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drscottpalmer.bsky.social
Performance academic. Light, Scenography, Audience Experience, XR. #CFC Views my own. https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/performance/staff/391/dr-scott-palmer
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Public higher ed ys the infrastructure of democracye. It ys tyme for a movement to re-invest yn public higher ed as a common goode. Excellent college educacioun shoulde be accessible and affordable to everye student who doth choose to pursue it.

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Leeds PhD student finally released after 4 years in detention for posting tweets on holiday in support of women’s rights

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"To be gripped by his statements is precisely the aim of their utterance. We are in some ways in its thrall when it captures and paralyzes us. While there is every reason to be outraged, we cannot let that outrage flood us and stop our minds." (Judith Butler reminds us why the performative matters.)

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The Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague is under imminent threat of closer/merger. Please sign this petition to support our colleagues and demonstrate the international cultural significance of this organisation eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

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Charing Cross Road, pedestrianised today. Glorious. Because whenever you take cars away, cities get better.

submitted 28 days ago • 161 comments

It’s now been two years since publication of Contemporary Performance Lighting: experience, creativity, meaning @methuendrama.bsky.social We are very proud of championing this range of new thinking about light www.bloomsbury.com/uk/contempor...

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The Czech Arts & Theatre Institute (ATI) in Prague is under threat of closure by the end of June - a public announcement is planned next month. Solidarity with Czech theatre researchers www.idu.cz/en

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Happy Lunar New Year - especially to those turning 60 in the new year of the wood snake

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First day back in the studio today with undergraduates - it’s been a while… Also - “Is my lecturer really citing Gracie Abrams?” Uh…yes he is! #mood

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“Only 4% of creative arts students from working-class backgrounds, report says” great to see the Cambridge Varsity looking at @suttontrust.bsky.social recent report on access to creative HE www.varsity.co.uk/news/28945

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🚨 "Ministers have rejected calls for the UK to move closer to the EU in order to boost economic growth, insisting that Brexit has brought “opportunities” and some benefits for the British economy.” Imagine the shock when they see this

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“When the dark comes rising, six shall turn it back…” It’s 20 Dec—Winter Solstice Eve—& the day Susan Cooper’s great, cult novel The Dark Is Rising opens. Simon McBurney & I co-adapted a 12-part audio-drama of Susan’s novel. You can listen along, an ep a day, here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand...

submitted 72 days ago • 39 comments

Award-winning actor, writer and director Mark Gatiss OBE has been honoured with a degree from the University of Leeds to recognise his contributions to culture and performance 🎓 He studied Theatre Arts at Bretton Hall College, which became Leeds' School of Performance and Cultural Industries 🎭

submitted 75 days ago • 3 comments

Brilliant research by my colleague Dr Maria Kapsali in School of Performance & Cultural Industries

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What a great day @universityofleeds.bsky.social chairing a panel with Sherlock’s Mark Gatiss. And celebrating all the school’s history from Bretton Hall

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Just another day at the office! Sherlock star awarded honorary degree www.bbc.com/news/article...

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