | Upper Bar | Coffee and Welcome |
| 10:30am Panel One | Main Studio – Performing the Collaborative Chair Dr Ben Harbisher | 10:30-10:50: Dr Xristina Penna (University of Derby) Scenographic contraptions: Practice-research methodologies of endurance and duration in a groundless contemporary performance landscape |
| 10:50am Panel One | Main Studio – Performing the Collaborative Chair Dr Ben Harbisher | 10:50-11:10: Dr Paula McCloskey (University of Derby) Performing Fiction-Ecologies as Co-Inquiries |
| 11:10am Panel One | Main Studio – Performing the Collaborative Chair Dr Ben Harbisher | 11:10-11:25: Q&A |
| 11:30am Panel Two | Main Studio – Performing Pedagogy Chair Dr Ava hunt | 11:30-11:50: Dr Dorothy Morrissey and Dr Fiona McDonagh (Mary Immaculate College (MIC), Limerick) The third space potential of an inter-faculty collaboration involving theatre students and student teachers |
| 11:50am Panel Two | Main Studio – Performing Pedagogy Chair Dr Ava hunt | 11:50-12:10: Mr. Anand Krishnamurthi (PhD candidate St. Teresa’s College (Autonomous), Ernakulam, Kerala, India) Performing the Self: Exploring Identity through Digital and Immersive Theatre in the Classroom |
| 12:10am Panel two | Main Studio – Performing Pedagogy Chair Dr Ava hunt | 12:10-12:25: Q&A |
| 12:25pm | – | 12:25-13:30: lunch break Upper Foyer/Community Hub |
| 13:30pm Panel Three | Main Studio – Performing Identity Chair Dr Xristina Penna | 13:30-13:50: Dr Peter Maber (Northeastern University London) A new life, a new world”: The Transformations of Migrant and Refugee Theatre-Making in the UK |
| 13:50pm Panel Three | Main Studio – Performing Identity Chair Dr Xristina Penna | 13:50-14:10: Dr Rebecca Ora (rora) (University of Birmingham) Still Waiting: Memory, Surrogation and Racial Culpability in Edgar Arceneaux’s Until Until Until.. |
| 14:10pm Panel Three | Main Studio – Performing Identity Chair Dr Xristina Penna | 14:10-14:25: Q&A |
| 14:30pm Panel Four | Main Studio – Performing Care Chair Dr Paula McCloskey | 14:30-14:50: Dr Richard Dawson (University of Derby) The Impact and Challenges of working through the Arts with looked after children and young people. |
| 14:50pm Panel Four | Main Studio – Performing Care Chair Dr Paula McCloskey | 14:50-15:10: Alice Marshall (University of Derby), Tender Steps: Exploring Grief, Community, and Contemporary Performance |
| 15:10pm Panel Four | Main Studio – Performing Care Chair Dr Paula McCloskey | 15:10-15:25: Q&A |
| 15:25pm Closing Remarks | – | 15:25-15:35: Dr Ben Harbisher |