Oxford University French Postgraduate Conference
Maison Française d’Oxford, 14th January 2010
Keynote speakers: Dr Simon Kemp (Oxford), Professor Paul Aron (ULB)
Call for papers
‘Imitation can be faithful, approximate, or even simply allusive; it can take as its object an author, a specific text or literary trend, but whatever its aim or range, pastiche develops a form of writing which is inseparably mimetic and analytic’. (Paul Aron)
‘Transposition, mimicry, subversion and adulteration are a few aspects of the strategy employed by Picasso towards his favourite painters. He nourished the modern and contemporary creative modus operandi, drawing it, on occasion, towards perverse duplication, irony and pastiche’. (Picasso Exhibition, organised by the Réunion des Musées Nationaux)
‘Between Rimbaud and any pastiche of Rimbaud, there is a difference’. (Henri Thomas)
Pastiche refers to an artistic or literary practice which has been all too often eclipsed by critics. Transposition or transgression of the rules of canonical or well known works, pastiche is situated at the crossroads between imitation and invention, between plagiarism and free inspiration. A rite of passage in the training of many young painters, musicians and writers since antiquity, pastiche is equally known as deception and forgery. As a game for the literary elite or as public entertainment, pastiche is also a close relative of parody and satire. In literature, canonical writers, such as Rimbaud, Proust and Céline, all avid purveyors of pastiche, have themselves been pastiched in turn. Pastiche can also be found in popular culture, in theatre or cabaret, and in satirical sketches or TV shows, for instance. On the internet, sites devoted to ‘fanfiction’, inspired by characters from popular fiction or television series, reveal the attraction for pastiche. Pastiche is equally to be found in the musical world, in pastiche operas and DJ’s remixes. The exhibition ‘Picasso and the Masters’, organised last year by the Saison Culturelle Européene, reminds us that pastiche was also a very fashionable practice in the art world.
This conference hopes to welcome contributions from all these fields, in the domain of French and Francophone studies, and beyond.
Topics may include, but are not limited to:• Plagiarism and forgery• Deceptions and hoaxes• Collages/Montages• Reproductions and copies• Mimetic apprenticeships• Imitations and ‘in the style of’• Intertextuality, changes in register, style or genre• Quotation, allusion, echoes• Revival and variation• Parody, satire and derision• Theatrical revues• Satirical press and media
Abstracts for papers in French or English (250 words) should be sent in Word or pdf format to oxfrenchgradconf@gmail.com Please include your name, email address and university, and details of any audiovisual needs for your presentation.
Deadline for abstracts: 28th September 2009
Conference Organisers: Dominic Glynn and Claire Guérin
lundi 3 août 2009
vendredi 22 mai 2009
Contact: Dominic Glynn FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tel: 01865 420 338
Mobile: 07990900013
Email: theatresonar@gmail.com
FAIRY QUEEN AT THE BURTON TAYLOR STUDIO, OXFORD
UK Premiere: 9 – 13 June, 8pm
The first UK production of Fairy Queen by Olivier Cadiot is to be performed at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford from Tuesday 9th of June till Saturday 13th of June at 8pm. Tickets cost £5 standard price or £4 with concessions. The show lasts 50 minutes in duration.
Fairy Queen is the story of a fairy who wants to become a poet cum performance artist. In the words of the text: “We’ve had body art, so why not neuron art, ay? Vocal art in space? Raw and direct theatre? We’ll find a name for it later but for now let’s just call it poetry.” She is invited to have lunch with Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice Toklas at their flat in Paris, but events don’t turn out how she expected.
The Burton Taylor provides the perfect intimate space for a production that seeks to create an intimate bond between performer and audience. The thrust stage and simple design allows for free-flowing communication. Indeed, the show strips down theatre to the basics of storytelling in a short and snappy performance full of surreal humour and poetic grace. The translator, Dominic Glynn, plays all the characters (Fairy, Gertrude, Alice) as well as narrating the action. This one-man show is a real tour de force, which cannot fail to move, delight and entertain anyone that sees it.
