Oxford OX1 3AZ
UK
A quirky theatrical evening of drama, discussion and disease.
Killer germs, superbugs, pestilent plagues and global pandemics have fascinated writers, musicians and thinkers for centuries. As diseases spread through a population, likewise myths and ideas travel virally through film, literature, theatre and social media.
Join a cast of actors, scientists and literary researchers for an inventive illustration of
infectious extracts from plays and music, past and present.
Sally Shuttleworth is Professor of English Literature looking at the inter-relations between
literature and science, including the project Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth-Century
Perspectives.
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr is Professor of English and Theatre Studies, interested in the relationship between modernism, science and theatrical performance.
John Terry is Artistic Director of Chipping Norton Theatre known for ambitious and adventurous theatre work, usually script based but with a strong visual and physical tilt.