
Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi
Associate Professor
School of Creative Industries (Drama)
- Email:gillian.arrighi@newcastle.edu.au
- Phone:(02) 4921 5007
Children of the Theatre
Dr Gillian Arrighi’s research into childhood actors at the turn of the 20th century critically assesses their contribution to modern ideas about ‘childhood’
Before the advent of film, theatre was at its zenith at the turn of the 20th century, and at its heart were many talented and wildly popular child actors.
Dr Gillian Arrighi, a researcher in Creative and Performing Arts, is honing in on the contribution of children to the globally connected theatre industries in London, New York, Melbourne and Sydney prior to World War One.
She is currently writing a book, Pinafore, Prodigies and Precocities: child actors on popular stages 1879-1914 that applies the critical lenses of education and labour reform, repertoire analysis, industrial conditions, and biography to argue the popular theatre of the era transmitted socially transformational ideas about children and childhood.
“Through this project I’ve uncovered children’s extraordinary performance abilities. Their high levels of energy, intelligence, wit, and creative skills really shine through in this research. These amazing children had a broad psychological feeling range they could portray on stage. They were highly skilled dancers and comedians. Some as young as six years old were touring around the country doing up to 400 performances a year, so they also had remarkable endurance,” Dr Arrighi said.
Dr Arrighi said the children consummately presented their unique blend of innocence, agency, and competence while appearing in commercial productions of drama, pantomime, comic opera, variety/vaudeville and musical comedy alongside the biggest stars of the era.
“Some of them became major stars in their own right during childhood, some sustained adult careers in the theatre and early film, and many of them travelled vast distances on the touring circuits of the era, contributing to the transmission of theatrical trends and advancing modernising ideas about children and childhood.”
Most of the child actors of this period were female, many were from middle class homes without familial links to the entertainment business, and then as now, professional teachers of dance, singing, and elocution supported their entrée to the entertainment business.
“The predominance of young girls in the theatre industry and the support they received from their families disrupts our understanding about turn of the 20th century aspirations for young women in the work force. “
Dr Arrighi contrasts the extraordinary talents and abilities of the child actors of this era with the modern treatment of children.
“This research suggests that the abilities of children today are undervalued. It points to the way we can wrap children in cotton wool and perhaps limit their exploration of their creative capacities and emotional intelligence. Fear and concern for safety has changed the way society treats children, we’ve tightened our control on children and what spaces they can occupy,” she said.
“These days child actors in theatre and film work according to strict rules that acknowledge the need for education, rest, limited hours of work etc. Workplace recognition of children’s natural needs and rights was becoming established in the theatre industry in the 1880s and today’s regulations of child actors have their genesis in legal cases and changing industry practices dating from the late-nineteenth century.
The time frame for Arrighi’s study is 1879-1914, a significant period when the theatre industry in Australia, the United States and Britain was central to the national culture. Actors were becoming professionalised and industrial mechanisms supporting the occupational status of actors, such as actors’ agents and stage trainers, became entrenched within the industry. Cultural developments, including the activation of a mass media and the cult of celebrity, influenced the social impact of child actors.
It was in 1879 that a surge in popularity of child actors occurred worldwide which Dr Arrighi says coincided with increasingly determined efforts to legalise the importance of a universal education, to place the caprices of entertainment within an ordered structure of legal precedent, and to accommodate the economic significance of children as providers and consumers within the developing middle-class constructions of childhood.
“From 1880 onwards there was this incredible fascination with seeing children on stage. At the same time labour and education laws were coming into force. It was almost like the audience was saying now this is forbidden we want to have more of it. Ideas about what constituted a middle-class childhood were becoming strongly established in this period. The theatre has always reflected society and its challenges and problems. This upwelling of child actors performing ‘childhood’ on stage came at a time when not everyone could afford to give their children a middle class childhood, but they could witness aspects of modern childhood modelled on stage,” Arrighi noted.
Companion to the circus
Dr Arrighi’s next book to be published by Cambridge University Press is titled The Cambridge Companion to the Circus. Dr Arrighi is co-editor on this landmark publication, which will provide a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners seeking perspective on the foundations and evolution of the modern circus, the contemporary extent of Circus Studies, and the specialised literature available to support further enquiry.
The book brings together 18 commissioned chapters from international scholars. For some of these this will be the first time their research has been published in English.
“Circus is a global phenomenon and there are many researchers working in different languages and often their important findings are missed if they are not translated into English. This book makes international research available in English,” Dr Arrighi said.
Circus Studies is an interdisciplinary field that draws from theatre and performance studies, from social and anthropological studies, cultural history, sociology, and the health sciences. Dr Arrighi says it’s a burgeoning field and one that is gaining interested globally.
“I first started circus research 15 years ago and I’d go to conferences and be the only person talking about circus. Journals would say they wouldn’t publish on it and I had to argue for why they should publish. That has really changed. In the last decade, there are many different disciplines studying circus and there’s an increasing interest in the correlation between circus and science with several recent conferences on that topic,” Dr Arrighi noted.
Bringing the Victoria Theatre back to life
A 2018 project has spurred on the revival of Newcastle’s defunct Victoria Theatre. Dr Arrighi delved into old newspapers, photographs and drawings and interviewed former patrons of the Victoria Theatre to research the original theatre space and what it was used for. She discovered evidence that shows the Victoria Theatre was a major cultural destination.
“Newcastle wasn’t a backwater. It was on the circuit for elite producers and companies from Australia and overseas. Most of the productions at the Victoria Theatre were comedies and there were few dramas. That gives us an insight to what the local population enjoyed. In that time theatre productions were all commercial, this was well before government funding, so nothing went on at the theatre unless it was going to make money,” she said.
