[ecrea] CfP Alternative Comedy Now

*ALTERNATIVE COMEDY NOW*

2nd-3th May 2019, University of Kent, UK

*Organised by the Popular & Comic Performance Research Centre (PCP) and 
the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) *

On 19 May 1979, the Comedy Store opened in Soho, London and precipitated 
the alternative comedy movement, which would revolutionise the style, 
subject matter and politics of British stand-up. The current UK comedy 
industry, from the smallest DIY comedy club to the arena tour, can 
arguably trace its origins back to the alternative comedy movement of 
the 1980s.

Organised by the Popular & Comic Performance Research Centre (PCP) at 
the University of Kent and the Centre for Comedy Studies Research (CCSR) 
at Brunel University London, Alternative Comedy Now will be an 
international interdisciplinary conference taking stock of this crucial 
cultural movement, forty years on from its inception. In addition to 
academic papers, the conference will feature involvement from some of 
the key figures in alternative comedy, a festival of alternative comedy 
performance, and an exhibition of early alternative comedy material from 
the British Stand-Up Comedy Archive.

We invite proposals for papers exploring such issues as: precursors and 
influences; the Comedy Store; the Comic Strip; Alternative Cabaret; the 
effects of alternative comedy on material and/or performance style; the 
politics of alternative comedy; the comedy club; individual alternative 
comedians; the cabaret elements e.g. ranting/dub poets, street 
performers, etc.; the American alternative comedy scene e.g. UnCabaret, 
Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, etc.; alternative comedy in the 
provinces; alternative comedy on TV; the legacy of alternative comedy; etc.

We would also welcome non-standard presentations (e.g. performance 
papers, workshops, etc.).

Please send a 300-word proposal and a short 100-word bionote to Oliver 
Double ((o.j.double /at/ kent.ac.uk)) and Sharon 
Lockyer ((Sharon.Lockyer /at/ brunel.ac.uk)) by 28th September 2018.


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