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 Oldfield refugee unit, where I realised that I had no sufficient methodologies for allowing their linguistic resources to enter the room. The need was even more evident in performance-making processes […]
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, Johannesburg. The production is titled Father, My Father: A folk tale for the found girls, and it explores missing fathers in children’s lives within South Africa. She has been developing […]
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 and artist talks that I led for Visible for their most recent production of Roundelay, by Sonja Linden at Southwark Playhouse, London. I have added one of these below: If […]
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 Torres Strait Islander Research at The University of Sydney, where I was a Visiting Scholar for the month of August 2016. Jaky is a linguist, an educator and an Indigenous Australian […]