All Outputs (4)

37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage (2023)
Journal Article
Wilkie, I., & Talbot, R. (2023). 37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage. Comedy Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2023.2188834

What follows is an account of the ongoing University of Salford (UoS) Comedy and Performance Art Project. This has evolved into a series of staged and recorded ‘Non-Events’ that broadly seek to uncover any interactions between the fields of Comedy... Read More about 37 funny fragments: the UoS comedy and performance art project assemblage.

'It blows my mind' : intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus (2017)
Journal Article
Talbot, R. (2017). 'It blows my mind' : intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus. Performance Research, 22(6), 83-92. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2017.1412654

Give Me Your Love by Jon Haynes and David Woods, Artistic Directors of Ridiculusmus, is the second in a trilogy Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love, to be presented in 2018, a series of plays investigating innovative mental health therapies. Give Me Y... Read More about 'It blows my mind' : intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus.

Clowns do ethnography: An experiment in long-distance comic failure (2014)
Journal Article
King, B., & Talbot, R. (2014). Clowns do ethnography: An experiment in long-distance comic failure. Comedy Studies, 5(1), 64-77. https://doi.org/10.1080/2040610X.2014.905104

This paper examines the role of clowning in practice-as-research, and explores tensions between aspiration and execution in interdisciplinary projects. It draws on documentary assets (video screen grabs, photographs, texts) from a version of Euripide... Read More about Clowns do ethnography: An experiment in long-distance comic failure.

Devising ridiculusmus’ total football: A schematic reading of performance process. (2014)
Journal Article
Talbot, R. (2014). Devising ridiculusmus’ total football: A schematic reading of performance process. Studies in Theatre and Performance, 34(2), 140-159. https://doi.org/10.1080/14682761.2013.877662

This article critically reflects on a series of drawings created during the devising process for Ridiculumus’ Total Football (2012). Ridiculusmus' production, a narrative of a non-sporty bureaucrat tasked with harnessing the enthusiasm of football fa... Read More about Devising ridiculusmus’ total football: A schematic reading of performance process..