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Collisions x Collisions 2025

By Research @ Central

COLLISIONS is an annual research festival to engage with what it means to be researching with, through, in and by practice.

Date and time

Location

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

62-64 Eton Avenue Swiss Cottage London NW3 3HY United Kingdom

Agenda

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

WEDNESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

Welcome - Internal PhDs welcome and mapping

12:30 PM - 1:15 PM

Registration over Lunch

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

Welcome Speech: Professor Tony Fisher

1:30 PM - 2:15 AM (+1 day)

Musical Technology Workshop: Adrienne Ming

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Learning Pedagogy in KS3 Music Education: Dante Yen Tong Yum

3:15 PM - 4:00 PM

‘Tempest Masque’: a Historical and Contemporary Approach to the Masque Chorus

Mark Turner

4:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Musical Theatre Performance: Folklore and Storytelling: Shannon Navarro

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM

Film screening: Filming Research - Nic Farr, Maya Yoncali, Amy Ryall

10:00 AM - 5:30 PM

THURSDAY 25 SEPTEMBER

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Welcome and Registration

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Parallaxing (i): a walk (video call experience): setareh fatehi irani

11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Through the Cracks (AR): Jack Hardiker-Bresson

12:00 PM - 12:20 PM

Mess Workshop: Eleanor Field

12:25 PM - 12:55 PM

The Road to Knowledge: Dr Jess Hartley

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Post Scriptum: Short Film Screening - Marina Stavrou

3:00 PM - 3:45 PM

Holding Water - Immersive Audio: Nicole Acquah

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Friendship as Political Practice: Vera Marcu Ion

4:30 PM - 4:50 PM

Reconstructing Ancient Athenian Dance: Despoina Christianoudi

5:15 PM - 5:30 PM

Closing Remarks: Dr David Shearing

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Highlights

  • 1 day, 7 hours, 30 minutes
  • In person

About this event

Arts • Theatre

Date and time: Wednesday 24th and Thursday 25th September 2025

Location: The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama

Access: Please email Collisions.Festival@cssd.ac.uk with any access requirements.

About this event:

COLLISIONS is an annual festival dedicated to the thriving culture of practice research at Central. COLLISIONS invites postgraduate students at Central and elsewhere interested in developing practice research alongside others, to share short work in a semiformal setting, and contribute to furthering the conversation around the field of practice research.

At COLLISIONS you may experience:

  • Performances
  • Participatory practices
  • Presentations, lecture performances/performance lectures
  • Performative acts
  • Workshops
  • Film/Media installation
  • Posters or images suitable for gallery display
  • Any other forms of practice that might expand the boundaries of a practice research festival

Refreshments: Lunch will be provided, with vegetarian and vegan options available. If you have specific dietary requirements, please email Collisions.Festival@cssd.ac.uk, clearly outlining them.  

PLEASE NOTE: This conference is open to all, but advance registration is essential. Due to capacity, this conference will only be taking place in person.

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Research @ Central

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