From Memory: Celebrating the pedagogical legacy of Mike Pearson (1949-2022) 19th + 20th May 2023 Aberystwyth University

Friday 19 May 2023, Parry-Williams Building (Aberystwyth University Campus)

18.00 - 19.30

Yr Adran, Brith Gof a Theatr, Ffilm a Theledu yng Nghymru

The Department, Brith Gof and Theatre, Film and Television in Wales [Cymraeg/English]

(including drinks reception)

A roundtable discussion on the history of Theatre, Film & Television Studies at Aberystwyth University and the impact of Brith Gof on the department and on Welsh theatre, film and television.

Chair: Sioned Wiliam
(BA Drama Aberystwyth 1979-1982; former controller of comedy for ITV, commissioning editor of comedy for BBC Radio 4 and Radio 4 Extra)

Panelists: Catrin M S Davies, Matthew Davies, Lis Hughes Jones, Elan Closs Stephens, Sêra Moore Williams; others tbc

 

Saturday 20 May 2023 AM, Parry-Williams Building (Aberystwyth University Campus)

9.00 - 9.30 Coffee / Tea and Arrivals, Foyer
9.30 - 9.40 Welcome by Prof Jamie Medhurst, Head of Department
9.40 - 10.10

Film: An Arts Centre for Young People:
Making theatre at Llanover Hall, Cardiff, in the 1970s
10.10 - 10.30

Talk: Louise Ritchie, The origins of In All Languages
10.30 - 10.45

Coffee / Tea
10.45 - 11.30

Panel: Way out West!: Teachers remembering Performance Studies at

Aberystwyth
With: Heike Roms, Jill Greenhalgh, Roger Owen, Steve Robins

 
11.30 - 12.45

Open Session: From Memory: Students remembering Performance Studies at Aberystwyth

An open invitation to share memories, documents and photos, and to contribute to a timeline and mapping, recording the history of Performance Studies at Aberystwyth University.

Facilitation: Zoe Laughlin
(BA Performance Studies Aberystwyth 2000-2003)
12.45 - 14.00

Lunch (Memory Space to stay open)
13.30 - 14.00

In All Languages workshop for former Performance Studies students

 

Saturday 20 May 2023 PM, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | National Library Wales (tbc)

14.15 - 14.30

In All Languages Flash Mob [meet outside the library]
[prompt start]
14.45 - 15.30

Panel: Performance Pedagogy and Professional Practice

A roundtable discussion on the relationship between training, teaching and professional practice in the performance work of Mike Pearson.

Chair: Heike Roms
Panelists: Eddie Ladd, Ffion Jones, Richard Huw Morgan, Marc Rees, John Rowley, Sian Thomas; others tbc; 
15.30 - 16.30

Panel: Encounters with Mike Pearson’s archive

Marking the deposit of Mike’s papers to Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru | National Library Wales.

Chair: Louise Ritchie
Panelists: Simon Banham, Mike Brookes, Gareth Llŷr Evans, Andrew Filmer, Ffion Jones, Roger Owen; others tbc. 
16.30 - 16.45 Closing remarks and goodbyes