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Claire French

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I am an Arts Research Africa and Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow researching approaches to making multilingual performance across South Africa, the United Kingdom and my native Australia…more

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PhD Research, Practice as Research 

April 18, 2020April 20, 2020

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

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Performance, PhD Research 

February 12, 2020April 2, 2020

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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PhD Research 

December 11, 2019December 11, 2019

Celebrating the PhD, onwards ECR

Yesterday I experienced the PhD viva and left unscathed (!), enthusiastic about the nature of the PhD reviewing and examining

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PhD Research 

April 30, 2019December 11, 2019

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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Practice as Research 

October 3, 2017October 13, 2019

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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PhD Fieldwork  0 Comments

September 21, 2017October 13, 2019

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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April 21, 2017October 13, 2019

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

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PhD Fieldwork  0 Comments

September 5, 2016October 13, 2019

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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PhD Fieldwork 

July 11, 2016April 2, 2020

Cape to Cape: Notes on South African fieldwork

I have recently spent a little over a month travelling between Cape Town and Grahamstown in South Africa, sitting-in and

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Practice as Research 

May 15, 2016April 2, 2020

The Wardrobe Project: Documentary theatre and training ground

With Sonja Linden of Visible I have been conceptualising a type of auto/biographical production process, engaging both process and product.

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July 21, 2015October 13, 2019

All we need is space: Old Vic New Voices

This stunning rehearsal studio at Jerwood Studios in London was the beginning of some my key current practice as research

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Performance 

May 16, 2015April 2, 2020

The War Party: Immersive promenade performance at Fulham Palace

I recently devised a biographical performance about Bishop Fisher, his wife Rosamund Fisher and their six sons, focusing on their

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Festivals 

February 10, 2013October 3, 2017

Screeners @ Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin

I was recently featured on Berlin Film Central’s accounts of the Berlinale, 2013, based on an open screening event that

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Festivals 

June 1, 2010April 2, 2020

Fairwell Bamboo: The end of my role as director

For three years I have developed, programmed and managed the Bamboo Amphitheatre arts seasons at this magical new Perth-based venue

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