In a world set to be dominated by AI, surely the humanities will be the only degrees worth taking...?

Out in paperback today! 😀

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Out in paperback today! 😀

www.routledge.com/The-Theatric...

Currently working with my old uni's press office on my first ever press release.

Currently working with my old uni's press office on my first ever press release.

Not that Routledge told us very far in advance, but our edited collection from last year is being published in an affordable* paperback on September 25th! 😀

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A few interesting freelance gigs lined up for the next few months!

If you or anyone you know is seeking an experienced speaker in early modern drama and history, or someone with hands-on public engagement and exhibition curation experience, do reach out at [email protected] 😀

As much as I dislike Starmer - and I do - I love the fact that if Musk actually understood facts and figures he'd probably cry himself to sleep at night over the fact that Starmer's net favourability is still higher than his own.

Bye bye Elon. I'm not even going to support this manipulative bullshit by leaving my dormant account on your fascistic platform. It's time for as many right minded people as possible to stop helping to line this idiot's cavernous pockets.

Reminding everyone that Robert Hardy published scholarly works on the English longbow.

And now every celebrity is pumping out children's books. A handful are flooding the market with murder mysteries.

Couldn't resist spending a bit of my holiday on the trail of more travelling players - this time at Boston Guildhall in Lincolnshire.

Off the back of this, I also now have a mini profile up on Manchester Met's Break with Rome Anniversaries Group page. I'm available to heritage/education talks for museums, groups, schools, and universities, plus musum consultancy. Feel free to get in touch 😄

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And if you want to hear me talk about this topic and the project a bit more, here I am on the @beyondshakes.bsky.social podcast earlier this year!

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Thanks Tracey! Now I just need to hope I'm successful in getting this translated into my big project 😬

This is a momentous Friday - it's up and running! 😄

The fruits of my 2024-5 Nottingham postdoc, transforming an underused space at Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall.

(The only permanent exhibition on early modern drama beyond Shakespeare, within an authentic early modern performance space.)

I'm currently seeking peer reviewers for a journal special issue I am currently guest editing on the theme of Shakespeare and Thomas Middleton. If you would be interested, please do get in touch 🙂 My DMs are open, or I can be emailed at [email protected].

In June, I gave a lecture for the Hall's Croft Club. It was great to engage with the local community.

I am open to further speaking opportunities (societies, museums, schools etc) and have several projects I'd love to share. If you know of any opportunities or want to speak directly, do message 🙂

My exhibition is indeed complete and ready to go live at the guildhall of Stratford-upon-Avon - I can't wait to see it in place 😭

My exhibition is indeed complete and ready to go live at the guildhall of Stratford-upon-Avon - I can't wait to see it in place 😭

The exhibition includes physical media and digital content which is currently being produced by Wide Sky Design, a Nottingham-based digital heritage business. The work will transform the space, exploring the guildhall as a venue that hosted travelling players from 1568 fo 1622.

Thank you to all who have followed this account so far! This project grew out of an AHRC-funded knowledge exchange partnership with Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall + the University of Nottingham in 2024-5. For this, we curated a new interpretation of an underutilised space - opening very soon!

I'm not quite sure what I plan to do with it yet, but ahead of my new exhibition fully opening at Shakespeare's Schoolroom & Guildhall later in the year, I've set up a BlueSky for the Travelling Players Project! Check out @travellingplayers.bsky.social for what I hope will be some exciting updates 🙂

Thanks so much Callan 😃 It was a pleasure to work on!