The Victoria Theatre still stands in Perkins Street Newcastle, although now derelict and not used as a theatre since the 1960s. Dr Arrighi said it was a challenge to reconstruct what it looked like, but with the help of the UON Innovation Team who created a virtual reality experience building on Dr Arrighi’s research, we are now able to visualise the interior of the old theatre.
“Nobody knew what it looked like, because there are no photos. To decipher what the interior used to look like we used highly detailed eye witness accounts, trade catalogues from the 1890s, visual and architectural references derived from other theatres of the era that have a photographic record; as well as colour and design information gleaned from contemporaneous interiors by the firm contracted to decorate the Victoria Theatre,” Dr Arrighi said.
The virtual reality experience was launched at the theatre site with two public open days. Dr Arrighi says the response from the community was overwhelming and has spurred the theatre site custodians into action to revive the theatre.
“For researchers that work with musty old newspapers that kind of outreach to industry and community is wonderful. So many people came to the open days with their memories of the theatre and the significance of it to them. There was this rich sense of community ownership of that theatre and an immediate and enthusiastic engagement by community members which was very satisfying to see.”
Children of the Theatre
Before the advent of film, theatre was at its zenith at the turn of the 20th century, and at its heart were many talented and wildly popular child actors.
Circus attractions
In the first study of its kind, Dr Gillian Arrighi is investigating the benefits of recreational circus training
Dr Gillian Arrighi's work space does not resemble the stereotypical office of an academic. There are theatre masks on the walls, juggling sticks on the desk and a large box in one corner overflows with a felt hat, a fox stole and myriad other items of costuming.
Arrighi is a lecturer and early career researcher in the School of Creative Arts - one of three Schools within the Faculty of Education and Arts.
She spent more than 20 years as a performer and performance collaborator in travelling theatre and working in the music industry before returning to university to study a Master of Creative Arts in 2002. Now she is carving out a new career in academia.
Although not a circus performer herself, Arrighi's interest in touring forms of popular entertainment prompted her to devote her PhD thesis to a study of the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus, the largest circus working in Australasia at the close of the 19th century.
In researching her PhD she recognised a gap in the historical narrative relating to the role of children in the entertainment industry during that period. Further primary research in that area fed into her latest line of research, which is about the phenomenon of youth circus in Australia over the past 40 years.
"There has been an explosion of community-based circus and circus skills groups since the 1970s - groups like The Flying Fruit Fly Circus, Cirkidz and Flipside," Arrighi explains.
"What I am investigating is the social significance of this; why they have proliferated and why parents are keen for their children to engage in this type of activity."
Anecdotal evidence emerging from Arrighi's work points to the inclusive nature of circus and its combination of physical and mental challenge as reasons for its popularity.
"Circus training is a hybrid; both sporty and creative. It produces imaginative and creative outcomes as much as it develops highly skilled physical proficiencies," she says.
"It is community-based and generally performed in an environment that is non-competitive and non-judgmental."
She has received testimonies from parents about the perceived therapeutic benefits of circus training within this environment: from boosting self-esteem to physical improvements in children suffering from autism, Attention Deficit Disorder, nervous conditions and executive function disorders.
Arrighi says there is a strong historical connection between the indigenous community and circus in Australia, while her research has also uncovered evidence of circus skills successfully being used in work with disadvantaged young people, including refugees and homeless youth.
Once this foundational study into the cultural history of youth circus in Australia has been completed, Arrighi hopes to pursue further research into the health and wellbeing advantages of circus training. There is great potential for an interdisciplinary study, possibly linking with physical education experts from the Priority Research Centre for Physical Activity and Nutrition - a collaborative research enterprise supported by the Faculty of Education and Arts and the Faculty of Health.
"This is a subject that begs further investigation," she says.
"We have anecdotal evidence that circus helps build strong bodies and minds, enhances creativity and can benefit people who have been marginalised, but there has been no close study undertaken to validate these claims.
"What I think is really significant is the arts/health nexus and the larger question of what impact creative engagement has on everyday life."
Circus attractions
In the first study of its kind, Gillian Arrighi is investigating the benefits of recreational circus training
Career Summary
Biography
I am both a researcher and teacher in Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies. My published research is in the fields of Circus Studies, Childhood Studies, and Performance Pedagogy, whilst my teaching portfolio encompasses practice, theory, and histories of theatre and performance, for the Creative and Performing Arts major strand of the Bachelor of Arts and the Bachelor of Creative Industries.
After completing a three-year (full-time) Diploma of Acting (1984) I spent many years working as a performance collaborator and performer, developing creative outputs that spanned indoor and outdoor performance works for museums, festivals, public authorities, high school audiences, and theatre spaces. My interest in dance led me to Spain where I studied Flamenco dance (1985) and upon returning to Australia I continued dance studies and performance for a further decade. My practical experience of contemporary live performance and industry practice also extends to the music industry where I worked for almost seven years developing an understanding of all aspects of the contemporary music industry. During that time I worked for six years as editor of the AustralAsian Music Industry Directory and three years (concurrently) as the editor of the Australian Sports Industry Directory.
In 2003 I completed a practice-led-research Master of Creative Arts that focused on the neutral mask and its pedagogical worth to performers and in 2007 I completed a PhD thesis about the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus, the largest circus working throughout Australasia at the close of the nineteenth century. I joined the University of Newcastle in 2008.
