The Department of Theatre Studies will be hosting the fourth edition of The S Word Stanislavsky Symposium in collaboration with the Stanislavsky Research Centre of the University of Leeds. This is an international event which regularly brings together scholars and practitioners invested in the study and transmission of the Stanislavsky Acting Tradition. Past editions were held in Sidcup (UK), Prague, and California. The Malta edition, co-convened by Dr Stefan Aquilina and Prof. Paul Fryer, will be held as follows:
- Dates: 5, 6, 7 April
- Venue: University of Malta, Valletta Campus
The Symposium will open on the evening of 5 April with a keynote speech by eminent Stanislavsky scholar Prof. Laurence Senelick of Tufts University (US). Some 35 presenters are featured in the programme, and they include:
- Sergei Tcherkasski, Russian State Institute of the Performing Arts, St Petersburg
- Ian Watson, Rutgers University-Newark, US
- Stéphane Poliakov, University of Paris 8
- Martina Musilová, AMU Theatre Faculty, Prague
- Jon Wienbren, University of Surrey, UK
- Vicki Ann Cremona, University of Malta
- Robin Levenson, La Guardia Community College, City University of New York
- Vladimir Mirodan, University of the Arts, London
- Michaela Antoniou, National and Kapodistrian University, Athens
The programme will include conventional panel presentations and practical workshop sessions. The registration details can be found online.
More information can be received by contacting Dr Stefan Aquilina on stefan.aquilina@um.edu.mt
The Symposium is supported by the School of Performing Arts of the University of Malta and Teatru Malta. Sergei Tcherkasski’s visit to Malta is supported by the Russian Centre for Science and Culture in Malta.
