From the Archive: Vahni Capildeo, ‘Persephone in Oulipo’

We are going to be posting (even) more writing from our previous issues on the site, and to start with here is Vahni Capildeo’s ‘Persephone in Oulipo’, from Issue 10 (2017).

Issue 12 — Script as Identity: Call for Submissions

Issue 11 Online Content: Nick Makoha, ‘The Metic Experience: A Manifesto’

A final taster of the contents of CLR 11: Manifestos — now available to read online is Nick Makoha’s manifesto on ‘The Metic Experience’. Read it here, or access this and other online content from the issue 11 contents page.

CLR 11: Manifestos Launch / Audio Recording of ‘Rhythmdrama: A Disaster’ by Will Hall

Thanks to all those who joined us for the launch of CLR 11: Manifestos last Wednesday to hear Raymond Geuss on the Nicene Creed and Dada, poetry from Imogen Cassels and Paige Smeaton, mandolele songs based on Orlando Furioso by Jessica Law, an excerpt from Will Hall’s drama ‘Kelsoe & LittlePolity’, and the first public reading of Rosie Šnajdr’s latest story ‘We are Cosmonauts’.

As a special extra, we are also presenting an audio recording of Will Hall’s Rhythmdrama: A Disaster, recorded at the Polyphonic Poetry Festival, 16/06/18, Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio, Cambridge.

    Cast & Credits

Tom Brandy – James Adams

Quitetoe/Babyteacher – Tony Torn

John Turner, Newsman – Ryan Pepin

Diotima – Lee Ann Brown

Intern 1 – Luke Bridges

Intern 2 – Jay Richardson

Intern 3 – Nate Schmidt

0 – Edan Umrigar

 

Movement by Rosa van Hensbergen

Music by Jay Richardson

Produced by Imogen Cassels

Directed by Christian Coppa

Written by Will Hall

EQ-ed for the CLR by Tony Torn

£5 Back Issues (UK only)

We have dropped the price of back issues from £10 to £5 if ordering from the UK. Take a look.

Issue 11 Online Content: Lisa Jeschke & Lucy Beynon, ‘The History of Theatre’ (an excerpt from ‘The Tragedy of Theresa May’)

More of CLR 11: Manifestos is now online. Read Lisa Jeschke and Lucy Beynon’s ‘The History of Theatre’ here, or follow the link from the issue 11 contents page.

Issue 11 Online Content: Nisha Ramayya, ‘Villein in Gross’ and ‘Villein Regardant’

With CLR 11: Manifestos now printed and ready to order, we will be posting some content from the issue online, and first up is this pair of pieces by Nisha Ramayya, accessible here, or from the link on the issue 11 contents page. Enjoy!