Research Expertise
Keywords: Circus Studies; Popular Entertainment Studies; Childhood Studies (child actors); Role play and simulation education in interdisciplinary education contexts; Improvisation and play as pedagogical paradigms for creative production; Masks as a pedagogical paradigm for the gestural and physical training of performers: VR for theatres and heritage sites
I am a member of the Centre for 21st Century Humanities at UON. My contribution to the emerging field of Circus Studies is demonstrated through journal articles, conference presentations, book chapters, a monograph, and my current project as chief editor of The Cambridge Companion to the Circus (for publication in 2020). My contribution to the newly emerging field of Popular Entertainments is demonstrated in my editorship of the peer reviewed academic journal Popular Entertainment Studies (since 2010), contribution to related conferences (both as convenor and as presenter), and editorship of the book A World of Popular Entertainments (Cambridge Scholars, 2012). In 2008 I received a Strategic Pilot Grant to investigate the role of children in the entertainment industry. That research trajectory has drawn me into a global network of researchers and the production of an edited volume published in 2014 by Palgrave Macmillan, Children and Entertainment: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry. Three Visiting Fellowships have subsequently supported me to complete research on my next book, Pinafores, Prodigies, Precocities: child actors on popular stages 1879-1914 (due for completion in mid-2020). in 2014 I was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at the Ransom Center for the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin, funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Research Fellowship Endowment; in 2017 I was awarded the National Library of Australia Fellowship; and in 2018 I was awarded the Harvard University Visiting Fellowship for the Houghton Library (Harvard Theatre Collection). I have attracted and participated in three external ARC grants for the e-Research project AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts. This support has enabled me to develop research in the e-Humanities within a research network that extends to researchers from many different Australian Universities.
Teaching Expertise
Contemporary performance and new media technologies
Devising performance
Contemporary performance practices
Popular entertainments
Australian performance histories
Theatre histories
Performer pedagogies (Stanislavski, Meyerhold, Lecoq, Copeau, Leigh)
Administrative Expertise
Member, UON Human Research Ethics Committee, REA (Research Ethics Advisor) for the School of Creative Industries 2020-
Discipline Convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, 2014-present
RHD convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, 2013-present
Hons and RHD convenor, Creative and Performing Arts, Callaghan and Ourimbah, 2012-present
Discipline convenor, Drama, Callaghan, 2011
Honours and RHD convenor, Drama, 2010-2011
Chair, Research Training Committee, School of Drama, Fine Art and Music, 2010
Collaborations
My collaborative research interests span performance history and historiography (Circus studies, Childhood studies, Popular Entertainments); the application of performance within interdisciplinary contexts; and e-research in the digital humanities.
Performance histories: A research initiative into the contribution of children to the transnational entertainment industries of the UK, the US, and Australasia was commenced in late-2008.
Applied performance: Two UoN Teaching and Learning Research Project Grants (2012, $10,000 and 2013 $10,000) are funding creative practice-led research into role-play simulation and professional communication with an interdisciplinary team of researchers drawn from Creative and Performing Arts, Pharmacy, Nursing and Midwifery, Communications, Occupational Therapy, and Physiotherapy.
E-Research: AusStage: Gateway to the Australian Performing Arts. ARC LIEF-funded phase four, five, and six: researchers in Creative and Performing Arts at the University of Newcastle have been are trialling visualisation and mapping outcomes for their research into live performance in the greater Hunter region.
Qualifications
- PhD, University of Newcastle
- Master of Creative Arts, University of Newcastle
- Graduate Certificate Practice of Tertiary Teaching, University of Newcastle
Keywords
- Acting theories and pedagogy
- Animals and performance
- Australian performance histories
- Children in entertainment
- Circus studies
- Contemporary circus and physical theatre
- Contemporary performance practices
- Masks in training and performance
- Performance and intermediality
- Popular entertainments
- Popular entertainments
- Role play and simulation pedagogies
- Victorian & Edwardian popular entertainments
- Youth circus and social circus
Languages
- English (Mother)
Professional Experience
UON Appointment
Title | Organisation / Department |
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Associate Professor | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Associate Professor | University of Newcastle School of Creative Arts Australia |
Associate Professor | University of Newcastle School of Creative Industries Australia |
Academic appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/7/2010 - 1/7/2012 | ADSA Secretary | Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies (ADSA) Australia |
1/2/2012 - 1/3/2013 |
RHD and Hons convenor (Callaghan and Ourimbah) |
University of Newcastle (Callaghan and Ourimbah) Australia |
1/1/2012 - 1/6/2013 | Conference Co-Convenor | Another World of Popular Entertainments International Conference Australia |
1/1/2013 - | RHD Convenor | University of Newcastle Creative and Performing Arts Australia |
1/9/2008 - 1/6/2009 | Conference Co-Convenor | 'A World of Popular Entertainments' International Conference Australia |
1/5/2011 - 1/7/2011 | Visiting Fellow | The University of Warwick Theatre and Performing Studies United Kingdom |
1/7/2011 - 1/12/2011 | Discipline Convenor | University of Newcastle Drama Australia |
1/1/2009 - | Editorial Board - Popular Entertainment Studies e-Journal | Popular Entertainment Studies e-Journal Australia |
1/1/2003 - | Membership - Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies | Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies Australia |
1/6/2010 - 1/12/2010 | Chair - Research Training Committee | University of Newcastle School of Drama, Fine Art and Music Australia |
1/7/2009 - | Executive Board | Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies Australia |
1/1/2020 - | Associate Professor | School of Creative Industries, Factulty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle Australia |
