Migration and my songs of courage
For the past two years I have been slowly developing a new play that is inspired by the female-led migration
Author: Claire French
Breathing through the feet premieres at National Arts Festival
Today, our short film Breathing through the feet premieres at the National Arts Festival Makhanda, South Africa. Breathing through the
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Global Language Advocacy Day 2022: Personal reflections
I recently became a member of the Global Coalition for Language Rights, the leading movement behind Global Language Advocacy Day.
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‘Theatre of the real’: how artists at Perth Fringe World are stripping down to reveal their vulnerabilities
Claire French, University of the Witwatersrand. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original
Capturing courage
Since autumn, I have been quietly turning to an artistic practice that firmly situates my identity and value as an
#LANGUAGING ACTORS in process
We launched the first session of LANGUAGING last night at the School of Arts, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Running to
Decolonising Facilitator Training: Voice messages from the South African day to the Australian night
I have had the pleasure of collaborating with performance practitioner Sibusiso Mkhize since the beginning of the year as part
Performing the languages we live
This blog post is a copy of its original publication on the Creative Multilingualism blog here ‘We breathe English, but
The body, making and languaging: The first time my PhD research meets practice
I will soon be delivering a workshop for performers and practitioners that explores how and when the performer’s body might
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Celebrating the PhD, onwards ECR
Yesterday I experienced the PhD viva and left unscathed (!), enthusiastic about the nature of the PhD reviewing and examining
Holding value in the last leg: Completing my PhD @ Odox Arts, Birmingham
I thought it’s time I pen a hybrid of the static ‘holding page’ and blog post that details my current
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Barbican ArtWorks: the beginning of research focusing on actors’ linguistic resources
The initial stimuli for researching approaches to drawing from actors’ linguistic resources in performance came in 2013 at the Evelyn
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Observer & Researcher of Micia de Wet’s recent Johannesburg production
I am currently observing Micia de Wet’s development and rehearsals of a multilingual production by BA Theatre students at City Varsity,
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Podcasting with Visible Theatre
I was lucky enough to have access to enough equipment to cobble together some podcasts featuring the post-show panel discussions
Research Assistant to Prof. Jakelin Troy, University of Sydney
My current sociolinguistic research has been tremendously informed through my experiences working alongside Professor Jakelin Troy, Director of Aboriginal and
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