3 June 2025
Theatre Book Prize
Who is going to win the Society’s Theatre Book Prize?
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Since 1948, the Society has advanced research into British-related theatre. We run lectures and conferences, publish books and journals, offer funding and prizes, promote excellent scholarship and support the continuing development of practice.
Who is going to win the Theatre Book Prize?
Find out on June 20 2025
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28 May 2025
Associated Organisations
The Glynne Wickham Lecture: The Playground Avant-garde
22 May 2025
Grants and Awards
Shortlist announced for the Society for Theatre Research Theatre Book Prize 2025
21 May 2025
Grants and Awards
STR Research and Practitioner Grants Announced
Members' Notes and Queries
22nd April 2025
Call for Papers for Special Issues of Critical Stages
22nd April 2025
Global Theatre at Your Fingertips!
17th March 2025
Early Sadler’s Wells
24th January 2025
New exhibition of John Macfarlane’s designs
The NRN Blog
14 December 2023
Call for Papers
CFP Special Issue of Theatre Notebook: ‘Celebration’ in Theatre and Performance Research
27 November 2023
New Researchers Network
NRN Call for Papers: 2-hour online workshop, celebrating 75 years of Theatre Research
11 April 2021
Conferences
The London Stage and the Nineteenth-Century World III: 15 – 17 April
7 April 2021
New Researchers Network
Defining Loss in Early Modern Plays
Membership
Join the Society and become part of our next seventy-five years celebrating British theatre in all its aspects.
Highlights of membership
- the Society’s journal, Theatre Notebook (three times a year)
- social gatherings after the Christmas Lecture and the AGM
- at least one exclusive book publication a year
- the winter lecture series (October - May)
- a variety of other events around the UK (and occasionally abroad)
- the opportunity to publicise your research interests on our website