1/6/2020 - 31/12/2021 | UON Human Research Ethics Committee | The University of Newcastle | Australia Australia |
Membership
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/1/2011 - | Membership - American Society For Theatre Research | American Society For Theatre Research United States |
1/1/2006 - | Membership - Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association | Australian Circus and Physical Theatre Association Australia |
1/1/2004 - | Membership - International Federation for Theatre Research | International Federation for Theatre Research Australia |
Professional appointment
Dates | Title | Organisation / Department |
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1/5/1997 - 1/5/1999 | Editor, Australian Sports Industry | Immedia! Pty Ltd Australia |
1/3/1996 - 1/9/2002 | Editor, Australasian Music Industry Directory | Immedia! Pty Ltd Music Industry- Publications and Public Relations Australia |
1/1/1988 - 1/12/1999 | Actor and Manager | Cahoots Theatre Company Creative Arts Practitioner and Business Manager Australia |
1/1/2021 - 31/12/2023 | Expert Member | FWO Review College - Flanders Research Foundation Belgium |
Awards
Award
Year | Award |
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2018 |
Houghton Visiting Fellowship, Harvard Theatre Collection (Robert Gould Shaw Fellowship) $5000 Houghton Library, Harvard University |
2016 |
National Library of Australia Fellowship 2017 $20400 National Library of Australia |
2014 |
Research Fellowship in the Humanities $4000 Harry Ransom Centre for the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin |
Prize
Year | Award |
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2018 |
Joanne Tompkins Prize for Excellence in Journal Editing Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies |
2018 |
Marlis Thiersch Prize (Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies) Australasian Association for Theatre Drama and Performance Studies |
Research Award
Year | Award |
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2013 |
Mid Career Research Fellowship $15,000 University of Newcastle |
2013 |
UoN Teaching & Learning Research Project Grant $10,000 University of Newcastle |
2012 |
UoN Teaching & Learning Research Project Grant $10,000 University of Newcastle |
2004 |
Australian Post Graduate Award, PhD Scholarship University of Newcastle |
Invitations
Contributor
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2014 | Circus Futures Forum |
2014 | Cross-over artists: the international careers of early twentieth-century theatre artists between stage, microphone and camera |
Keynote Speaker
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2011 |
Victorian Arts Centre: Entertaining children; children's employment in the entertainment industry, Australia, Britain and New Zealand, 1885-1920 Organisation: Victorian Arts Centre Description: Research presentation |
Participant
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2011 |
Politics, Performance and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain Organisation: Lancaster and Birmingham Universities Description: Conference presentation |
2011 |
IFTR, Osaka, Japan Organisation: IFTR Description: Conference presentation - non published |
2011 |
American Society for Theatre Research Organisation: ASTR Description: Conference presentation |
Speaker
Year | Title / Rationale |
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2011 |
New Directions in Circus Research, Cente for Creative Arts, La Trobe University Organisation: La Trobe University and ACAPTA Description: Public symposium: research presentation |
2011 |
University of British Columbia, Dept of Theatre and Film Organisation: University of British Columbia Description: "Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence" |
2011 |
University of Toronto, Faculty of Physical Education and Health Organisation: Univesity of Toronto Description: "Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence" |
2011 |
University of Warwick, UK, Theatre and Performance Studies Organisation: University of Warwick, UK Description: Research Seminar, 'Fit, Strong and Full of Confidence: Youth Circus in Australia' |
Thesis Examinations
Year | Level | Discipline | Thesis |
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2018 | PHD | Arts | University of Melbourne |
2018 | Masters | Arts | Macquarie University |
2015 | PHD | Arts | Charles Sturt University |
2012 | Honours | Arts | Macquarie University |
Publications
For publications that are currently unpublished or in-press, details are shown in italics.
Book (5 outputs)
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2021 | Cambridge Companion to the Circus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2021) | ||
2015 | Arrighi G, The FitzGerald Brothers' Circus : Spectacle, Identity, and Nationhood at the Australian Circus, Australian Scholarly Publishing, Melbourne, 262 (2015) [A1] | ||
2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 250 (2014) [A3] | ||
2012 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, A World of Popular Entertainments: An Edited Volume of Critical Essays, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle upon Tyne, 279 (2012) [A3] | ||
2010 | Arrighi G, The Neutral Mask: Its Origins and Its Applications to the Creative Processes of the Actor, VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, Saarbrucken, Germany, 99 (2010) [A2] | ||
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Chapter (22 outputs)
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2021 | Arrighi G, 'Child Actors on Early Twentieth-century Australasian Touring Circuits', Making Tracks: touring performance and global exchange 1850-1950, Routledge, London (2021) | ||||
2021 | Arrighi G, 'Circus, Colonialism and Empire: the circus in Australasia and Asia', Cambridge Companion to the Circus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2021) | ||||
2021 | Arrighi G, Davis J, 'The Circus: reflecting and mediating the world', Cambridge Companion to the Circus, Cambridge Companion to the Circus, Cambridge, UK (2021) | ||||
2021 | Arrighi G, 'Circus, Colonialism and Empire: the circus in Australasia and Asia', Cambridge Companion to the Circus, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK (2021) | ||||
2020 | Arrighi G, 'The Circus as an Agent of Transculturation', Manegenkunste: Zirkus als asthetisches Modell, Transcript, Bielefeld, Germany (2020) | ||||
2020 |
Arrighi G, 'Circus and Electricity: Staging connextions between science and popular entertainments', Circus, Science and Technology: Dramatising Innovation, Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, Switzerland 81-100 (2020) [B1]
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2019 | Arrighi G, 'Celebrating Childhood on the Vaudeville Stage', Performing the Progressive Era, The University of Iowa Press, Iowa, USA 159-178 (2019) [B1] | ||||