The text was given a first reading at the Etcetera Theatre in London to rave audience reviews. Dominic Glynn’s translation aims to recreate the seamless phraseology of the original text and to transpose its offbeat humour and postmodernism to the English language. It forms part of an ongoing collaboration with Olivier Cadiot, which will include translations of Shakespeare and Gertrude Stein for the Comédie de Reims in 2010 and 2011.
Olivier Cadiot’s work spans the genres of fiction, poetry and performance. He has established himself as a leading writer on the French literary and theatre scene. Apart from Fairy Queen, other writing includes Art Poetic and The Colonel Zouave, published by P.O.L. Described by the website of the television channel Arte as a ‘troublemaker who plays with words and zany situations with a musical virtuosity and by the arts revue journal Vacarme as ‘the poet of a fictionalised antiquity, updated for the modern era’, he will officially be headlining the 2010 Avignon Festival.
Dominic Glynn is currently a PhD student at Oxford University. He is a writer, translator, actor and director. He has previously performed at the BAC, the Cockpit Theatre and the Warwick Arts Centre, directed at the Loft Theatre and the RHUL Studio. Published articles have appeared in Contemporary Theatre Review and French Studies.
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If you would like more information about this topic or to schedule and interview with Dominic Glynn email theatresonar@gmail.com or call 07990 900013.
Press tickets can be requested through Kayleigh Hellin, Press and Marketing Officer at Oxford Playhouse – 01865 305388.
Tel: 01865 420 338
Mobile: 07990900013
Email: theatresonar@gmail.com
FAIRY QUEEN AT THE BURTON TAYLOR STUDIO, OXFORD
UK Premiere: 9 – 13 June, 8pm
The first UK production of Fairy Queen by Olivier Cadiot is to be performed at the Burton Taylor Studio, Oxford from Tuesday 9th of June till Saturday 13th of June at 8pm. Tickets cost £5 standard price or £4 with concessions. The show lasts 50 minutes in duration.
Fairy Queen is the story of a fairy who wants to become a poet cum performance artist. In the words of the text: “We’ve had body art, so why not neuron art, ay? Vocal art in space? Raw and direct theatre? We’ll find a name for it later but for now let’s just call it poetry.” She is invited to have lunch with Gertrude Stein and her companion Alice Toklas at their flat in Paris, but events don’t turn out how she expected.
The Burton Taylor provides the perfect intimate space for a production that seeks to create an intimate bond between performer and audience. The thrust stage and simple design allows for free-flowing communication. Indeed, the show strips down theatre to the basics of storytelling in a short and snappy performance full of surreal humour and poetic grace. The translator, Dominic Glynn, plays all the characters (Fairy, Gertrude, Alice) as well as narrating the action. This one-man show is a real tour de force, which cannot fail to move, delight and entertain anyone that sees it.
The text was given a first reading at the Etcetera Theatre in London to rave audience reviews. Dominic Glynn’s translation aims to recreate the seamless phraseology of the original text and to transpose its offbeat humour and postmodernism to the English language. It forms part of an ongoing collaboration with Olivier Cadiot, which will include translations of Shakespeare and Gertrude Stein for the Comédie de Reims in 2010 and 2011.
Olivier Cadiot’s work spans the genres of fiction, poetry and performance. He has established himself as a leading writer on the French literary and theatre scene. Apart from Fairy Queen, other writing includes Art Poetic and The Colonel Zouave, published by P.O.L. Described by the website of the television channel Arte as a ‘troublemaker who plays with words and zany situations with a musical virtuosity and by the arts revue journal Vacarme as ‘the poet of a fictionalised antiquity, updated for the modern era’, he will officially be headlining the 2010 Avignon Festival.
