Network for Oratory and Politics based @unibirmingham.
Birmingham
Joined January 2015
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Audience Feedback for Our Public House! youtube.com/shorts/br1wIDhIE… via @YouTube
Our Public House production trailer excitingly centres oratory and politics in the plot. Watch here: youtu.be/K9wMlB4VAFA?si=ItCe… via @YouTube
Reflecting on the extraordinary performance of @DASHARTS' Our Public House, the Speech! Speech! project workshops are embedded in the characters, their speeches/songs, the amazing workshop participant speeches - performed live on stage - and the plot. dasharts.org.uk/our-public-h…
What a fantastic performance last night! Congratulations to @DASHARTS: real ensemble feel, outstanding participant speeches about spaces for young people and male role models to combat the manosphere. Catch Our Public House at Leeds Playhouse: leedsplayhouse.org.uk/event/…
Ancient rhetoric research inspires new political play ‘Our Public House’ birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/a…
NOPs project Speech! Speech! Dramatising Rhetorical Citizenship was one of the foundations for Our Public House. Read all about it in the OPH programme (dasharts.org.uk/s/OurPublicH…) and in the Speech! Speech! booklet - just out and free to download here: birmingham.ac.uk/documents/c…
Our Public House opens tonight at Leeds Playhouse! dasharts.org.uk/our-public-h…. Featuring real political speech, showcasing where we are as a country. What could be more topical? Touring Leeds, Prescot, Coventry, Sheffield, London, check the nearest theatre to you!
Get ready for Our Public House! Dash Arts' play building on our speechwriting workshops across England, and coming to 6 theatres in Leeds, Prescot, Coventry, Cornwall, Sheffield and London. More info and tickets: dasharts.org.uk/our-public-h…. Trailer: youtu.be/sT-3A4fr7mQ?si=zj32…
Put this in your diaries, now. Our Public House will feature real political speech, by real people, and will showcase where we are as a country. It will also be funny, musical and totally amazing - check out the website for the nearest theatre to you.
Professor Henriette van der Blom wins Fellowship to explore the invention of ancient Roman speech birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/p…
If you want to know why ancient rhetoric still matters today, watch Henriette van der Blom' inaugural lecture: youtu.be/qBttWAc3JVc: Cicero & Demosthenes, ancient Chinese/Egyptian/New Testament rhetoric, female/non-elite orators, modern rhetoric, rhetorical citizenship & more!
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Feedback from our Speak Out! Workshops 📣
In our speech-making workshops, we aim to increase people's confidence in public speaking, critical thinking and debating. Scroll through to see the impact we've had so far 👏
Interested? Find out more: dasharts.org.uk/workshops
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We’re thrilled to be back at @LatitudeFest next week!
We're hosting Speak Out! workshops Friday-Sunday, performances with @thecommonlotnc and discussions with @ProfAFinlayson.
Let us know if we'll see you there!
#Latitude2024 #LatitudeFestival
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Are you a dynamic workshop facilitator passionate about political speech-making? We're seeking talented individuals to deliver our engaging workshops across the UK.
Find out more and apply 👉 dasharts.org.uk/vacancies
If you are fed up with election "rhetoric", just go to @DASHARTS podcast with @ProfAFinlayson and our amazing workshop participants on Speech! Speech! for an antidote:
dasharts.org.uk/podcast-1/el…
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We were thrilled to return to Manchester Deaf Centre to continue our Speech! Speech! workshops.
Read about the day's experience in our latest blog, 'Our Public House: Development': dasharts.org.uk/blog/ourpubl…
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📷 A snapshot of the speeches created in our Speak Out! A Political Speechmaking Workshop at The Fête of Britain - @factoryintl earlier this month, organised by @alexlockwood.
Thank you to everyone who joined us!
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@EnglishAssoc has three special issues of journals focussed on #oracy this year, edited by @tom_f_wright and myself. #English journal @OUPAcademic is available now, with perspectives from academics, speechwriters and oracy charity representatives: academic.oup.com/english/art…
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For her Innovation Fellowship @profarlenehh teamed up with @Voice21oracy who today have launched a major @oracycommission. Find out more about Arlene Holmes-Henderson's research into oracy skills and their impact on social mobility and employability: thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news…
