[ecrea] University of Salford Comedy Symposium

ONE-DAY SYMPOSIUM:

Transgression, Creativity, and The Comedy Business

17th March 2014, 10am-4.15pm
Digital Performance Lab
University of Salford
Media City UK, Salford Quays, M50 2EQ

Comedy often broaches the most fraught issues in our lives and cultures, standards of gender performance, types of sexuality, social, ethnic and cultural difference transgressing boundaries as it seeks to create laughter. Yet comedy has been intrinsically important in the development, influence and impact of radio, film and television and its importance for these media industries and its role in their construction of our cultural landscape are clearly linked.

How do comedic transgression and creativity play their part in the business of comedy?

Presentations by Dr Sharon Lockyer,  (Brunel University), Dr David Huxley and Dr David James (Manchester Metropolitan University) and Dr Sarah Ralph (UEA).

Performances by Ridiculusmus (Conversations about Comedy and NEW show
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland)

Plus - Salford Comedy Festival, BBC Writers' Room Comedy Workshops, and Salford University Comedy Showcase (18th March)

ALL WELCOME

BOOKING: Please contact Richard Talbot -(r.talbot /at/ salford.ac.uk)  to book.

http://www.salford.ac.uk/arts-media/research/performance-research-centre

Dr Richard Talbot
Director, Performance Research Centre |  School of Arts&  Media
t: +44 (0) 16 129 56367  |  m: +44 (0)7899-872-215
(r.talbot /at/ salford.ac.uk)   |www.salford.ac.uk


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