The National Theatre of Wales’s production of Coriolan/us is the subject of a symposium at the University of Aberystwyth. Wish I could be there, given how much I like the play and how important it is for my current work. Details follow (via Jenny Edkins):

The Performance and Politics Research Group at Aberystwyth is organising a one-day symposium on Monday 26 November to discuss the innovative and exciting production of Coriolan/us by National Theatre Wales.  Professor Mike Pearson will begin by showing extracts from a dvd of the performance and offering his thoughts as director of the production. We will then have presentations by Dr Andrew Filmer (TFTS, Aberystwyth), Professor Adrian Kear (TFTS, Aberystwyth) and Prof. Dr. Patrick Primavesi (Universität Leipzig). 

Described by The Observer as “an outstanding production that makes several big points about the theatre today…an unforgettable political and personal drama: rich, tough and resonant,” and by The Financial Times as “gripping,” “a production that brilliantly conveys the confusion, unpredictability and opportunism of civil strife,”
this was a inspiring promenade performance that took place in an aircraft hanger on a military airfield west of Cardiff during the summer.

Coriolan/us: http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw21#coriolanus
Performance and Politics Research Group:
http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/interpol/research/research-groups/politicsandperformance/

Further information: Professor Mike Pearson mip@aber.ac.uk; Professor Jenny Edkins jfe@aber.ac.uk