Scholar in Focus

Notes on Ecosystems of Theatre and Performance

Authors

  • Maria Shevtsova Goldsmiths University of London

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21827/ejtp.7.1.42835

Keywords:

theatre ecosystems, keynote address, EASTAP Annual Conference 2024, Sitges

Abstract

As the Associate Scholar of the EASTAP Annual Conference 2024 hosted by the Institute of the Arts Barcelona, Professor Emerita Maria Shevtsova delivered a keynote address on 29 October 2024. Her presentation focused on the conference’s central theme, ‘Ecosystems of Theatre and Performance’. Presented in this section are her notes from that address, offering a unique insight into her preparation for what became a vibrant talk, which played a formative role in shaping the ensuing discussions throughout the conference.

Author Biography

Maria Shevtsova, Goldsmiths University of London

Maria Shevtsova is Professor Emerita of Drama and Theatre Arts at Goldsmiths, University of London, having previously held professorships at the Universities of Connecticut and Lancaster (Founding Chair). She was founding director of European Studies at Sydney University and has held visiting professorships and similar positions at, among others, the Teatro Ateneo in Rome, Oslo University, the Academy of Theatre Arts in St Petersburg and the Grotowski Institute. She is the author of over one hundred journal articles and chapters in collected volumes, and her books, other than the three cited below, include the co-authored/co-edited Directors/Directing: Conversations on Theatre (Cambridge University Press, 2009) and Fifty Key Theatre Directors (Routledge, 2005). Her publications have been translated into Korean, Chinese, Persian, Russian, Romanian and Polish. She was co-editor of New Theatre Quarterly, and on the editorial team of Critical Stages of the International Association of Theatre Critics and the editorial Board of Polish Theatre Perspectives.

Published

2025-09-02

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 1 (2025): Exile and (Neo)Nationalism

Section

Scholar in Focus

Copyright (c) 2025 Maria Shevtsova

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