Adrian Curtin
Biographic Data
| ID | 3981778 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Curtin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Curtin |
| SIGNATURE | CURTIN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Exeter |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7948-5375 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Climate psychology as music theatre in Laura Bowler’s Houses Slide
This article analyses Houses Slide, a music theatre piece for soprano and orchestra composed by Laura Bowler, first presented by London Sinfonietta in 2021 in a performance directed by Katie Mitchell. Billed as the world’s first bicycle-powered classical concert, this performance brought together three cultural trends: new music in the Western classical tradition about climate change, efforts to make live performance environmentally sustainable, …
Classical Music Futures
Introduction
This essay introduces the special collection 'Representing Classical Music in the Twenty-First Century'. The editors outline what the collection is about and explain how it developed before providing synopses of the articles and linking them together. They argue for the importance of joined-up thinking between scholars from multiple disciplines, artists working across different media forms, and professionals in the classical music industry
Racial Dynamics
This article examines the casting of Lucian Msamati as Antonio Salieri in the 2016 production of Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus by the National Theatre in London. This was the first time an actor of colour had played the role of Salieri in a professional production of Shaffer’s drama. How did the casting affect interpretation of the play? And what was its cultural significance in the context of current debates about demographic representation …
The Age of Neuroergonomics
Neuroergonomics is an emerging field that investigates the human brain in relation to behavioral performance in natural environments and everyday settings. Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a noninvasive brain‐monitoring technology that relies on optical techniques to detect changes of cortical hemodynamic responses to human perceptual, cognitive, and motor functioning, is an ideal candidate tool. Ultraportable wearable and wireless …
Theatre of Catastrophe
Reviewed by: Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker Adrian Curtin Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker. Edited by Karoline Gritzner and David Ian Rabey . London: Oberon Press, 2006; pp. 240. $29.95 paper. This collection of fourteen essays and an interview with Howard Barker is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on the contemporary British dramatist, director, and theatre theorist, who is now in his sixtieth yea…
Death, the One and the Art of Theatre (review)
Reviewed by: Death, the One and the Art of Theatre Adrian Curtin Death, the One and the Art of Theatre. By Howard Barker. London: Routledge, 2005; pp. 105. $22.95 cloth. Howard Barker adds to his body of critical writing on the theatre with this new publication, which builds upon his earlier work, Arguments for a Theatre (1997, 3rd edition), but also deepens and refocuses its concerns. This new text delves into the artistic and metaphysical impli…
Netting the Butterfly Man
In this essay, we examine the role of Vladimir Nabokov in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants (1992; Eng. tr. 1996), both as a character in the novel (as the unannounced "butterfly man") and as an intertextual and metaphysical point of reference. It is our contention that this authorial intervention on Sebald's part may stem from the fact that both the German-born Sebald and the Russian-born Nabokov were spiritual witnesses to the Shoah, and though they…
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Netting the Butterfly Man
In this essay, we examine the role of Vladimir Nabokov in W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants (1992; Eng. tr. 1996), both as a character in the novel (as the unannounced "butterfly man") and as an intertextual and metaphysical point of reference. It is our contention that this authorial intervention on Sebald's part may stem from the fact that both the German-born Sebald and the Russian-born Nabokov were spiritual witnesses to the Shoah, and though they…
Death, the One and the Art of Theatre (review)
Reviewed by: Death, the One and the Art of Theatre Adrian Curtin Death, the One and the Art of Theatre. By Howard Barker. London: Routledge, 2005; pp. 105. $22.95 cloth. Howard Barker adds to his body of critical writing on the theatre with this new publication, which builds upon his earlier work, Arguments for a Theatre (1997, 3rd edition), but also deepens and refocuses its concerns. This new text delves into the artistic and metaphysical impli…
Theatre of Catastrophe
Reviewed by: Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker Adrian Curtin Theatre of Catastrophe: New Essays on Howard Barker. Edited by Karoline Gritzner and David Ian Rabey . London: Oberon Press, 2006; pp. 240. $29.95 paper. This collection of fourteen essays and an interview with Howard Barker is a welcome contribution to the scholarship on the contemporary British dramatist, director, and theatre theorist, who is now in his sixtieth yea…
The Age of Neuroergonomics
Neuroergonomics is an emerging field that investigates the human brain in relation to behavioral performance in natural environments and everyday settings. Functional near‐infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a noninvasive brain‐monitoring technology that relies on optical techniques to detect changes of cortical hemodynamic responses to human perceptual, cognitive, and motor functioning, is an ideal candidate tool. Ultraportable wearable and wireless …
Racial Dynamics
This article examines the casting of Lucian Msamati as Antonio Salieri in the 2016 production of Peter Shaffer’s 1979 play Amadeus by the National Theatre in London. This was the first time an actor of colour had played the role of Salieri in a professional production of Shaffer’s drama. How did the casting affect interpretation of the play? And what was its cultural significance in the context of current debates about demographic representation …
Introduction
This essay introduces the special collection 'Representing Classical Music in the Twenty-First Century'. The editors outline what the collection is about and explain how it developed before providing synopses of the articles and linking them together. They argue for the importance of joined-up thinking between scholars from multiple disciplines, artists working across different media forms, and professionals in the classical music industry
Classical Music Futures
Climate psychology as music theatre in Laura Bowler’s Houses Slide
This article analyses Houses Slide, a music theatre piece for soprano and orchestra composed by Laura Bowler, first presented by London Sinfonietta in 2021 in a performance directed by Katie Mitchell. Billed as the world’s first bicycle-powered classical concert, this performance brought together three cultural trends: new music in the Western classical tradition about climate change, efforts to make live performance environmentally sustainable, …
Art (6 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Theatre and Performance Studies (4 works) · Art history (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · Classical music (2 works)