Thematic tags: performance

  • Image Credit: Jon Rowley

    Weekly attendance has increased in cathedrals in recent years. One factor in this may be the regular availability of a special experience of sound. The choral liturgy performed in cathedrals appears to be an appealing aspect …

  • What did the project involve? 

    This project involved a collaboration between a historian, and English scholar, and a community arts charity supporting people with learning disabilities to explore questions of capacity and consent through the story of Fanny Fust, a …

  • The original idea was conceived by Dr Sue Porter, a huge campaigner for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, who passed away in January 2017. When originally proposing the project, she stated the following:

    “I co-ordinate the Disabled Staff network at the …

  • For many medieval folk, the church was the centre of their lives. As a core institution, it sought to appeal to its congregations through a multisensory experience of music, text, movement, and visual objects like wall paintings. However, the question

  • Biographical performances of real lives have proliferated but the lives of women (particularly those in science or with disabilities) have been neglected.

    An impoverished, disabled, marginalised immigrant, Elizabeth Blackwell was also an inspirational doctor who championed women’s education rights and …

  • Fiction cinema often relegates grief to a mere plot device. It can offer superficial depictions that fail to capture the lived experience of mourning in emotional, psychological and physical terms. These screen depictions can be misleading and dangerous, either negating …

  • Mathematics and linguistics are often pitted in opposition. Conventionally, mathematics is synonymous with rational, logical thought, whereas language inhabits communicative and expressive forms. This research aims to disassemble this dichotomy and explore the common ground held by the two disciplines.…