The Department of Theatre Studies, within the School of Performing Arts, will be hosting Professor Elaine Aston between 26 and 28 March.
Elaine Aston is Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University, UK. Her monographs include Caryl Churchill (1997/ 2001/ 2010); Feminism and Theatre (1995); Feminist Theatre Practice (1999); Feminist Views on the English Stage (2003); Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary [Women] Practitioners (2008, with Geraldine Harris); A Good Night Out for the Girls (2013, with Geraldine Harris); and Royal Court: International (2015, with Mark O’Thomas). She is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights (2000, with Janelle Reinelt); Feminist Futures: Theatre, Performance, Theory (2006, with Geraldine Harris); Staging International Feminisms (2007, with Sue-Ellen Case); and The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill (2009, with Elin Diamond). She has served as Senior Editor of the International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR) journal, Theatre Research International (2010-12) and is currently IFTR’s Vice President for Publications and Internationalisation and President-elect of the organisation.
Elaine Aston is Professor of Contemporary Performance at Lancaster University, UK. Her monographs include Caryl Churchill (1997/ 2001/ 2010); Feminism and Theatre (1995); Feminist Theatre Practice (1999); Feminist Views on the English Stage (2003); Performance Practice and Process: Contemporary [Women] Practitioners (2008, with Geraldine Harris); A Good Night Out for the Girls (2013, with Geraldine Harris); and Royal Court: International (2015, with Mark O’Thomas). She is the co-editor of The Cambridge Companion to Modern British Women Playwrights (2000, with Janelle Reinelt); Feminist Futures: Theatre, Performance, Theory (2006, with Geraldine Harris); Staging International Feminisms (2007, with Sue-Ellen Case); and The Cambridge Companion to Caryl Churchill (2009, with Elin Diamond). She has served as Senior Editor of the International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR) journal, Theatre Research International (2010-12) and is currently IFTR’s Vice President for Publications and Internationalisation and President-elect of the organisation.
While in Malta, Professor Aston will be delivering two lectures and conduct a School of Performing Arts research seminar as follows:
Lecture: British Theatre's 'Family Album' from 1945 to 2018
Tuesday 26 March
Time: 10:00–1200
Venue: LC120
Lecture: Theory Trouble: Towards a Manifesto for Feminism, Theory and Theatre
Wednesday 27 March
Time 10:00–12:00
Venue: GWHC
SPA Research Seminar Series: 'Equal Power to Women'? British Theatre and the #MeToo Era
Thursday 28 March
Time: 13:00–15:00
Venue: GWHB2
