Dr Holly C Luton

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Director, Designer, Dramaturg @corvustheatreco. Exploring site-specific + ancient Greek tragedy during our era of crisis 🎭🏺

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Just had the privilege of presenting my research about staging Greek theatre at the #TaPRA22 working group Directing and Dramaturg, alongside the fantastic David Bullen @hydeandgoseek and Stef Kerrigan!

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

Lots of people asking me where I was when Sunak announced the election. I was inside, because it was raining. Only an idiot would have gone out in that... #GeneralElection

[Anna Cole @annasiancole]

My daughter using her period tracker to work out which of her A level exams she's gonna be in pain for. Never seen a single mention of this factor in any discussion of exams anywhere

[Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine @philosophybites]

Advice to campus protestors: carry this @oup VSI, not the one on Terrorism

[@edithmayhall @edithmayhall]

Partly inspired by Albert Camus' insistence that we must imagine Sisyphus happy and embrace rather than evade life's absolute, risible incomprehensibility, my new motto and emblem, "In Absurdity, Laughter"

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

If Medea is the worst Mother, Clytemnestra is the worst wife, “but for wronged, silenced, and undervalued daughters, she is something of a hero".

With @officialnhaynes brilliant Pandora's Jar at my side, I can't wait to direct of the most exciting women in ancient greek drama!

[CorvusTheatreCo @corvustheatreco]

Announcing our 2024 Production...

Aeschylus' Agamemnon.

‘He takes what he wants… and he pays for it!” 👑🪓🛁

https://t.co/bBwTbyBXNV

[mary beard @wmarybeard]

Toby Jones brilliantly speaking up for drama, from ancient Greece to 20th century, as catalyst of change and justice, @bbcpm. That's what drama does and why it should be funded.

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

What fantastic news! The @NationalTheatre is ending a long era, and will, for the first time, be led a woman, and a person of colour, and one who is not afraid to take a political stand. Can't wait to visiting the National soon, under @IRubasingham's leadership!

[The Stage @TheStage]

Breaking: Indhu Rubasingham (@IRubasingham) has been appointed the new director of the @NationalTheatre, becoming the first woman and first person of colour to hold the post.

Read the full story: https://t.co/FlxWy4V5Xj

[Dr James Wenley @JamesWenley]

Renée is one of Aotearoa's most significant playwrights and made an incredible contribution to our literary and cultural life. Many of my students choose to perform her work in THEA 113 at VUW. Her plays will continue to be read, discussed and performed. https://t.co/LIKN4k4Twe

[IFTR @iftrcomms]

We look forward to seeing you there!

[Neil deGrasse Tyson @neiltyson]

Friday June 14. Happy Matariki to all Kiwis - a new national holiday in New Zealand, commemorating the Pleiades star cluster as it emerges in their Winter skies and starts the Maori New Year.

[Nevin Blaich @nevinfg]

Updated programme for our upcoming symposium, Theatre in Times of Crisis: Keynote Speakers, Professor Vicky Angelaki (Mid Sweden University) and Dr Işıl Şahin Gülter (Cornell University). Pls join here:
Online via HeiConf BigBlueButton:
https://t.co/WLlhrIyRmo

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Followed by a thoughtful discussion, I journey onwards to a future theatre that considers how we make Greek tragedy in crisis and come to better understand ourselves. Many thanks to @TaPRA_ and @DanRebellato, Ben Fowler, and Pen @newaudiencesold for bringing us all together!!

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Just had the privilege of presenting my research about staging Greek theatre at the #TaPRA22 working group Directing and Dramaturg, alongside the fantastic David Bullen @hydeandgoseek and Stef Kerrigan!

[Liam Jarvis @LiamJarvis]

#TaPRA22 at @Uni_of_Essex; Day 1 has drawn to a close! Packed with talks, discussions, practice-as-research gallery installations & a rehearsed read-through in @LakesideTheatre. We hope all our guests had a great first day & we look forward to seeing you in the morning! @TaPRA_

[Paddington @paddingtonbear]

Thank you Ma’am, for everything.

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Just saw a fabulous immersive performance at @GunpowderImrsv this afternoon! Now at the @DonmarWarehouse tonight watching The Trials! Looking forward to seeing an amazing youth cast address the climate crisis! Can't wait @selinabusby!!

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Fabulous research from the team at @PandemicBeyond! Looking forward to using this data in my own research, exploring theatre-making during the COVID pandemic in NZ 🇳🇿!!

[Pascale Aebischer @PascaleExeter]

Thrilled that our new guest blog post

ARTS AND HUMANITIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS

about value of (and learning from) @ahrcpress research during the pandemic is out today. Based on a survey of the @PandemicBeyond cohort.

Please share widely.
https://t.co/U04UoyV7a8

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

An extraordinary artist who has continued to inspire the work I create and research I undertake.

[The Guardian @guardian]

Peter Brook, influential theatre visionary, dies aged 97 https://t.co/Q6ibYGxkRA

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

@selinabusby Congratulations, Selina!! ❤️

[Dr Holly C Luton @HollyCLuton]

Very excited to be presenting and attending my first #TaPRA22 conference! Flying in from the bottom of the world, NZ 🇳🇿. Looking forward to discussing my doctoral research focus, Theatre and the Covid Crisis, at the 'Outsides', Directing and Dramaturgy Working Group

[TaPRA @TaPRA_]

We are delighted that registration for our 2022 conference (#TaPRA22) is now open! TaPRA members will find all the details (as well as lots of other news) in the newsletter that has just been sent out.