Dr Mary Richards
Associate Dean / Reader - Theatre

Research area(s)

• Dr Jo Cole, a particle physicist from the College of Engineering Design and Physical Sciences (CEDPS). and I were recently funded by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (2015-2017) to develop a pilot project entitled The Elusive Ms Higgs: a detective fiction of elementary truths which sought to investigate the use of immersive theatre practice as a tool to engage school pupils with the particle physics associated with the discovery of the Higgs boson.

• I have published papers and articles on live art and performance. Most recently, a article which considers, Tino Sehgal's approach to producing without producing objects: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/intellect/chor/2017/00000008/00000002/art00002#

  A fully revised and updated second edition of my monograph on Marina Abramović (Routledge) will be published later this year.

• Art and participatory practice
• Durational performance
• The performative body in extremis
• Outreach performance and the communication of science
• The performance of democracy and democratic processes

Research Interests

My research interests include a concern with the performance body in extremis, the politics of participatory practice, live art and representation. I would be happy to hear from potential research students with corresponding interests.