Welcome to the April edition of our English and Drama newsletter. Pictured above is English graduate Raifa Rafique who runs successful podcast Mostly Lit, and is featured in Stylist Magazine’s feature; The photo series dispelling the myth that Muslim women can’t be career-orientated. Don’t Forget: Applications are open for our Masters Programmes in English and […]
A new and exciting series of talks for school and college students hosted by the School of English and Drama at Queen Mary University of London. Show and Tell brings together influential academic teaching staff and industry professionals to deliver engaging and accessible talks for young people interested in working in the arts and possibly […]
Call for Papers: Theatricality, Performance, and the State – Queen Mary 7-8 June “’The State must wither away.” Who says that? The State…’ He assumes a cunning, furtive expression, stands in front of the chair in which I am sitting – he is impersonating ‘the State’ – and says with a sly, sidelong glance at […]
Here’s our latest March edition of the best events and opportunities we get sent in and outside the School. Please do get in touch if you have any listings for our next edition. Events The week ahead MA Live Art Launch | G.O. Jones Lecture Theatre | Monday 26 March | 7pm | Free An […]
We were delighted to hear from BA & MA Drama graduate Edd Hobbs about Brexit Means Brexit a show he’s producing. Here’s what Edd had to say: I have been working as an independent producer since completing my BA and MA with QMUL Department of Drama, and I’m currently producing PS/Y’s Hysteria programme (ps-y.org). I’m […]
17 and 18 March 2018 How can audiences contribute to the future of theatre? How should new technologies be used to shape the way theatre appears and feels for audiences? If you’re a theatre-goer who is interested in how audiences might play a part in the future development of the form, then we would like […]
Here’s our digest #7 of events and opportunities in and outside the School. Please do get in touch if you have any listings for our next edition. Events Book ahead Unexploded Ordnances (UXO) | 15-19 May 2018 | 7.45pm | £5-18 Support the WOW Women in Creative Industries award-winning Professor Lois Weaver at the Barbican […]
Here’s our digest #6 of events and opportunities in and outside the School. Please do get in touch if you have any listings for our next edition. Events Book ahead Shakespeare is Dead: The Great Shakespeare Debate | Tuesday 27 March 2018 | 6pm | Free This house proposes that the inclusion of Shakespeare in […]
We are delighted that Queen Mary University of London’s Professor Lois Weaver has won the Fighting the Good Fight Award at WOW Women in Creative Industries Awards. Professor Weaver wins representing; ‘four decades of commitment to work engaging the widest possible public in feminism and human rights through performance’ and was in a hotly contested […]
It’s fantastic news for the School of English and Drama in the recently announced QS World University Rankings By Subject. Here’s the lowdown from our Head of School Warren Boutcher. As the wind rattles your windows and the snow threatens your footing, consider that no School in QM has as high an international reputation as […]
