Paul Allain

Professor, University of Kent

Canterbury, UK

  • About

    Paul Allain is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Kent. He is a Polish theatre expert who collaborated with Gardzienice Theatre Association (1989-93) and published the first English book on their work (1997), and who has also written extensively on actor training and Tadashi Suzuki. He co-edited with Grzegorz Ziółkowski a special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review on Polish theatre after 1989 (2005). From 2006-9, he led the AHRC-funded British Grotowski Project and he has collaborated extensively with the Moscow Art Theatre School. He edited the collected writings of Ludwik Flaszen (Grotowski & Company, 2010; 2013) and co-edited Peter Brook’s With Grotowski (2009) and Acting with Grotowski: Theatre as a Field for Experiencing Life, by Zbigniew Cynkutis (2015).

  • Professional activities

    research, teaching, research supervision, directing, performer training, producing

  • Areas of interest

    theatre & performance studies, acting, directing, performer training, Tadashi Suzuki, Polish theatre, Russian theatre, Asian theatre, Jerzy Grotowski, Gardzienice, Andrei Droznin, Laboratory Theatre, Studium Teatralne, collaborative theatre, East European theatre, musicality, Peter Brook, Eugenio Barba, Richard Schechner, cross-cultural performance

  • Working languages

    English, Polish, French, Italian

Contact

  • E-mail

    p.a.allain@kent.ac.uk

  • Phone

    +44 (0)1227 823338

  • Fax

    +44 (0)1227 827464

  • Website

    http://bit.ly/1QsmCpx

Mailing address

  • School of Arts
    Jarman Building
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  • City

    Canterbury

  • Postcode

    CT2 7UG

  • Country

    UK

Featured Work

<p>Voices from Within: Grotowski&rsquo;s Polish Collaborators</p>

Book

Open Access Peer Reviewed Translation Reviewed

Voices from Within: Grotowski’s Polish Collaborators

Edited by Paul Allain and Grzegorz Ziółkowski

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Polish theatre directing ensemble acting rehearsals Jerzy Grotowski Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski & Thomas Richards training Wrocław Laboratory Theatre Opole Ludwik Flaszen Theatre of Sources set design Maja Komorowska Andrzej Bielski Ryszard Cieślak Zbigniew Cynkutis Zygmunt Molik Antoni Jahołkowski Waldemar Krygier Jerzy Gurawski Jacek Zmysłowski active culture Przemysław Wasilkowski Irena Rycyk Stefania Gardecka Teo Spychalski Stanisław Scierski paratheatre Rena Mirecka
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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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<p>Grotowski &amp; Company</p>

Book

Closed Translation Reviewed

Grotowski & Company

by Ludwik Flaszen

  • Publishing series

    Routledge Icarus

  • Keywords

    Jerzy Grotowski Laboratory Theatre Ludwik Flaszen
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<p>Acting with Grotowski: Theatre as a Field for Experiencing Life</p>

Book

Closed Translation Reviewed

Acting with Grotowski: Theatre as a Field for Experiencing Life

by Zbigniew Cynkutis

  • Keywords

    Polish theatre directing acting Jerzy Grotowski Laboratory Theatre Zbigniew Cynkutis performer training practitioners European performance
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<p>Introduction: Voices from Within</p>

Editorial

Open Access Peer Reviewed

Introduction: Voices from Within

by Paul Allain and Grzegorz Ziółkowski

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    directing ensemble acting collective creation Jerzy Grotowski Wrocław Laboratory Theatre Opole Ludwik Flaszen Theatre of Sources Maja Komorowska Andrzej Bielski Ryszard Cieślak Zbigniew Cynkutis Zygmunt Molik Antoni Jahołkowski Waldemar Krygier Jerzy Gurawski Jacek Zmysłowski Przemysław Wasilkowski Irena Rycyk Stefania Gardecka Teo Spychalski Stanisław Scierski paratheatre Rena Mirecka Thomas Richards Mario Biagini craft Jairo Cuesta Brzezinka James Slowiak Maud Robart Magda Złotowska Year of Grotowski Theatre of Productions Objective Drama Art as vehicle living tradition Lisa Wolford Wylam Ostrowina
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Blogs

<p>International Platform for Performer Training</p>

Blog post

Open Access

International Platform for Performer Training

Conference, Wrocław 2016

  • Keywords

    performer training psychophysical training theatre performance acting tradition martial arts kalarippayattu Asian performance Jerzy Grotowski Elsa Gindler bharatanatyam Finnish theatre Jacques Lecoq BodyConstitution traditional songs education IPPT
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Connections

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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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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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Grzegorz Ziółkowski

Professor, Katedra Dramatu, Teatru i Widowisk

Poznań, Poland

  • Working languages

    Polish, English

  • Professional activities

    research, teaching, directing, performer training, translating

  • Areas of interest

    acting techniques, theatre anthropology, interculturalism, laboratory theatres, European theatre, Asian theatre, cultural 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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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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Justyna Drobnik-Rogers

Manchester, UK

  • Working languages

    English, Polish

  • Professional activities

    research, lecturing

  • Areas of interest

    Polish theatre, Krzysztof Warlikowski
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Affiliations

  • University of Kent, UK

    Professor (theatre and performance)

  • European Theatre Research Network (ETRN), UK

    Co-Director (founder)

  • Royal Society of Arts, UK

    Fellow (elected)

  • Society of Authors, UK

    Member (elected)

Timeline

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