We need to talk about race, racism and intersectionality

12 Jun 2020

The traumatic murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery in the United States, and Jimmy Mubenga on UK territory, among countless others, have sparked global debates about structural racism around the world, and challenges us to instigate discussions about race and intersectionality in the UK.

Drama Student in online Premier of new play, Bubble by Kieran Hurley

23 Mar 2020

Tune in to watch BA English and Drama student Ed Larkin in the premiere of Bubble, a 45-minute online play about freedom of speech and online debate set on a university campus.

(Re)imagining Nora

17 Feb 2020

(Re)imagining Nora was a day-conference, organised by the Centre for Contemporary British Theatre, held at the Young Vic on 15 February 2020, exploring the influence of Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll’s House..

Call for Submissions: Platform 14, Vol 1: Theatres of Labour

15 Jan 2020

This forthcoming issue of Platform considers labour through the creation and aesthetic analysis of theatre and performance.

Making an Appearance

08 Mar 2019

The Making an Appearance research project is a collaboration between the Centre for Contemporary British Theatre at Royal Holloway and the Equity Women’s Committee.

Dan Rebellato adapts Musset’s Lorenzaccio for BBC Radio 3

04 Mar 2019

The Department’s Professor Dan Rebellato has translated and adapted the nineteenth-century classic play Lorenzaccio by Alfred de Musset for BBC Radio 3 and it goes out on Sunday 10 March at 7.30pm.

Platform Journal 12.2: On Magic is now available

28 Feb 2019

Platform is a peer-reviewed journal published out of Royal Holloway, University of London and has been devoted to publishing the work of postgraduates, postdoctoral researchers...

PhD student Megan Vaughan has article published in the Journal of Transformative Works and Cultures.

19 Sept 2018

The article engages with Megan’s earlier research into the UK’s theatre blogging community, and its similarity to theatre fan communities which congregate on the website Tumblr.

Dr Chris Megson shortlisted for the Times Higher Education award for ‘Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year’.

06 Sept 2018

Huge congratulations to our very own Chris Megson, who has been shortlisted for the ‘Outstanding Research Supervisor of the Year’ Times Higher Education (THE) award.

Call for Submissions for Platform Symposium: 'On Criticism'

09 Aug 2018

The cry of criticism in crisis from about ten years ago has recently gained a new momentum...