Staff details

Teaching interests

Political Theatre;

The study of Semiotics in the Theatre;

Scriptwritng - for theatre, television and radio;

Collaborative practices in theatre production;

The role of the director in performance;

The role of new technologies in performance;

Performance Art.

 

Research interests

Scriptwriting for theatre, television and radio.

Directing

Collaborative practises in the theatre

Modern technologies in live perforamance

Practice as Research

 

Other research

Conference Papers:

'Arts and the Arts Council'. Paper presented at the ICFAD Conference, Madrid, November 1996.

'Working Class Women and The Theatre'. Presented at the International Federation of Theatre Research annual conference. Universidad de las Americas Puebla, Cholula, Mexico, June 1997.

'Shading the Crime: Recognition & Resistance'. Presented at 'Whatever Happened to Political Theatre?' conference at The Theatre Museum, Covent Garden and the University of Goldsmiths, London May 1998.

'Shading the Crime: Acting Hopelessness As An Act of Hope' with Roberta Mock. Presented at the International Federation of Theatre Research annual conference. University of Kent, Canterbury, July 1998.

'The Maternal Cloister - The Manupulation of Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz'. Presented at the International Federation of Theatre Reseearch annual conference. University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, July 2001.

'M(other)' with Roberta Mock & Ruth Way. Performative 'practice as research' paper at the International Federation of Theatre Research annual conference. St. Petersburg, Russia May 2004.

'M(other) 3' with Roberta Mock & Ruth Way. Development of performative 'practice as research paper' at the Parip Conference at Bretton Hall in June 2005.
Political Theatre Beyond Postmodernism, London in September 2005.

 

Creative practice & artistic projects

My creative work is written under the surname of Roberts.

Performed plays:

'Ceremonial Kisses' (1996) by Christine Roberts.

Co-directed by Roberta Mock & Christine Roberts.

Performed by Lusty Juventus Theatre Company at Exeter & Devon Arts Centre,Hackney Empire Studio Theatre (London), Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Redgrave Theatre (Bristol). September 1996 - September 1997.

'Shading The Crime' (1998) by Christine Roberts

Co-directed by Roberta Mock & Christine Roberts

Performed by Lusty Juventus Theatre Company at The New Theatre (Exeter), Hackney Empire Studio Theatre (London) and The Man in The Moon Theatre (London). January 1998.

Second Production of 'Shading the Crime':

'Shading the Crime' was chosen from over four hundred scripts as the inaugural play at The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford. Directed by Ellie Parker. Design by Bruno Santini. October 1998.

'The Maternal Cloister' (1999) by Christine Roberts.

Commissioned by Theatre Carnavalesque it was later performed at I Encontro de Performance e Political nas Americas in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. July 2000 by Lusty Juventus Theatre Company.

It was also performed at the University of Plymouth in May 2002.

'M(other)' (2002) written text by Christine Roberts. 

Co-directed and performed by Roberta Mock, Christine Roberts and Ruth Way. Digital technology by Russell Frampton. Performed by Lusty Juventus as part of the Trans-Movement World-Cef international festival in Athens, October 2002.

'The Kicking District' (2003) by Christine Roberts.

Commissioned by Ellie Parker, artistic director of New Theatre Works.

It was performed at The Courtyard Theatre, Hereford in May 2004. Directed by Estelle von Warmelo.

Shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, Soho Theatre (2005)
Second Production of 'The Kicking District,' The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth, Devon. March 2006
Third Production of 'The Kicking District' Sponsored by ADVA (Against Domestic Violence and Abuse)
As part of the International Anti-Domestic Violence Week November 2006
The Barnfield Theatre, Exeter 21st November 2006
The Barn Theatre, Dartington Arts, 25th November 2006.
'Holey Terror' (2007) by Christine Roberts, Science advisor Dr. Hywel Evans
National Science week: Plymouth SciBar: Sponsored by the British Association for the Advancement of Science.
The Barbican Theatre, Plymouth March 2007
Shortlisted for the Verity Bargate Award, Soho Theatre, London (2007).
'Holey Terror' is being considered by Sally Avens, Executive Producer, BBC Radio Drama, London.

Other Plays:

'Keep High the Banner of Dignity' (1996)

'POA' (1998)

'Bugaboo' (1999)

'Basta Ya!' (2000)

'Kids (Un)Necessary To Survival' (2001)
'EMU Nights' (2005)
'Maintaining the Fiction' submitted for The Bruntwood Award with the Royal Exchange, Manchester. (2006)

 

Publications

My creative work is written under the surname of Roberts, my academic writing under Hall.

Plays:

Roberts, Christine (1997) 'Mangled' London: Minerva Press.

Roberts, Christine (2003) 'tormented minds, three plays', Intellect Books.

Journals:

Hall Christine (1996) 'The Carnival Yearning' in New Theatre Quarterly Volume X11 Number 47 August 1996

Hall Christine (1998) 'Working Class Women and The Theatre ' in The European Journal of Women's Studies Vol. 5, Issue 1.

Mock, Roberta & Roberts, Christine (1999) 'Shading the Crime: Acting Hopelessness as an Act of Hope', in Studies in Theatre Production No. 19 June.

Chapters:

Roberts, Christine (2000) '

'Desperate Acts' in R. Mock (ed) Performing Processes, Intellect Books.

Awaiting confirmation:
Roberts, Christine (2007) 'The Kicking District:' the role of the writer in the rehearsal process' in Text and Performance Quarterly.
Hall, Christine (2007) 'Theatre in Hong Kong Post 1997' in Asian Theatre Journal.

 

Reports & invited lectures