Events
30 October 2024 / Events
‘To live many lives in one’: Laura Knight & the Bodies of Performance (IN-PERSON BOOKING)
‘To live many lives in one’: Laura Knight and the bodies of performance
Laura Knight’s life-long passion for capturing the visual dynamics of bodies in action led her to engage with an extraordinary spectrum of performance forms which extended from boxing, ballet and circus to the scenarios of backstage processes of creative preparation. This talk will explore the diversity of Laura Knight’s ‘theatre’ while identifying some of the key individuals who facilitated her access.
The Speaker:
Claire Cochrane is Professor Emeritus of Theatre Studies at the University of Worcester. She has written on regional and amateur theatre as experienced across the UK as well as Black British and British Asian theatre. Her most recent publication, the co-edited Volume 1 of the Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century British Theatre and Performance 1900-1950 was published on 8 October.
Transport & venue information:
Nearest London Underground stations for St. Anne’s Church, 55 Dean St., London W1D 6AF: Piccadilly Circus, Leiceister Square, Tottenham Court Road.
The Allen Room is located on the first floor of St Anne’s Church, and is accessible via a lift or stairs.
BOOKINGS:
STR lectures are free and open to the public. You don’t have to be a member, but it is essential to book to let us know if you wish to attend in person.