I have a routine to prepare for change
This is a short autobiographical poem that I recently wrote as part of our storytelling process for my upcoming play Courage Songs. I have a routine to prepare for change. I turn on all the lamps in
‘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 article. At this year’s Fringe World festival in Perth, the “theatre of the real” is everywhere: theatre, comedy and drag all speak directly to our reality, played against a background […]
Celebrating the PhD, onwards ECR
Yesterday I experienced the PhD viva and left unscathed (!), enthusiastic about the nature of the PhD reviewing and examining process, and able to celebrate, for the very first time, my own prospects as an early career researcher (ECR). In the past four years I have been nourished and supported […]
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 position as well as signals the next promising phase. After completing a stimulating albeit challenging final teaching term at Warwick Uni, I decided to embrace my new Birmingham location and […]
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 […]