activate - On the paper floor

activate is a peer-reviewed electronic journal in the field of performance and creative research. Based in the Department of Drama, Theatre and Performance at Roehampton University, London, it is run by postgraduates as a forum for postgraduate and postdoctoral scholars to publish their work. Each edition focuses on a specific theme and aims to include a range of new critical and performative practices in relation to it.

Featuring:

• Lis Austin & R. Justin Hunt
• Thomas John Bacon
• Becky Cremin
• Eirini Kartsaki
• Joe Kelleher & P.A. Skantze
• Johanna Linsley
• Matthew MacKisack
• Tamarin Norwood
• Katerina Paramana
• Molly-Beth Seremet
• Tom Stone
• Nathan Walker

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POLYply 8 - Pulp

The Situation Room

Saturday 13th November, 7.30pm

• Amy De'Ath
• Elizabeth Guthrie
• Sarah Kelly
• Frances Kruk
• Johanna Linsley
• Marianne Morris
• Sophie Robinson

Plus collaborative performance from Marianne Morris and The Ventriloquent Agitators

7 Fountayne Rd, Tottenham, Greater London N15 4

Admission is free

RECITAL: Performance in Concert

Friday 29th October, 7 - 8.30pm

Short performances by Johanna Linsley, with special guests. Playlist includes:

• Baja/Now (2004)
• Buried Telephone (2008)
• The Present Becomes Us (2010)
• Like to Know (2010)
• Alonenesses (2009)

Pinter Studio, Arts Building, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London

Admission is free

(W)reading Performance Writing

In (W)reading Performance Writing writer and Co-Director of Open Dialogues Rachel Lois Clapham has assembled twenty practitioners from diverse fields of poetry, theatre, visual art and performance on the topic of Performance Writing. This unique guide comprises of syllabuses, manifestos, scores, personal testimonies and practical exercises, many drawn from resources available in the Live Art Development Agency study room. It also includes a detailed subject area index. This publication is highly speculative and encourages an active read. A note on its reading can be found in the section Invitation to (W)read.

Authors included:

• Charles Bernstein
• Caroline Bergvall
• David Berridge
• Rachel Lois Clapham
• Emma Cocker
• Mark Caffrey
• Alex Eisenberg
• John Hall
• Claire Hind
• Richard Kostelanetz
• Johanna Linsley
• Claire MacDonald
• Rebecca May Marston
• Marit Münzberg
• Tamarin Norwood
• Mary Paterson
• Joshua Sofaer
• Danae Theodoridou
• Peter Walsh
• Simon Zimmerman

Design by Marit Munzberg.

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Klatch 2

Klatch 2 is now available to view in Online > ePubs. The magazine was assembled on Friday 29th January 2010. Thanks to everyone who was involved.

Photos from Klatch 3 are also now available to view in the Nights > Photos section, and a copy of the magazine produced during this Klatch will be available in the coming weeks.