Reader in Contemporary Theatre and Performance @CSSDLondon. Researcher in testimonial & verbatim theatre & performance of care. Views expressed here are my own.
Joined February 2012
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Soul Music @BBCRadio4 Lovely Day - what a programme @theMaggieAyre @_karengregor you’ve got me sobbing and smiling all at the same time, fantastic episode- thank you.
Terrible news from The Freedom Theatre
Mohammad Zubeidi son to Zakaria Zubeidi, co-founder of @thefreedomtheatre has been murdered
No words left for this endless barbarity
Zakaria has been held by Israel for over five years. He will not be able to grieve with his wife, daughter and youngest son
Excited to listen to Tony Fisher’s keynote on day 4 of IFTR Manila 2024 @CSSD_Research @iftrcomms
Brilliant to hear @MarkRavenhill2 on Radio 4 this evening , talking about his tool kit for playwrights! @CSSDLondon @CSSDWFP
I want to be the first to congratulate Dr Kate Duffy Syedi who has just passed her viva! @WeArePhosphoros @littlefishtheat
Fantastic news! Well done Louise!
🎉 Exciting news! Congratulations to Dr. Louise Owen, Senior Lecturer in Theatre and Performance at Central, for being named a finalist for the 2024 ATHE Book Award! 📚✨
cssd.ac.uk/news/louise-owen-…
A fantastic day planning for my AHRC project Credible Witnesses at Oldham with the inimitable @littlefishtheat and @OTWOldham @CSSDLondon
In solidarity with Professor Noelle McAfee
my colleague Noelle McAfee, political theorist, feminist, and chair of the philosophy department is getting arrested by the Atlanta police for peacefully protesting. shame on @EmoryUniversity
Remembering the extraordinary Juliano Mer Khamis today, co-founder of The Freedom Theatre murdered 13 years ago
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Fantastic to work with graduate students @UCLA_TFT today on Los Angeles! Here’s a pic of our manifesto for self - care! Flying back to the UK tomorrow- the end of an exciting two weeks !!
@CSSDLondon @CSSD_Research
A ‘Human Statue’ created for my final workshop at University of Otago!! Thanks everyone, it’s been fantastic to work with you all! @CSSDLondon @CSSD_Research
Fantastic paper about beading as a practice of rest & how this connects to indigenous practices within the Métis community, thank you @daniellemorrisa - so great to hear how this research invites us to ‘think about the world in a different way’!
Excited to open the Performing Care and Carelessness conference at University of Otago today with my key note: ‘Witnesses to Carelessness: life performance as resistance and repair’ - thanks to everyone for the excellent questions and feedback!
This..⬇️ let’s fight together for better support of the arts… brilliantly well put @becm42 I’m in!
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Fantastic to get the opportunity to work with staff from tourism, education, IT and performance today at University of Otago where I led a workshop on care and the academy.. lots of interesting debates about the importance of self- care and care in the neoliberal university..
Spent a wonderful afternoon with this fantastic group of teachers and actors today in Dunedin, New Zealand- exploring applied theatre and the work of @littlefishtheat @CSSDLondon @CSSD_Research !!
Powerful words about the importance of the arts as resistance in Palestine
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I'm enjoying the new digital platform for the Black Plays Archive @NationalTheatre Happy Birthday the BPA, you did great work on this @riannasimons
Theatre-News.com The Black Plays Archive from National Theatre celebrates tenth anniversary with launch of new digital platform - #nationaltheatre @NationalTheatre #ntlive @ntlive @NT_PressOffice dlvr.it/T0L8D9
And here's a link to the BPA Website.. check it out! blackplaysarchive.org.uk/