2016 | Arrighi G, 'The Rediscovery of the Mask', The Routledge Companion to Jacques Lecoq, Routledge, Milton Park, Oxon, UK 27-34 (2016) [B1] | ||||
2016 | Arrighi G, 'The Circus and Modernity: A Commitment to 'the Newer' and 'the Newest'', The Routledge Circus Studies Reader, Routledge, Milton Park, Oxon, UK 386-402 (2016) [B1] | ||||
2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, 'Setting the Scene: An Introduction', Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 1-11 (2014) [B1] | ||||
2014 | Arrighi GA, Emeljanow VE, 'Children and Youth of the Empire: tales of transgression and accommodation', Entertaining Children: the participation of youth in the entertainment industry, Palgrave Macmillan, New York 51-71 (2014) [B1] | ||||
2012 | Arrighi G, 'From the traditional travelling circus to the global zoo: The persistence of 'performing' animal shows in the 21st century', A World of Popular Entertainments: An Edited Volume of Critical Essays, Cambridge Scholars, Newcastle upon Tyne 103-117 (2012) [B1] | ||||
2011 |
Arrighi G, Watt DM, '(Re) Constructing the archive: A regional perspective on performance histories', Scrapbooks, Snapshots and Memorabilia: Hidden Archives of Performance, Peter Lang, Bern, Switzerland 67-82 (2011) [B1]
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2008 | Arrighi G, 'The circus and the amusement park: A site of contestation near Princes Bridge, Melbourne', Impact of the Modern: Vernacular Modernities in Australia, 1870s-1960s, Sydney University Press, Sydney 264-277 (2008) [B1] | ||||
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Journal article (35 outputs)
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2021 |
Arrighi G, Siang See Z, Jones D, 'Victoria Theatre Virtual Reality: A Digital Heritage Case Study and User Experience Design', Digital Applications in Archaeology and Cultural Heritage, 21 e00176-e00176 (2021)
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2020 | Arrighi G, Bollen J, 'Editorial', POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT STUDIES, 11 1-4 (2020) | ||||||||||
2019 |
Arrighi G, Bollen J, 'Editorial', POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT STUDIES, 10 1-5 (2019)
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2018 |
Arrighi G, 'HARRY LYONS IS 'HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE': AUSTRALIA'S LATE-19TH-CENTURY GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT BROKER', AUSTRALASIAN DRAMA STUDIES, 1-30 (2018) [C1]
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2018 |
Arrighi G, Irvine C, Joyce B, Haracz K, 'Reimagining role and character : An approach to acting training for role-play simulation in the tertiary education setting', Applied Theatre Research, 6 89-106 (2018) [C1]
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2018 | Arrighi G, 'FIGHTING NATURE : TRAVELLING MENAGERIES, ANIMAL ACTS AND WAR SHOWS', AUSTRALASIAN DRAMA STUDIES, 315-321 (2018) | ||||||||||
2018 |
Arrighi G, 'Synthesising circus aesthetics and science: Australian circus and variety theatre at the turn of the twentieth century', Early Popular Visual Culture, 16 235-253 (2018) [C1]
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2017 |
Arrighi G, 'The Controversial "case of the opera children in the East": Political Conflict Between Popular Demand for Child Actors and Modernising Cultural Policy on the Child', Theatre Journal, 69 153-173 (2017) [C1]
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2016 |
Arrighi G, 'Healthy bodies and young minds: late-nineteenth-century performer training in Australia', Theatre, Dance and Performance Training, 7 17-31 (2016) [C1]
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2015 |
Haracz K, Arrighi G, Joyce B, 'Simulated patients in a mental health occupational therapy course: A pilot study', British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78 757-766 (2015) [C1]
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2015 |
Arrighi G, 'Circus studies: Where to next?', Popular Entertainment Studies, 6 62-65 (2015) [C1]
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2015 | Arrighi G, 'Circus and politics: a very Australian mix', The Conversation, (2015) [O1] | ||||||||||
2014 |
Arrighi G, 'Towards a cultural history of community circus in Australia', Australasian Drama Studies, 64 199-222 (2014) [C1]
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2012 |
Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: An exploration of the business and politics of childhood', New Theatre Quarterly, 28 41-55 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Arrighi G, 'Circus and Sumo: Tradition, innovation and opportunism at the Australian circus', Theatre Research International, 37 265-282 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Arrighi G, 'The circus and modernity: A commitment to the newer and the newest', Early Popular Visual Culture, 10 169-185 (2012) [C1]
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2012 |
Arrighi G, 'The 'D'Oyly Carte Pantomimes': Complementarity and innovation', Popular Entertainment Studies, 3 31-44 (2012) [C1]
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2010 | Arrighi G, 'To watch theatre: Essays on genre and corporeality [Book Review]', Australasian Drama Studies, 240-242 (2010) [C3] | ||||||||||
2010 | Arrighi G, 'Devising place and social history: A regional perspective on teaching devised performance in the tertiary sector', Australasian Drama Studies, 173-187 (2010) [C1] | ||||||||||
2010 | Arrighi G, 'Autobiography and performance', A/B: Auto/Biography Studies, 24 151-154 (2010) [C3] | ||||||||||
2009 |
Arrighi G, 'Make it Australian: The Australian performing group, the Pram Factory and New Wave Theatre', Theatre Research International, 34 91-92 (2009) [C3]
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2009 |
Arrighi G, 'Negotiating national identity at the circus: The FitzGerald Brothers' circus in Melbourne, 1892', Australasian Drama Studies, - 68-86 (2009) [C1]
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2009 | Arrighi G, 'Autobiography and Performance. By Deidre Heddon. Hampshire: Palgrave', Auto/Biography Studies, 24 151-154 (2009) [C3] | ||||||||||
2008 |
Arrighi G, 'Political animals: Engagements with imperial and gender discourses in late-colonial Australian circuses', Theatre Journal, 60 609-629 (2008) [C1]
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2006 | Arrighi G, 'Roll Up To The Circus!', National Library of Australia News, Volume XVI 11-14 (2006) [C3] | ||||||||||
2006 | Arrighi G, 'The FitzGerald Brothers' Circus: Considering Circus Entertainments in Late Colonial New Zealand', The Turnbull Library Record, Volume 39 2006 47-60 (2006) [C1] | ||||||||||