Dominic Glynn is currently a PhD student at Oxford University. He is a writer, translator, actor and director. He has previously performed at the BAC, the Cockpit Theatre and the Warwick Arts Centre, directed at the Loft Theatre and the RHUL Studio. Published articles have appeared in Contemporary Theatre Review and French Studies.
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If you would like more information about this topic or to schedule and interview with Dominic Glynn email theatresonar@gmail.com or call 07990 900013.
Press tickets can be requested through Kayleigh Hellin, Press and Marketing Officer at Oxford Playhouse – 01865 305388.
jeudi 21 mai 2009
HANDBAG SCRATCH
Geraldine Piligrim28 May 2009 - 29 May 200919:00 Performances at 7pm, 7.45pm & 8.30pm£5.00 (Concs £3.00)
In an empty ballroom a caretaker sweeps away the remnants of a previous event. A woman enters the space and puts down her handbag. A beat begins, a mirror ball turns and the sound of a classic dance track fills the air…Geraldine Pilgrim creates site-specific events and installations in unusual buildings and landscapes where the architecture of the site is used as the narrative. The projects often involve young people, older people and arts and community groups working alongside professional practitioners. This Scratch performance is a development of parts one and two (previously Scratched during BURST 2008 and December 2008) of a planned trilogy.'A witty and wistful performance that, in a few delirious moments, succinctly makes the point that no woman needs a man when she has got her handbag in tow.' Lyn Gardner, GuardianWould you like to perform in Handbag Scratch?Scratch allows artists to test ideas and get audience feedback. Come explore and be the first to discover the future of theatre.
A Geraldine Pilgrim and BAC co-production28 & 29 May7pm, 7.45pm & 8.30pm£5 (£3 concs)BURST 2009
Book online now or call our Box Office on 020 7223 2223.
Geraldine Piligrim28 May 2009 - 29 May 200919:00 Performances at 7pm, 7.45pm & 8.30pm£5.00 (Concs £3.00)
In an empty ballroom a caretaker sweeps away the remnants of a previous event. A woman enters the space and puts down her handbag. A beat begins, a mirror ball turns and the sound of a classic dance track fills the air…Geraldine Pilgrim creates site-specific events and installations in unusual buildings and landscapes where the architecture of the site is used as the narrative. The projects often involve young people, older people and arts and community groups working alongside professional practitioners. This Scratch performance is a development of parts one and two (previously Scratched during BURST 2008 and December 2008) of a planned trilogy.'A witty and wistful performance that, in a few delirious moments, succinctly makes the point that no woman needs a man when she has got her handbag in tow.' Lyn Gardner, GuardianWould you like to perform in Handbag Scratch?Scratch allows artists to test ideas and get audience feedback. Come explore and be the first to discover the future of theatre.
A Geraldine Pilgrim and BAC co-production28 & 29 May7pm, 7.45pm & 8.30pm£5 (£3 concs)BURST 2009
Book online now or call our Box Office on 020 7223 2223.
mardi 14 avril 2009
The ARCHIVE OF PERFORMANCES OF GREEK AND ROMAN DRAMA, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD in partnership with, THE CENTRE FOR THE RECEPTION OF GREECE & ROME, ROYAL HOLLOWAY, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, is pleased to announce a Bastille Day Symposium 2009 (220 years on)
Classics, Theatre and Thought in France
Confirmed Speakers:
Froma Zeitlin, Brigitte le Guen, Amy Wygant, Dominic Glynn, Cecile Dudouyt,Joe Harris, Rosie Wyles, Tom Wynn
Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’,Oxford OX1 3LU
July 14th 2009, 10.00-5.30 plus reception
ALL WELCOME: Admission Free
CONTACT either edith.hall AT rhul.ac.uk or fiona.macintosh AT classics.ox.ac.uk
Classics, Theatre and Thought in France
Confirmed Speakers:
Froma Zeitlin, Brigitte le Guen, Amy Wygant, Dominic Glynn, Cecile Dudouyt,Joe Harris, Rosie Wyles, Tom Wynn
Ioannou Centre for Classical & Byzantine Studies, 66 St Giles’,Oxford OX1 3LU
July 14th 2009, 10.00-5.30 plus reception
ALL WELCOME: Admission Free
CONTACT either edith.hall AT rhul.ac.uk or fiona.macintosh AT classics.ox.ac.uk
lundi 13 avril 2009
Fairy Queen by Olivier Cadiot
Translated and adapted by Dominic Glynn
A fairy with nitrogen-soled boots, nineteenth century California set in 1920’s Paris – a salon, a very dark salon with lots of paintings by famous artists, Gertrude Stein. The rural and the urban, the modern and the old, eternal and fleeting – all in a performance that doesn’t quite go to plan.
