Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
Monodrama, Translation, Adaptation, Theatre Programming, New York Theatre, Theatre and Gentrification, World War I, Theatre and Cognition, Virtual Reality Theatre
Research Statement
My main area of interest is Monodrama--plays which attempt to communicate the world as subjectively experienced by a protagonist with such intensity that the spectator feels as though they have merged with that protagonist. In my work I trace this trend back to 18th C. music, and then use the traits of the form as a means to analyse drama to the present day.
I am also engaged in a new project looking at non-profit theatres in New York's East Village area from 1990 to the present, examining how the rapid gentrification of the area and changes in audiences and public funding have affected the programming choices of these theatres.
In connection with my work as a Co-Investigator on the AHRC-funded 'Living Legacies, 1914-18' project, I am exploring community engagement with the First World War through theatre and perfromance, as well as investigating uses of the war through public performance by the UVF commemoration parades of 2013-15.
Further research interests include: adaptation and translation in the theatre, American theatre, political theatre, theatre and cognition, and virtual reality theatre.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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R1667NBE: Living Legacies 1914-18 From Past Conflict to Shared Future
Lilley, K., Ell, P. S. & Taroff, K.
27/10/2016 → 30/04/2020
Project: Research
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R1372GGY: Conflicted pasts, shared futures: mobilizing and engaging First World War histories and heritage in Northern Ireland and beyond
Lilley, K., Donnelly, C., Ell, P. S. & Taroff, K.
18/02/2014 → 31/12/2017
Project: Research
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Freelancers in the Dark: The Economic, Cultural, and Social Impact of Covid-19 on UK Theatre Workers Final Report
Maples, H., Klich, R., Edelman, J., Taroff, K., FitzGibbon, A., Rowson, J., Harris, L. & Young, A., 27 May 2022Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Engines of reverence? Beckett, festivals and adaptation
McTighe, T. & Taroff, K., 04 Feb 2021, (Accepted) Beckett’s afterlives: adaptation, remediation, appropriation. Bignell, J., Verhulst, P. & McMullan, A. (eds.). Manchester University PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Dramatic Conflict: Performing Community Memory of the First World War
Taroff, K. & Young, M., 01 Dec 2020, (Accepted) Living Legacies. University of Indiana PressResearch output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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The Medals All Round Research Initiative. living legacies and Lyric Theatre Belfast
Taroff, K., 01 Nov 2020, Inclusive heritage in practice. Belfast: Living Legacies, 1914-18, p. 21-22 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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The Intruder and Theatre of the Soul
Taroff, K., 10 May 2017Research output: Non-textual form › Performance
Prizes
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Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence
Taroff, Kurt (Recipient), 01 Jul 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Queer at Queen's - Outburst Queer Arts Festival
Kurt Taroff (Organiser)
12 Nov 2020 → 15 Nov 2020Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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External Validator
Kurt Taroff (Advisor)
02 Nov 2020 → 06 Nov 2020Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Testimony to the Stormont Committee for Communities on the effect of COVID-19 on the Arts in Northern Ireland
Kurt Taroff (Advisor)
02 Sep 2020Activity: Consultancy types › Contribution to the work of national or international committees and working groups
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Queer@Queen's 2019
Kurt Taroff (Organiser)
08 Nov 2019 → 15 Nov 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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'We're Here Because...': Public Art, Public Funding, and First World War Commemoration
Kurt Taroff (Presenter)
24 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Press/Media
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COVID-19 Research Roundtable Podcast: Covid-19 and the Arts
06/10/2020
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
Impact
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Being Human - a festival of the humanities (Northern Ireland Hub)
Franziska Schroeder (Participant), David Grant (Participant), Kurt Taroff (Participant), Cahal McLaughlin (Participant), Stefanie Lehner (Participant), Alex Murray (Participant), Sian Barber (Participant) & Paul Murphy (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impact, Societial Impact