
Speeching is a project to find different ways to understand political speeches, not just with our eyes, ears and brains, but by using all of our bodies.
Staging speeches
Speech watching 1: Where is the speech taking place?
What happens before a speech begins?
The audience is part of the performance
Soapbox theatre
The audience
What happens before a speech begins?
The audience is part of the performance
The performer
Repetition, repetition repetition
Women speak
It’s not just what’s said. It’s also who says it.
The state embodied
Thatcher’s wardrobe
The performance
Rhythm and Rationality
Speaking of Dance (Michael Kliën)
What happens before a speech begins?
Women speak
Emotional words
Repetition, repetition repetition
David Cameron speech bingo – Now. Is the time. To play (Simon Lancaster)
UKIP, Hofesh Shechter and fascists
First person accounts
Review: Children and Families Bill debate (Eva Percy)
The body of the speech (Mil Vokovic)
Speeches and performance making
On Double Act (Gillie Kleiman, Karen Lambæk)
The Lady’s Not For Walking Like an Egyptian (Mat Trueman)