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Shows at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe involving our alumni, students and staff.
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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.]()
Josh Lewis is a graduate of Writing for Performance, BA and recipient of the 2022 StART Enterprise Award. Since graduating, he has founded the Cracking Slate theatre company which supports the development of confidence, creativity and collaboration in young people, which was developed from his time on the course at Central.
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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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Rebecca Wield, a current student on the Movement: Directing and Teaching, MA course, tells us about her placement as movement director on Biscuits for Breakfast at Hampstead Theatre Downstairs.
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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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