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Conference (32 outputs)
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2020 |
Arrighi G, See ZS, 'Newcastle s Victoria Theatre: impact and future of the digital reconstruction project', https://www.pahn.org.au/2020, Virtual (2020)
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2019 | Arrighi G, 'Visualising the Victoria: digital reconstruction of Newcastle s heritage-listed Victoria Theatre, 1891', Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre (2019) | ||||
2019 | Arrighi G, 'Child Actors on Touring Circuits at the Turn of the 20th Century', Australian National University, Canberra (2019) | ||||
2015 | Arrighi G, 'The Performance of Absence: the Neutral Mask', The Lockup Cultural Centre, Newcastle, Australia (2015) [E3] | ||||
2015 |
Arrighi G, Irvine C, Joyce B, 'Immersion, Spontaneity, Efficacy and the Actor: applying the actor to the pedagogical demands of the contemporary University', University of Sydney (2015) [O1]
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2015 |
Haracz K, Chang NK, Arrighi G, Joyce B, 'Developing a simulation experience to support preparation of occupational therapy students for mental health practice', Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Melbourne, Vic (2015) [E3]
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2014 | Arrighi GA, ' A fine mental training . . . and splendid physical exercise : unearthing the influence of the professional stage teacher at the turn of the twentieth century', International Federation for Theatre Research, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (2014) [E3] | ||||
2013 | Arrighi G, 'Re-routing traditional circus performance" towards a cultural history of community circus in Australia', Book of Abstracts. International Federation for Theatre Research Annual Conference, Barcelona, Spain (2013) [E3] | ||||
2013 | Arrighi G, 'Circus translations: towards a cultural history of 'social' and 'youth' circus in Australia', Program and Abstracts. 2013 ASDA Conference, Adelaide, SA (2013) [E3] | ||||
2013 |
Halton R, 'A Renaissance bordering on Pop phenomenon: The Castrato Opera Repertoire recreated by German Soprano Simone Kermes', Another World of Popular Entertainments Proceedings, Newcastle, NSW (2013) [E3]
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2012 | Arrighi G, 'The compass points of moral disintegration: Controversies surrounding an early 20th century touring children's company', Program. Australasian Association for Theatre, Drama and Performance Studies Conference 2012, Brisbane, QLD (2012) [E3] | ||||
2011 | Emeljanow VE, Arrighi G, 'Children of the Empire: Tales of transgression and accommodation', Collected abstracts: Politics, Performance and Popular Culture in Nineteenth-Century Britain, Lancaster, UK (2011) [E3] | ||||
2011 |
Arrighi G, 'The Circus and Modernity: A commitment to the newer and the newest', New Directions in Circus Research, Public Symposium, Centre for Creative Arts, La Trobe University (2011) [E3]
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2010 | Arrighi G, 'Circuses of modernity: A 'commitment to the new'', Cultures of Modernity: Book of Abstracts, Munich, Germany (2010) [E3] | ||||
2009 | Arrighi G, Bollen J, Erskine S, Mullett J, Tompkins J, 'AusStage and the Aus-e-Stage Project: Collaborative eresearch in the performing arts', eResearch Australasia 2009: Programme, Sydney, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||||
2009 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: Aspects of the employment of children in the entertainment industry in Britain and Australia 1879-1921', ADSA Conference Programme, Perth, WA (2009) [E3] | ||||
2009 | Arrighi G, 'From the traditional travelling circus to the global zoo: The persistence of 'performing' animal shows in the 21st Century', Minding Animals 2009. Oral Presentation Abstracts, Newcastle, NSW (2009) [E3] | ||||
2009 |
Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, Halton R, 'Conference editors', A World of Popular Entertainments Conference Proceedings, Callaghan, NSW (2009) [E4]
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2009 | Arrighi G, Emeljanow VE, 'Entertaining children: Aspects of the employment of children in the entertainment industry in Britain, Australia and New Zealand 1879-1921', Silent Voices, Forbidden Lives: Censorship and Performance: Abstracts, Lisbon, Portugal (2009) [E3] | ||||
2008 | Arrighi G, 'Stories of identity and belonging at the late-colonial circus', 2008 ADSA Conference. Turangawaewae: A Sense of Place. Conference Programme, Dunedin, New Zealand (2008) [E3] | ||||
2008 | Arrighi G, 'Globalizing Sumo in the Imperial Age: Sumo wrestlers in Australasia 1903-1905', Annual Conference: Reconstructing Asian-ness(es) in the Global Age. Conference Program, Seoul, Korea (2008) [E3] | ||||
2008 |
Watt DM, Arrighi G, 'Performance and theatre in a regional centre', AusStage Symposium 2008. Program, Adelaide, SA (2008) [E3]
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Creative Work (2 outputs)
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2016 | Lambert C, Pratt A, Alibone S, Lingard E, Whan M, Breward N, Arrighi G, SOLO II Directed by Gillian Arrighi, Watt Space, cnr King and Auckland Streets, Newcastle, Newcastle (2016) | ||||
2013 |
Croft H, Nesbitt KV, Rasiah R, Cooper J, Arrighi G, Joyce B, McGuire B, Communication Scenario: Over the Counter Dispensing of the Emergency Contraceptive Pill (Video and Animation - in 3 parts), Newcastle, NSW, Australia (2013) [J2]
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Other (6 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2018 | Arrighi G, 'Visualising the Victoria 1891: awaking Newcastle's heritage theatre', (2018) [O1] | ||
2017 | Arrighi G, 'Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: discovering Australia s professional child actors in the NLA collections (Public Talk)', (2017) [O1] | ||
2017 | Arrighi G, '"Circus" Edited Special Issue', Circus ( issue.3). United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis (2017) | ||
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Thesis / Dissertation (2 outputs)
Year | Citation | Altmetrics | Link |
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2007 | Arrighi G, A Circus and its Context: the FitzGerald Brothers' Circus in Australia and New Zealand, 1888-1906, University of Newcastle (2007) | ||
2004 | Arrighi G, The Neutral Mask: its position in Western actor training and its application to the creative processes of the actor, University of Newcastle (2004) |
Grants and Funding
Summary
Number of grants | 28 |
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Total funding | $413,926 |
Click on a grant title below to expand the full details for that specific grant.