Category: Student Prices: £5 (£4)
Tue 9/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Wed 10/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Thu 11/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Fri 12/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Sat 13/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Translated and adapted by Dominic Glynn
A fairy with nitrogen-soled boots, nineteenth century California set in 1920’s Paris – a salon, a very dark salon with lots of paintings by famous artists, Gertrude Stein. The rural and the urban, the modern and the old, eternal and fleeting – all in a performance that doesn’t quite go to plan.
Category: Student Prices: £5 (£4)
Tue 9/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Wed 10/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Thu 11/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Fri 12/6 20:00 Book Tickets
Sat 13/6 20:00 Book Tickets
dimanche 5 avril 2009
mardi 24 mars 2009
A Night of Love and Sex: Tales from Around the World
24 March 2009, 20h
Pied Bull Yard
miscellanytheatreproductions@ymail.com
24 March 2009, 20h
Pied Bull Yard
miscellanytheatreproductions@ymail.com
jeudi 5 mars 2009
Le film des Ephémères du Théatre du Soleil: http://php2.arte.tv/festivete/content/ephemeres/index_fr.html
mardi 17 février 2009
lundi 16 février 2009
vendredi 13 février 2009
Blotto Theatre presents:
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Greenwich Playhouse, London
February 24rd 2009 - March 22nd 2009
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Box Office: 0208 858 9256
boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk
Pericles, Prince of Tyre
Greenwich Playhouse, London
February 24rd 2009 - March 22nd 2009
TICKETS NOW ON SALE!
Box Office: 0208 858 9256
boxoffice@galleontheatre.co.uk
jeudi 12 février 2009
This Valentine's Weekend...Do something different. With the romantic and historic Foyles Bookshop as your backdrop, support Miscellany Theatre Productions First Edinburgh Fundraiser: 'Love Letters' By A.R. Gurney. With Jess Guyon and Henry Martin. Directed by Pamela Alderson***Tickets: £8/6 conc. £15 per couple!***HOW TO BOOK: E-mail: miscellanytheatreproductions@ymail.comPhone: 07526524065 Details: Name.Quantity of tickets. Contact number. Seating is limited, so book now to avoid disappointment.
Fairy Queen by Olivier Cadiot
Etcetera Theatre 16 March 19h30
Lunch? Stop. We will dance. Stop. Gertrude.
A fairy with nitrogen soled boots, nineteenth century California set in Nineteen-Twenties Paris, a salon, a very dark salon with lots of paintings by famous artists, Gertrude Stein, William Robinson’s ‘laissez-faire’ approach to gardening, the amazing Maillard reaction, a performance that doesn’t quite go to plan, Mildred Aldrich and Alice. B. Toklas, the films of Jean-Luc Godard, Dryden’s poems and pre-natal music, the monologue of someone who is hardly able to speak told by somebody who is hardly able to shut up, oysters and veal for lunch, the rural and the urban, the modern and the old, eternal and fleeting, all in a single reading.
Adapted and translated and read to a group of people assembled in a room one night by Dominic Glynn.
“Absolute tripe” Gertrude Stein
“Very evocative” Fairy King
“A recipe for success” Alice ‘Cookbook’ Toklas
tickets £4.50 www.etceteratheatre.com
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