Mischa Twitchin

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English and Drama, QMUL

London, UK

  • About

    I am currently a British Academy Post-doctoral Fellow at Queen Mary University of London, researching the role of ethnographic museums in re-producing fantasies of a universal modernity. My book, The Theatre of Death: the Uncanny in Mimesis (which explores the possibility of an iconology of the actor with the work of Tadeusz Kantor and Aby Warburg), is being published by Palgrave Macmillan in its Performance Philosophy series. I have taught at various institutions, including Goldsmiths College, Central School of Speech and Drama, and the University of Kent. Besides academic work, I am a founder-member of the performance collective Shunt, and have worked as a freelance lighting designer. Selected performance projects are available to view on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/user13124826/videos.

  • Professional activities

    research, teaching, directing, performing, writing, lighting design

  • Areas of interest

    theatre & performance studies, performance philosophy, art, anthropology, dramaturgy, critical theory, cultural politics, empathy, mimesis, avant-garde

  • Working languages

    English, French

Contact

  • E-mail

    m.twitchin@qmul.ac.uk

  • Website

    http://www.sed.qmul.ac.uk/staff/twitchinm.html

Mailing address

  • School of English and Drama
    Queen Mary University of London
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  • City

    London

  • Postcode

    E1 4NS

  • Country

    UK

Featured Work

<p>Kantor after Duchamp</p>

Article

Open Access Peer Reviewed

Kantor after Duchamp

by Mischa Twitchin

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Tadeusz Kantor Cricot 2 Polish theatre objects Witkacy Marcel Duchamp Erika Fischer-Lichte Theodor Adorno theatre history art Readymades The Madman and the Nun Annihilating Machine zero theatre Józef Szajna
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<p>On the &lsquo;Difference between Preaching an Ideal and Giving Artistic Form to the Historical Tension Inherent in It&rsquo;</p>

Book Chapter

Closed Peer Reviewed

On the ‘Difference between Preaching an Ideal and Giving Artistic Form to the Historical Tension Inherent in It’

by Mischa Twitchin

  • Publishing series

    Performance Philosophy (Palgrave)

  • Keywords

    Theodor Adorno Rainer Werner Fassbinder Joseph Beuys Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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<p>Tadeusz Kantor&rsquo;s Memory: Other pasts, other futures</p>

Book

Open Access Peer Reviewed Translation Reviewed

Tadeusz Kantor’s Memory: Other pasts, other futures

Edited by Michal Kobialka and Natalia Zarzecka

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Tadeusz Kantor Cricot 2 Polish theatre directing Theatre of Death memory
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<p>European Theatre Perspectives: Symposium Programme</p>

Event

Open Access Translation Reviewed

European Theatre Perspectives: Symposium Programme

by Culture Hub and the Grotowski Institute

  • Keywords

    theatre & performance studies cross-cultural migration adaptation performance European theatre digital humanities translation networks multilingualism digital culture European performance cultural translation internationalization transnational symposium European Theatre Perspectives (ETP) preservation activism co-action statelessness
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<p>European Theatre Perspectives: Book of Abstracts</p>

Event

Open Access Translation Reviewed

European Theatre Perspectives: Book of Abstracts

compiled by Culture Hub

  • Keywords

    theatre & performance studies cross-cultural migration adaptation performance European theatre digital humanities translation networks multilingualism digital culture European performance cultural translation internationalization transnational symposium European Theatre Perspectives (ETP) preservation activism co-action statelessness
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Connections

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Duncan Jamieson

Co-Director, Culture Hub

London, UK

  • Working languages

    English, Spanish, French, Polish, Polish (sign), Italian

  • Professional activities

    research, editing, publishing, translating, directing, web development

  • Areas of interest

    theatre & performance studies, cross-cultural performance, ethics, acting, directing, rehearsal practices, performer training, psychophysical performance, practice research, cultural translation, cognitive studies, decision making, gender studies, theatre history, historiography, contemporary philosophy, digital culture, social & cultural networks, memory studies, Polish theatre, Polish culture, Jerzy Grotowski, Laboratory Theatre, Tadeusz Kantor, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Krystian Lupa, Latin American performance
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Adela Karsznia

Co-Director, Culture Hub

London, UK

  • Working languages

    Polish, Polish (sign), English, French, Yiddish

  • Professional activities

    editing, translating, publishing, research, lecturing, web development

  • Areas of interest

    cross-cultural performance, theatre & performance studies, Polish theatre, literature, Polish identity, theatre history, disability culture, gender & performance, memory studies
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Grotowski Institute

cultural centre, archive, publisher, studio, performance venue

Wrocław, Poland

  • Working languages

    Polish, English, French, Italian

  • Professional activities

    performances, seminars, publishing, research

  • Areas of interest

    Jerzy Grotowski, Laboratory Theatre, theatre, performance
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Michal Kobialka

Minneapolis, USA

  • Working languages

    Polish, English, French

  • Professional activities

    research, lecturing

  • Areas of interest

    theatre & performance studies, Tadeusz Kantor
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Natalia Zarzecka

Director, Cricoteka

Kraków, Poland

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Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

publisher, resource, nonprofit organization

London, UK

  • Working languages

    English, Polish

  • Professional activities

    publishing

  • Areas of interest

    Polish theatre, theatre, performance, drama, acting, directing, performer training
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Affiliations

  • Department of English and Drama, QMUL, UK

    Postdoctoral Fellow (British Academy)

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