20203 grants / $23,960
Faculty funding for external engagement in 2020 - Centre for 21st Century Humanities$20,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr J McIntyre (Director); Dr K Ariotti; A/Prof G Arrighi; Dr H Askland; Dr J Coffey; A/Prof N Cushing; E/Prof H Craig et al |
Scheme | Faculty funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
International Federation for Theatre Research Conference, Galway, Ireland, 13 - 17 July 2020$2,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Scheme | FEDUA Conference Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
2020 FEDUA 'Finish that Output' scheme funding $1,960
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | A/Prof G Arrighi |
Scheme | FEDUA 'Finish that Output' scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2020 |
Funding Finish | 2020 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20191 grants / $100,000
Faculty matching funding for UON PRC Scheme 2019 - Centre for 21st Century Humanities$100,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia |
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Project Team | Dr G Arrighi; Dr H Askland; Prof H Craig; Prof P Dwyer; A/Prof J Gulddal; A/Prof M Harvey; Prof V Haskins (Director); Prof M Johnson; A/Prof B Palmer; A/Prof T Pender; Prof L Ryan. |
Scheme | Faculty Funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2019 |
Funding Finish | 2019 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20181 grants / $100,000
Faculty matching funding for UON PRC Scheme - Centre for 21st Century Humanities$100,000
Funding body: Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle
Funding body | Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Dr G Arrighi; Dr H Askland; Prof H Craig (Director); Prof P Dwyer; A/Prof J Gulddal; A/Prof M Harvey; Prof V Haskins; Prof M Johnson; Dr B Palmer; A/Prof T Pender; Prof L Ryan; Prof R Smith (Deputy Director). |
Scheme | Faculty funding |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2018 |
Funding Finish | 2018 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20174 grants / $48,000
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$20,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
Scheme | Equipment Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1600498 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$20,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1701271 |
Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
Category | EXCL |
UON | Y |
AusStage Phase 6 Visualising Venues in Australian Live Performance Research$6,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi, Professor Julian Meyrick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Dr Jonathan Marshall, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr I Maxwell, Dr Caroline Wake, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Jodi Glass, Alexander Sussman, Romana Riedzewski, Professor John O'Toole, Ms Janine Barrand |
Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | G1701272 |
Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
Category | EXCL |
UON | Y |
American Historical Association, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, 5-8 January 2017$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Dr Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2017 |
Funding Finish | 2017 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20163 grants / $27,400
2017 National Library of Australia Fellowship: Pinafores, Prodigies and Precocities: the Entertaining Child in the Age of Empire$20,400
Funding body: National Library of Australia
Funding body | National Library of Australia |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Research Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | G1601121 |
Type Of Funding | C2120 - Aust Commonwealth - Other |
Category | 2120 |
UON | Y |
The Entertaining Child in the Age of Empire, 1880-1914$5,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Scheme | FEDUA Strategic Networks and Pilot Projects Scheme |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
International Federation for Theatre Research Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, 13-17 June 2016$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2016 |
Funding Finish | 2016 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
20143 grants / $24,000
AusStage, Phase 5: Australian live performance and the world – global networks, national culture, aesthetic transmission$12,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Professor Julian Meyrick, Dr Jonathan Bollen, Professor Julie Holledge, Professor John Roddick, Professor Joanne Tompkins, Professor Veronica Kelly, Dr Glenn D'Cruz, Associate Professor Maryrose Casey, Associate Professor Helena Grehan, Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi, Associate Professor David Watt, Dr Bree Hadley, Dr Sandra Gattenhof, Dr Margaret Hamilton, Dr Meg Mumford, Dr Bryoni Trezise, Professor Rachel Fensham, Associate Professor Denise Varney, Associate Professor Peter Eckersall, Professor Peta Tait, Dr Delyse Ryan, Ms Antonietta Morgillo, Mr Richard Stone, Mr Robert Brookman, Bollen, Jonathan, Brookman, Robert, Casey, Maryrose, D'Cruz, Glenn, Eckersall, Peter, Fensham, Rachel, Gattenhof, Sandra, Grehan, Helena, Hadley, Bree, Hamilton, Margaret, Professor Frode Helland, Kelly, Veronica, Meyrick, Julian, Morgillo, Antonietta, Mumford, Meg, Roddick, John |
Scheme | Equipment Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1300499 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
AusStage, Phase 5: Australian live performance and the world – global networks, national culture, aesthetic transmission$10,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1400621 |
Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
Category | EXCL |
UON | Y |
'Theatre and Stratification', International Federation for Theatre Research, Warwick United Kingdom, 28 July to 1 August 2014$2,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2014 |
Funding Finish | 2014 |
GNo | G1400609 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20134 grants / $28,000
Faculty of Education and Arts Mid Career Fellowship$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Discovery Project |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Simulated Professional Communication: creative strategies for accelerating reflective professional leadership skills and decision-making through role-play$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Discovery Project |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
Re-Routing Performance / Re-Caminant L'Escena, Barcelona 22-26 July 13.$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | G1300748 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
American Society for Theatre Research Annual Conference: "The Post Thematic Conference", Dallas Texas, 7-10 November 2013 (Support for Faculty MCR Fellowship)$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2013 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | G1301070 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20123 grants / $26,500
