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Andrew Filmer

@andfilmer.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre & Performance at Aberystwyth University | Curator PQ Performance Space Exhibition 2023 | IFTR Theatre & Architecture WG | 🇦🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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Aberystwyth University @aberuni.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Writing in The Conversation, Dr Andrew Filmer explains how historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/3aufnw74 @andfilmer.bsky.social
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Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues
Historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage.
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Here's a piece I wrote for @theconversation.com on the reopening of Glasgow's Citizens Theatre over the weekend: "Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues" theconversation.com/glasgows-cit... #glasgow #citizenstheatre #citz
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Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre reopens: what its seven-year transformation reveals about the future of historic venues
Historic theatres are being redeveloped to make them more accessible, socially connected and sustainable, while also preserving their heritage.
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
We are advertising an AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship with the National Botanic Garden of Wales. The application deadline is 30th May 2025.
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Absolute pleasure to be involved in this year's @welshcrucible.bsky.social. The first two days in Cardiff were immense - so many interesting people and perspectives. Looking forward to seeing everyone again in a month.
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
We're advertising a Collaborative Doctoral Partnership studentship hosted by Aberystwyth University with the National Botanic Garden of Wales. 1/3
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
The average spend on cultural services in the 24 European countries surveyed (including the UK as a whole) is £215.02 per person. In Wales the figure is £69.68 per person ... This placed Wales second from bottom of the group of 25 nations. research.senedd.wales/research-art...
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Culture and sport funding in Wales among the lowest in Europe
On 26 March 2025 the Senedd will debate the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee’s report, A decade of cuts: impact of funding reductions for culture an...
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
So good to have Theatre South in Aberystwyth this week, workshopping their play 'The Imaginary Prince of Wales' with our Drama and Theatre students.
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/fea...
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A riposte from the margins - Arts Professional
In response to Nick Hytner’s recent dismissal of the concerns of a new generation of artists as ‘ill-informed’, Chrissie Tiller argues it is crucial to engage with their desire to envision new ways of...
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The re-emergence of the actor-manager in Welsh theatre ... nation.cymru/culture/mich...
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Michael Sheen launches the Welsh National Theatre
Michael Sheen has today announced the formation of the Welsh National Theatre, with the actor sharing a vision to create world class work from Wales and take it to the world. The Welsh National Theatr...
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Welsh National Theatre @welshnattheatre.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Welsh National Theatre From Wales to the World Artistic Director: @MichaelSheen Est. 2025 @mchshe.bsky.social
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Andrew Filmer @andfilmer.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
"AI slop breaks down the inquiry and investigation into the world as it is, replacing the critical landscape with text and image fragments that affirm the world as it is imagined." mail.cyberneticforests.com/slop-infrast...
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Slop Infrastructures 1 & 2
"Maybe the Human Part of Human Connection is Overstated." 💡This week, I'm trying something new. Starting today, and ending on Tuesday, I'll be e-mailing smaller sections of a single piece, Slop Infra...
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