Blog posts
Central staff Kate Elswit and Tia-Monique Uzor talk about their recent international gatherings, leading conversations about motion data.
![Image of a black box studio room. On the right is a table with computer screens on it. Two people are behind this table, looking at the screens. One person is sitting on the floor to the left of the table, with their back to the camera and three people stand on the left of the shot, looking at a tv screen at eye level.]()
In June 2023, Central staff Sarah Grochala and Melissa Dunne travelled to Athens with three emerging writers currently studying on the MA/MFA Writing for Broadcast Media – Jessica Mclaughlin Cafferty, Rebecca Fowler and Peter Rose - to work with Greek theatre makers at Teatro Mpellos.
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The Potential of Virtual Reality in Theatre and Performance: Insights from the Performance Lab Sandpit
On Saturday 27 May, Central hosted a Virtual Reality (VR) sandpit event that brought together academics, researchers, and practitioners in the field of theatre and performance interested in VR.
New media artist, researcher and lecturer at Central, Dr Nicola Plant reflects on her experience of the workshop exploring the potentials, trends and challenges of VR in theatre and performance.![Five people stand in a wooden floored hall. They are wearing virtual reality headsets and all look in different directions.]()
Malachy Orozco is a member of theatre company collective ROOM and a member of staff in Central’s Technical and Production team. He took part in a workshop to explore new binaural sound equipment with colleagues and reflects on the experience here.
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Dr Nicola Abraham, Senior Lecturer in Applied Theatre practices took her work to Northern Ireland recently, to collaborate with the Laurencetown, Lenaderg and Tullylish Community Association. Here, she reflects on the project and what they’ve achieved so far.
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Creative to Commercial: Student Enterprise Workshop with Emma Wainer
Central alumni Emma Wainer came back to the Swiss Cottage in May to run a workshop for students on commercialising creativity. We spoke to her about her time at Central and what it has meant to her career.
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Central faculty member Tom Six is working with Emma Jude Harris and Aneesha Srinivasan of Global Origins to develop ways of challenging racialized representations in the theatre and they're looking for input from people of global majority heritage who work in the theatre. We talked to Tom about this research.
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Performance artist and Central lecturer Nando Messias talks about their project Transmission: Sissy TV, recently performed in London. It aims to reimagine archival practice and address the gap in the representation of trans and non-binary voices.
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