My thesis is based upon the findings from my post-graduate practice-as-research project.
I will propose a re-envisioning of the practice of Minstrelsy, not only as a traditional form of storytelling entertainment with its roots in ancient history...
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Dr Richard Talbot's Outputs (46)
This practice-as-research investigates embodied dance improvisatory approaches within motion capture environments through a shaping process I call Sculptural Qualities. Sculptural Qualities, a term developed during this research, are processual and r... Read More about Shaping Dance Improvisatory Processes Intertwined with Actual and Virtual Bodies: Exploring Sculptural Qualities Within Motion Capture Environments.
37 Funny fragments: the UoS Comedy and Performance Art Project assemblage (2023)
Journal Article
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.
Experiments In Therapeutic Participatory Theatre In Virtual Spaces Using Clowning And Puppetry (2022)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
This article considers the application of Physical Theatre practices, specifically clowning and puppetry, in participatory performance settings, The project lead, Richard Talbot, has been exploring ways of making these performances accessible through... Read More about Experiments In Therapeutic Participatory Theatre In Virtual Spaces Using Clowning And Puppetry.
A Ridiculusmus Virtual Trilogy: Grief, Laughter and Performance in Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! (2021)
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In May 2020, David Woods and Jon Haynes, performers and artistic directors of Ridiculusmus, presented the trilogy ‘Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love’ in the form of a three-day online seminar series, via the online conference platform Teams. It feat... Read More about A Ridiculusmus Virtual Trilogy: Grief, Laughter and Performance in Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!.
Hat Snap! (2021)
Book Chapter
'Give me your love (introduction)' 2016. in: Give Me Your Love, Oberon Books, London. (2021)
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Introduction to the playscript (the playscript is by Jon Haynes and David Woods)
Commentary and analysis by Richard Talbot of his edited collection of eight dialogues as part of the Jon Haynes and David Wood's reflections on the company’s creative process. The chapter predominantly focusses on the making and
touring of The Eradi... Read More about Reflections on The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland: A Conversation between David Woods and Jon Haynes of Ridiculusmus with commentary by Richard Talbot in Shaughnessy, N and P. Barnard eds. Forthcoming 2019.Performing Psychologies Imagination, Creativity and Dramas of the Mind London: Bloomsbury.
Give Me Your Love (2017) by Ridiculusmus is,
to some extent, a response to trials of MDMA
assisted psychotherapy for chronic treatment
resistant post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD),
and in particular to the prospect of these trials
taking plac... Read More about ‘It Blows My Mind’ Intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus in Performance Research Volume 22 Issue 6 Under the Influence Issue editors: Jim Drobnick ISSN: 1352-8165 (2017) 22:6.
This 2014 article presents a context for wider discussions around researcher-participant and 'embedded research', through critical reflection on the production of a series of drawings created during the devising process for Ridiculumus’ Total Footbal... Read More about Talbot, RJ 2014, 'Devising Ridiculusmus’ "Total Football": A schematic reading of performance process.' , Studies in Theatre and Performance, 34 (2) , pp. 140-159..
Ridiculusmus Trilogy Research Project Summary (2020)
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The summary accounts for my role as a devising collaborator with Ridiculusmus, in relation to this project.
The methodology is claimed as practice-as-research and is structured around the development of three plays. Research outputs associated wit... Read More about Ridiculusmus Trilogy Research Project Summary.
Give Me Your Love by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips (2020)
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A clip from Ridiculusmus’ landmark play Give Me Your Love, a show discussed in the related document
Talbot, RJ 2017, ''It blows my mind' : intoxicated performances by Ridiculusmus' , Performance Research Journal, 22 (6) , pp. 83-92.
This clip a... Read More about Give Me Your Love by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips.
Ridiculusmus Project Research Timeline (2) (2020)
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The Timeline includes hyperlinks to the documents, indicating key stages in Talbot’s contribution to devising, touring in performance, facilitating residencies, and curating public engagement in the process of creating the trilogy of plays Dialogue a... Read More about Ridiculusmus Project Research Timeline (2).
300 Word Statement Ridiculusmus Trilogy Project (2020)
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The statement indicates the aim and design of the research project during the creation of the trilogy of plays Dialogue as the Embodiment of Love (2014-2019), by Ridiculusmus. The project examines an interdisciplinary practice-as-research dialogue be... Read More about 300 Word Statement Ridiculusmus Trilogy Project.
Dialogue as the embodiment of love : a Practice as Research investigation into a trilogy of socially engaged work by Ridiculusmus - 300 word statement (2020)
Other
Talbot, R. (2020). Dialogue as the embodiment of love : a Practice as Research investigation into a trilogy of socially engaged work by Ridiculusmus - 300 word statement
Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips (2020)
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A Youtube Video playlist on The New Adelphi Theatre Youtube Site
7 clips that accompany the Directors' Commentaries on Die! Die! Die! Old People Die!, presented as the
Ridiculusmus Virtual Trilogy, University of Salford Online, May 2020. Curated... Read More about Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips.
The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips (2020)
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A Youtube Video playlist on The New Adelphi Theatre Site to accompany the Directors' Commentaries on Ridiculusmus’ landmark play The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland, presented as the
Ridiculusmus Virtual Trilogy, University of Salfor... Read More about The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland by Ridiculusmus - Playlist of Production Clips.
Chaired panel "Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love" (2020)
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A public panel chaired by Richard Talbot. A discussion following a staging of the complete trilogy Open Dialogue, Performance and Mental Health Care as part of Ridiculusmus' "Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love" trilogy of performances.
The panel f... Read More about Chaired panel "Dialogue As The Embodiment of Love".
Recording of Salford Rehearsals May 2013. The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland. (2020)
Digital Artefact
There are three videos. Transcripts are available on each video page and a description of content is listed with each video.
Zarniko, K (aka Richard Talbot). Youtube Playlist. 2013. 'Ridiculusmus in Rehearsal TEOSWL'
Accessed 14 December 2020... Read More about Recording of Salford Rehearsals May 2013. The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland..
Conference Paper for Theatre and Performance Research Association Performance and the Body Working Group, Worcester, September 2015.
On performance practice and research, on interactions between mental health research and the performance practices... Read More about Evidence of healing in The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland Theatre & Performance Research Association Conference, University of Worcester, September 2015.