The face behind @circusdiaries. Arts writer and researcher. Circus; audiences; criticism; discourse analysis & evaluation. Audio description
Joined May 2016
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19 Jul 2025
Another ghost-slash-legacy account. Not really here any more, but will probably get a notification if you have no other way to get in touch xx
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19 Nov 2024
Sad not to be travelling up to London for this today, BUT excited to be presenting a short talk on #MetamodernCircus via the wonders of online tech!
18 Nov 2024
*Taking place tomorrow*
Have you booked your free ticket to METAMODERN THEATRE SYMPOSIUM @ArtsCreativeUEL? Includes book launch of @miserchristmas's 'Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre.'
📆 Tues 19th Nov @ 2-9pm GMT
👥 💻 in-person & online
🎫 tickettailor.com/events/univ…
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
8 Aug 2024
Want to quote every single word of this wonderful review of @WesPeden @gandinijuggling #Rollercoaster from @BustingFree @CircusDiaries probably best to read it and remember her final words 'best not to miss out'
thecircusdiaries.com/rollerc…
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
8 Aug 2024
Love that #Rollercoaster was the reason #KateKavanagh @BustingFree took a last minute to decision to come to @edfringe this year. We have a lot to thank the show for!
8 Aug 2024
Want to quote every single word of this wonderful review of @WesPeden @gandinijuggling #Rollercoaster from @BustingFree @CircusDiaries probably best to read it and remember her final words 'best not to miss out'
thecircusdiaries.com/rollerc…
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5 Aug 2024
This is also at #EdFringe and comes highly recommended as a potential contender for the erstwhile @TotalTheatreNet Circus Award
9 Oct 2023
Latest review: 'Sawdust Symphony', by Michael Zandl, David Eisele, and Kolja Huneck thecircusdiaries.com/2023/10…
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
5 Aug 2024
Edinburgh Fringe shows should not have to rely on miracles thestage.co.uk/opinion/edinb…
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5 Aug 2024
RT @rubina1402: It was my daughter's 11th birthday today. We went bowling, followed by desserts with her 3 best friends. A reminder that th…
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3 Aug 2024
And also @Machinedecirque #GhostLight. Double win. Honourable mention to @WesPeden #Rollercoaster. Could sly in to a triple.
3 Aug 2024
Can I put it out there that if #totaltheatreawards were running this year, #tweedysmassivecircus would (should!) win the circus category #EdFringe
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3 Aug 2024
Can I put it out there that if #totaltheatreawards were running this year, #tweedysmassivecircus would (should!) win the circus category #EdFringe
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1 Aug 2024
Is it me, or have the #EdFringe offerings got a marked surreal streak this year?
#EdFringe2024
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
31 Jul 2024
#AcademicTwitter Big shout out to all who are #PhDone in July. You are all awesome! #phdvoice @msi_sohan @AlexZahara35 @StefanBassler @PschorrSimon @jennynichollsss @BustingFree @SUP3AN @justnatwilde @BenharrousseR @JStagray
@GDepow @geraldoduran96 @Cabezuelo_Oscar @CGFigE
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17 Jul 2024
Inspiring contributions from all today's workshop participants ✨️ (And nice to hear in the feedback that they want more - maybe this will need to become a series...?)
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5 Jul 2024
Well this happened! 🤪
#PhDone
Thanks to @nottyknight and @AMaiorani for being interested and thoroughly engaged examiners, and to @WatchedPotts for all the supervision all these years 🥰
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3 Jul 2024
Ooh, some good reading here ahead of my viva on Friday! (Especially interesting stuff on coding expressions of opinion from Yejin Jung, @danagablas, @vaclavbrezina and @hanna_schmueck)
3 Jul 2024
Two years in the making, all papers in this @JournalCorpus special issue on innovation in the compilation and analysis of spoken corpora are now published (open access) - full issue out in November.
Thanks to all authors, reviewers and of course RiCL!
ricl.aelinco.es/index.php/ri…
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1 Jul 2024
So brilliant to see access for parents of young children at #cardiffnlpworkshop - thanks @comuni_carla for bringing the baby!
Now excited to hear about models for detecting abusive language from @arkaitz...
@Cardiff_NLP
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How books can help children understand the crushing challenges of poverty bigissue.com/culture/books/c…
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
29 Apr 2024
"We can’t understand reality without talking about it." 💬 Linguist @MichaMahlberg studies the social function of language. She is one of 12 top researchers who will be awarded a Humboldt Professorship on 13 May! @UniFAU
To the livestream 👇
youtube.com/@AvHstiftung #AvHProfessor
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
16 Jun 2024
football fans 🤝 UK academics
ALT A screenshot of a Depop listing featuring a black tshirt with the words I hate the ref too babe
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Dr Katharine Kavanagh retweeted
31 May 2024
Interesting: “A year into the pilot, artists receiving a weekly stipend are spending more time on their practice per week, less time working in other sectors and are suffering less from depression and anxiety” artsprofessional.co.uk/news/…
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30 May 2024
Nice achievement for May 😊
Also gaining a #Fellowship are Katharine Kavanagh @bustingfree, Emily Harrop, Joel Gill @JoelCGill, Genevieve Shanahan, Katherine Smith @TheWormDoctor1, Daisy Dixon, Carys Watkins, Mohammed Mohammed, Huw Morgan, and Soumia Medjahed.
Many congratulations to you all!!⭐️⭐️
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