Theatre Materials/Material Theatres April 17-18, 2008

The Central School of Speech and Drama
University of London, UK

This isn't just any ordinary conference - we invite you to expect the unexpected... look out for spontaneous tea parties, mysterious 'happenings' in cupboards, banquets in Moroccan tents, 'guerrilla' light installations and much more...

Expect fresh, honest dialogue that cuts across the conventional barriers between academics, students and industry professionals with guest speakers from around the world, including great theatre makers like Anne Bogart and Pamela Howard.

What is the theatre made of? What is its matter, and what is the matter with it?

Roundtables - with topics including 'Greening the Theatre Industries', 'Creative Enterprise' and 'Street Arts', and with the opportunity to network across these areas in Open Space sessions.

Workshops – from practitioners including award-winning sound designer Gareth Fry and puppeteer Rene Baker (Institut del Teatre, Barcelona).

Residencies and Performances - with theatre makers and graduate companies-in-residence from the Puppet Centre and The Central School of Speech and Drama.

Exhibitions – be the first to see the results of an exciting collaboration between the Bartlett School of Architecture and Central to create designs for a sustainable theatre, and to walk inside the Costume Archive.

Over the last few months, CETT has hosted innovative artists such as Blast Theory, Manuel Vason and ORLAN, and the conference builds on this momentum, being the place where people who are passionate about theatre can meet and talk. CETT actively support the documentation of curriculum work at Central and have facilitated a variety of projects including recent work with extraordinary theatre companies like Handspring, Kinetika and Complicite.

The conference will be fully documented and archived by an international team of dramaturges. Sustainability is a key theme of the conference and CETT are placing a strong emphasis on the event's legacy. Planned future events and networks ensure that the relationships and ideas developed at the conference are able to grow and benefit all who take part.

Booking will open on the 18th February.
Please contact us at cett@cssd.ac.uk or
on 020 7449 1570 / 020 7449 1571 to book a place.

Theatre Materials Programme Directors:
Jessica Bowles and Sophie Nield.

Photography ©Patrick Baldwin

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About CETT
The Centre for Excellence in Training for Theatre (CETT) was created by The Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London. It works to provide a national resource for vocational performing arts training and learning, a focus for theatre research and scholarship, and a site for collaboration, nationally and internationally, between industry, Higher Education and specialist training providers.

Since its inception in 2005, CETT has hosted several events which have focussed on different aspects of theatre; Verbatim Theatre, Postdramatic Theatre, Feminist Neo-Burlesque and Puppetry. In addition, CETT have welcomed guests including Anatoly Smeliansky, Anoja Weerasinghe and Hans-Thies Lehmann, who have spoken about their work and practices.

CETT actively supports the documentation of curriculum work at The Central School of Speech and Drama, and has facilitated a variety of projects, including recent work with Handspring, Kinetika and Complicite.

Also on-going Enquiries curated by CETT include investigations into key concerns in the theatre profession - sustainability, street arts and documentation. There is involvement in projects on issues faced by students in theatre training - the questions of access; dis/ability; dyslexia and body image. These investigations are run in collaboration with sister institutions in HE and specialist training, and with theatre and industry professionals.

Head of the Centre
Dr Sophie Nield
Project Administrator
Gabriella Apicella
Office Administrator
Gail Hunt