Research @ Central

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is a conservatoire and centre of study and research in drama, theatre and performance.

Research @ Central explores contemporary practices of theatre-making and performance as well as their cultural histories and lineages. It interrogates theatre and performance both in themselves and in interplay with other disciplines, including their wider socio-cultural, institutional, political, and material-economic contexts and conditions.

Upcoming (1)

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan primary image

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan

Tue, May 21, 6:30 PM

Free

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan primary image

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan

Tue, May 21, 6:30 PM

Free

Past (73)

Feminists in Dialogue:  Dramaturgy in the Making primary image

Feminists in Dialogue: Dramaturgy in the Making

Thu, Mar 14, 5:00 PM

Free

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre primary image

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre

Wed, Mar 6, 6:00 PM

Free

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums primary image

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums

Mon, Mar 4, 5:30 PM

Free

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism primary image

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism

Wed, Feb 28, 6:00 PM

Free

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces primary image

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces

Tue, Feb 20, 6:00 PM

Free

Intersections 2024:  'Wilding Performance' primary image

Intersections 2024: 'Wilding Performance'

Wed, Jan 17, 9:00 AM

Free

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance primary image

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance

Wed, Nov 15, 6:00 PM

Free

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis primary image

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis

Sat, Nov 4, 9:00 AM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen

Wed, Nov 1, 4:30 PM

Free

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime primary image

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime

Thu, Jun 1, 6:00 PM

Free

Why Stage Chekhov Now?  Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross primary image

Why Stage Chekhov Now? Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross

Wed, May 17, 6:00 PM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six

Thu, Mar 23, 6:00 PM

Free

Feminists in Dialogue:  Dramaturgy in the Making primary image

Feminists in Dialogue: Dramaturgy in the Making

Thu, Mar 14, 5:00 PM

Free

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre primary image

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre

Wed, Mar 6, 6:00 PM

Free

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums primary image

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums

Mon, Mar 4, 5:30 PM

Free

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism primary image

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism

Wed, Feb 28, 6:00 PM

Free

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces primary image

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces

Tue, Feb 20, 6:00 PM

Free

Intersections 2024:  'Wilding Performance' primary image

Intersections 2024: 'Wilding Performance'

Wed, Jan 17, 9:00 AM

Free

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance primary image

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance

Wed, Nov 15, 6:00 PM

Free

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis primary image

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis

Sat, Nov 4, 9:00 AM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen

Wed, Nov 1, 4:30 PM

Free

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime primary image

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime

Thu, Jun 1, 6:00 PM

Free

Why Stage Chekhov Now?  Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross primary image

Why Stage Chekhov Now? Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross

Wed, May 17, 6:00 PM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six

Thu, Mar 23, 6:00 PM

Free

The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, is a conservatoire and centre of study and research in drama, theatre and performance.

Research @ Central explores contemporary practices of theatre-making and performance as well as their cultural histories and lineages. It interrogates theatre and performance both in themselves and in interplay with other disciplines, including their wider socio-cultural, institutional, political, and material-economic contexts and conditions.

Events

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan primary image

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan

Tue, May 21, 6:30 PM

Free

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan primary image

Dragademia: #BoyfriendJoe Chats with LaWhore Vagistan

Tue, May 21, 6:30 PM

Free

Feminists in Dialogue:  Dramaturgy in the Making primary image

Feminists in Dialogue: Dramaturgy in the Making

Thu, Mar 14, 5:00 PM

Free

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre primary image

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre

Wed, Mar 6, 6:00 PM

Free

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums primary image

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums

Mon, Mar 4, 5:30 PM

Free

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism primary image

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism

Wed, Feb 28, 6:00 PM

Free

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces primary image

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces

Tue, Feb 20, 6:00 PM

Free

Intersections 2024:  'Wilding Performance' primary image

Intersections 2024: 'Wilding Performance'

Wed, Jan 17, 9:00 AM

Free

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance primary image

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance

Wed, Nov 15, 6:00 PM

Free

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis primary image

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis

Sat, Nov 4, 9:00 AM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen

Wed, Nov 1, 4:30 PM

Free

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime primary image

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime

Thu, Jun 1, 6:00 PM

Free

Why Stage Chekhov Now?  Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross primary image

Why Stage Chekhov Now? Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross

Wed, May 17, 6:00 PM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six

Thu, Mar 23, 6:00 PM

Free

Feminists in Dialogue:  Dramaturgy in the Making primary image

Feminists in Dialogue: Dramaturgy in the Making

Thu, Mar 14, 5:00 PM

Free

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre primary image

Crisis of Democracy and Challenges to Theatre

Wed, Mar 6, 6:00 PM

Free

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums primary image

Staging Difficult Pasts: Transnational Memory, Theatres and Museums

Mon, Mar 4, 5:30 PM

Free

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism primary image

Dr Gemma Edwards: Righting the Record: Class, Race and Radical Regionalism

Wed, Feb 28, 6:00 PM

Free

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces primary image

Artivism: Rethinking politics of transition in post-colonial spaces

Tue, Feb 20, 6:00 PM

Free

Intersections 2024:  'Wilding Performance' primary image

Intersections 2024: 'Wilding Performance'

Wed, Jan 17, 9:00 AM

Free

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance primary image

Professor Kélina Gotman: Energetics, Energy Humanities and Performance

Wed, Nov 15, 6:00 PM

Free

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis primary image

Theatre after Covid: Performance in the Age of Pandemic Crisis

Sat, Nov 4, 9:00 AM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Joe Parslow and Dr Louise Owen

Wed, Nov 1, 4:30 PM

Free

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime primary image

Edward Gordon Craig Lecture 2023: Designing Pantomime

Thu, Jun 1, 6:00 PM

Free

Why Stage Chekhov Now?  Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross primary image

Why Stage Chekhov Now? Panel Discussion with Katie Mitchell & Yana Ross

Wed, May 17, 6:00 PM

Free

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six primary image

Research@Central Seminar: Dr Sarah Bartley and Dr Tom Six

Thu, Mar 23, 6:00 PM

Free