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SUMMARY:Monika Haeger - Inside Stasi: The Art of Translation and Adaptation for the Stage
DESCRIPTION:This event will be led by Dr Stef Kerrigan and Dr Richard Millington and will include an audience Q&A. \nThis presentation is the first public sharing of an ongoing collaborative project between staff and students at the University of Chester whilst working with Nicole Heinrich’s 2024 play\, Monika Haeger – Inside Stasi. Heinrich’s original work is based on the life of Stasi agent Monika Haeger and is a dramatic account of her activities within the German Democratic Republic in the 1970s and 1980s. Featuring excerpts of performance\, come and join us as we share our journey of translation\, collaboration and performance. We consider the creative processes of adaptation and storytelling for the contemporary stage whilst addressing timely issues of extremism\, unreliable narrators\, absolutist ideologies and the state.
URL:https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/inside-stasi-the-art-of-translation-and-adaptation-for-the-stage/
LOCATION:Storyhouse Garret Theatre\, Hunter Street\, Chester\, CH1 2AR
CATEGORIES:Performance,Public Talk
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SUMMARY:Research is a Laugh - Stand-Up Comedy Night!
DESCRIPTION:Think academic research isn’t your thing? Think again! \nJoin us for an evening stand-up comedy\, a new event for 2026! Researchers from across the North West will swap jargon for punchlines and take to the stage to share their work. Expect fascinating research\, silly stories\, and lots of laughs. No prior knowledge required\, just come along and discover what happens when research meets comedy! \nThis year’s Chester Festival of Ideas line-up includes: Luke Chaplin\, Kate Slade\, Sahir Hussain\, Erin Beeston\, Bethany Facer\, and Sarah McGrath!
URL:https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/research-is-a-laugh/
LOCATION:Storyhouse Garret Theatre\, Hunter Street\, Chester\, CH1 2AR
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:Sutures- A film made to highlight the perils of working in the NHS
DESCRIPTION:Sutures is a short film made in the skills unit at the University of Chester that has won awards at several film festivals both locally and internationally. It is used as an educational tool for student nurses to educate\, enlighten and entertain. The film highlights the issues facing a group of nurses and patients in the modern NHS.
URL:https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/sutures-a-film-made-to-highlight-the-perils-of-working-in-the-nhs/
LOCATION:Chester Picturehouse\, Unit 10 Hunter Street\, Chester\, CH1 2AR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Performance
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SUMMARY:From publications to protest: should scientists be climate activists?
DESCRIPTION:In 2022\, nine British researchers fly-post a government building with scientific papers presenting stark evidence of human-induced climate change. They are arrested and charged with criminal damage. By turns pacy and pensive\, short documentary ‘Plan Z’ explores their motivations for engaging in civil disobedience\, and asks: what is the professional responsibility of scientists towards the public in the 21st century? Stay for the post-screening Q&A with local experts to form your own conclusions. \nThe panel for the event will be: \n\nVladimir Morozov – Vladimir Morozov is co-director of Plan Z and a photographer and videographer specialising in multi-camera\, multi-location productions\, livestreaming\, and hybrid events. Alongside his filmmaking\, he explores new ways to connect audiences with real-world issues through media. His work examines how storytelling\, technology\, and civil disobedience intersect in response to the climate crisis.\nDr Abi Perrin – Dr Abi Perrin is a research scientist turned climate and nature communicator and activist. After more than a decade studying microbial life\, Abi now aims to bring science out of the lab and into the spaces it most urgently needs to be understood and acted upon. Her current focus is on creating empowering science-based trainings and workshops for a range of audiences\, alongside establishing community renewable energy projects and networks for change in her home city of York.\nDr Jen Murphy – Jen is an educator and lover of the outdoors. A member of Scientists on Survival\, she currently works as a secondary school science teacher bringing sustainability and climate education into all areas of her practice.\n\nplan-z-film.co.uk
URL:https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/from-publications-to-protest-should-scientists-be-climate-activists/
LOCATION:Chester Picturehouse\, Unit 10 Hunter Street\, Chester\, CH1 2AR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Performance,Public Talk
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SUMMARY:The Peaces We Keep\, Make\, Transform
DESCRIPTION:A celebratory performance in response to the participatory artwork that will be in the Town Hall foyer over the four days of the Festival (see details below). In this event\, staff and dance students from the University of Chester will present a live performance responding to the chair and its collected promises. \nThe artwork will have invited visitors to sit\, pause\, and write a promise of peace for themselves\, someone they love\, or the wider world. Visitors are welcome to keep that promise\, dissolve it in water\, or place it in a box. Promises in the box are later transferred to the chair\, allowing it to hold community voices.
URL:https://festivalofideas.chester.ac.uk/event/the-peaces-we-keep-make-transform/
LOCATION:Chester Town Hall\, 33 Northgate Street\, Chester\, CH1 2HQ
CATEGORIES:Performance
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