Emerging Research Leaders Program 2011$15,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Emerging Research Leaders Program |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | G1101028 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Improved Simulation Education Models - A Pedagogy Initiative by the Disciplines of Drama and Pharmacy$10,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Discovery Project |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | N |
International Federation for Theatre Research, "Mediating Performance: Scene, Media et mediation", UC Extension Centre and the Gabriela Mistral Cultural Centre (GAM), Santiago, Chile, 22 - 28 July 201$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2012 |
Funding Finish | 2013 |
GNo | G1200656 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20111 grants / $1,200
International Federation for Theatre Research Annual Conference 2011, "Tradition, Innovation, Community, Osaka University, Japan, 7 - 12 August 2011$1,200
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2011 |
Funding Finish | 2012 |
GNo | G1100654 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20102 grants / $25,500
AusStage Phase 4: Harnessing collective intelligence and pioneering new visual methodologies for innovative research into Australian live performance$24,000
Funding body: ARC (Australian Research Council)
Funding body | ARC (Australian Research Council) |
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Project Team | Professor Julie Holledge, Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi, Associate Professor David Watt |
Scheme | Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF) |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2010 |
GNo | G1000483 |
Type Of Funding | Scheme excluded from IGS |
Category | EXCL |
UON | Y |
International Federation for Theatre Research, World Congress "Cultures of Modernity", Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munich, Germany, 25 - 31 July 2010$1,500
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2010 |
Funding Finish | 2011 |
GNo | G1000518 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20091 grants / $1,000
International Federation for Theatre Research, University of Lisbon, Portugal, 13-17 July 2009$1,000
Funding body: University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts
Funding body | University of Newcastle - Faculty of Education and Arts |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2009 |
Funding Finish | 2009 |
GNo | G0190329 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
20082 grants / $8,366
Entertaining children: a fundamental investigation into children's employment in the entertainment industry in Australia, Britain and New Zealand 1885-1920$6,666
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Emeritus Professor Victor Emeljanow, Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Pilot Grant |
Role | Investigator |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2008 |
GNo | G0189011 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
International Feferation for Theatre Research: 'Re-constructing Asion-ness(es) in the Global Age', Chung-Ang University, Seoul, Korea, 14/7/2008 - 19/7/2008$1,700
Funding body: University of Newcastle
Funding body | University of Newcastle |
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Project Team | Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi |
Scheme | Travel Grant |
Role | Lead |
Funding Start | 2008 |
Funding Finish | 2008 |
GNo | G0189138 |
Type Of Funding | Internal |
Category | INTE |
UON | Y |
Research Supervision
Number of supervisions
Current Supervision
Commenced | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2020 | PhD | Conveying Synesthetic Resonance: Impact of Jacques Lecoq’s Pedagogy on the Creative Processes of Contemporary Performance Makers | PhD (Drama), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2020 | PhD | Traditional Arts and Sense of Belonging in Contemporary Rural Indonesia: Case Studies from Communities Surrounding Magelang, Central-Java | PhD (Sociology & Anthropology), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2019 | PhD | Devised Theatre and Contemporary Ensemble: Investigating Creative Practice in Industry and Education | PhD (Education), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2016 | PhD | Theatre, Autopathography and the Medicalised Self: Imaging Health from the Shadows of Illness | PhD (Fine Art), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2015 | PhD | The Act of Writing in Coni Text | PhD (English), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Co-Supervisor |
2014 | PhD | The Camera Close-Up: Its Challenges for the Actor and its Relationship to intimate Space Violations | PhD (Drama), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
Past Supervision
Year | Level of Study | Research Title | Program | Supervisor Type |
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2018 | Masters | Evreinov and the Questions of Theatricality | M Philosophy (Drama), College of Human and Social Futures, The University of Newcastle | Principal Supervisor |
2017 | Honours | Sleep, Perchance to Dream: A Physical Exploration of Jacques Lecoq’s Theatre Of Movement and Gesture and its Creative Influence upon Shakespeare’s Ophelia in Performance (Class 1) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2014 | Honours | An investigation of ‘puppets behaving badly’ and the phenomenon of ventriloquists using puppets to explore taboo comedy (Class 2:2) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2012 | Honours | An inquiry into the development and synthesis of new technology within puppetry (Class 2:1) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | An investigation concerning the emergence and development of physical theatre in the Australian context (Class 1, University Medal) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2010 | Honours | The Role of the Dramaturg in a Devised Performance (Class 1) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2008 | Honours | Booze, Violence and Curfews: Applied Theatre as a means of conflict resolution for community members affected by changes in licensing laws in inner city Newcastle 2008 (Class 1) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
2007 | Honours | Patriotism, Nostalgia and Male Impersonation: Ella Shields and Nellie Kolle on the Australian Stage in the Post World War One Period (Class 1) | Drama & Theatre Studies, Faculty of Education and Arts, The University of Newcastle, Australia | Sole Supervisor |
News
Centre projects focus on creating new knowledge in the 21st Century
March 28, 2019
Virtual reality project brings the opulent Victoria Theatre back to life
October 22, 2018
Dr Arrighi’s research and journal receive top accolades
August 13, 2018
Dr Gillian Arrighi awarded Fellowship
March 26, 2018
UON Researcher awarded National Library of Australia Fellowship
August 24, 2016
Creative arts researcher awarded US fellowship
May 7, 2014
Associate Professor Gillian Arrighi
Position
Associate Professor
School of Creative Industries
College of Human and Social Futures
Focus area
Drama
Contact Details
gillian.arrighi@newcastle.edu.au | |
Phone | (02) 4921 5007 |
Office
Room | HO-120 Ourimbah Campus |
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Building | Humanities Building Ourimbah & NUSpace |
Location | Newcastle City and Ourimbah Campus 10 Chittaway Road Ourimbah, NSW 2258 Australia |