The Contagion Cabaret
The Contagion Cabaret: a quirky theatrical evening of drama, discussion and disease
Tuesday 20 June 2017, 7.30 - 10pm
Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
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The Constructing Scientific Communities and Diseases of Modern Life projects are taking part in the Oxfordshire Science Festival with The Contagion Cabaret at the Museum of the History of Science, Broad Street, Oxford, OX1 3AZ.
Killer germs, superbugs, pestilent plagues and global pandemics have fascinated writers, musicians and thinkers for centuries. As diseases spread through a population, likewise myths and ideas travel virally through film, literature, theatre and social media. Join a cast of actors, scientists and literary researchers for an inventive illustration of infectious extracts from plays and music, past and present.
Dreamt up in the plague-ridden imagination of the Theatre's Artistic Director John Terry, join a cast of familiar faces including Marcus D'Amico (Frankie and Johnny) and Anna Tolputt (Around the World in 80 Days), alongside scientists and literary researchers from Oxford University for an evening of infectious extracts from plays and music, past and present. Be sure to bring your antiseptic wipes!
For more information and to book tickets see http://www.chippingnortontheatre.com/index.php?p=whatson&id=3601
The event is free but booking is required via Eventbrite.
Please note that the doors to the Museum will open at 7.15pm and the talk begins promptly at 7.30pm. Late arrivals cannot be guaranteed entry. This event is suitable for ages 14+
Sally Shuttleworth is Professor of English Literature looking at the inter-relations between literature and science, including the project Diseases of Modern Life: Nineteenth-Century Perspectives.
Kirsten Shepherd-Barr is Professor of English and Theatre Studies, interested in the relationship between modernism, science and theatrical performance.
John Terry is Artistic Director of Chipping Norton Theatre known for ambitious and adventurous theatre work, usually script based but with a strong visual and physical tilt.