This is the book of abstracts for the 2009 Theatre & Performance Research Association (TaPRA) conference, held at the University of Plymouth, UK.

Over 200 delegates were welcomed at this conference, which took place from 7-9 September 2009 in the Roland Levinsky Building.

International Guests: Professor Susan Bennett (University of Calgary) and Professor Ric Knowles (University of Guelph)

The conference included:

– a performance by The FATHoM Project, choreographed by Adam Benjamin
– a conference buffet & cruise on the Tamar River
– a conference reception at Han’s Oriental Restaurant
– a film screening of Grotowski’s The Constant Prince
– an introduction to the University’s Immersive Vision Theatre
– pre-conference activities including a ‘twalk’ in Plymouth’s historic Royal William Yard by Phil Smith (Wrights & Sites), a screening of Complicite’s The Street of Crocodiles from the V&A Theatre Archive, and one-to-one performances by Sam Rose

The TaPRA2009 Conference Organisers were:
Roberta Mock, Lee Miller & Victor Ramirez Ladron de Guevara