Posting a few of my Edinburgh fringe reviews, originally published by Exeunt. ekphrasis noun. the description of a work of art produced as a rhetorical exercise In a sense all theatre reviewing is a form ekphrasis, with all the challenges and slipperiness of trying to pin down the visual into words (like pinioning a butterfly’s … Continue reading Review: It’s True, It’s True, It’s True
Ten tips for public engagement
Last week I attended the Public Engagement with Research Summer School at TORCH (the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities). The weeklong series of workshops and talks on how to engage people beyond the academy with academic research was really fun and informative. I came away with lots of ideas and a toolkit of practical … Continue reading Ten tips for public engagement
How to get your first journal article published
(I wrote this piece for Taylor & Francis Author Services blog. Hopefully it's helpful!) In 2016, I was surprised and delighted to win the Theatre and Performance Research Association postgraduate essay prize for my essay, ‘Narrative dysfunction in The Walworth Farce by Enda Walsh and On Raftery’s Hill by Marina Carr’, about storytelling in contemporary … Continue reading How to get your first journal article published
Review: RashDash’s Three Sisters at the Yard Theatre
Dear RashDash, I know you don’t like critics because Abbi read out a lot of reviews of famous Chekhov productions very fast, wearing a ruff and sequined hot pants. But I promise I won’t rate you out of five or patronise you with a gold star or give you a quotable soundbite to put your posters. … Continue reading Review: RashDash’s Three Sisters at the Yard Theatre
Review: I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream at Vault Festival
I want to start at the end of I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream. The six women in the cast stand in a circle to play a game, swapping places with each other to avoid being the one left in the middle. At first they jostle and shout at each other, then subside into … Continue reading Review: I Have a Mouth and I Will Scream at Vault Festival
Dr Hannah Greenstreet 