Invited Talks, Colloquia, Workshops, and Roundtable Discussions
18/10/2022 “Lorca’s theatre in the UK”, Hispanglia, Cervantes Institute Leeds/Manchester
25/08/2022 “Las mujeres de La Barraca” [“Women of La Barraca”], Menéndez Pelayo International University, Santander.
28/06/2022 Round-table participation: “Golden Age Theatre and Contemporary Performance: Translating for the 21st Century”, Diversifying the Classics Festival, London, Diversifying the Classics project (UCLA), UCL, Shakespeare’s Globe, Guildhall School of Music and Drama, Central School of Speech and Drama, London (UK)
13/05/2022 “Dos recientes unipersonales de Celestina en el Festival de Almería”, Ciclo Académico de las XXXVII Jornadas de Teatro del Siglo de Oro de Almería
18/05/2021 Public Lecture on “Celestina: un clásico en escena desde España”, Lecture Series “Celestina: representaciones visuales de un clásico”, Aula de Letras, University of Cantabria.
23/02/2021 “Between Poetry and Commitment. First performances of Lorca’s Theatre in the UK”, Department of Spanish Research Seminar, University of Oxford.
09/07/2020 “Research-Based Outreach: Some Examples. EStages.UK”, Modern Languages Outreach and Engagement, St Catherine’s College, University of Oxford.
13/12/2019 “EStages.UK y la puesta en escena de La Celestina en Reino Unido y Argentina”, Instituto de Artes del Espectáculo, University of Buenos Aires.
29/11/2019 Plenary “La presencia de la performance y de las artes escénicas españolas en Reino Unido. El caso de la Ribot”, IV Congreso Internacional Performa. Nuevos Espacios/Nuevos Formatos en el Teatro Español Actual (Santiago de Compostela, from 27th to 29th November 2019), Grupo Performa / University of Santiago de Compostela.
Participations in Conferences, Colloquia and Workshops
06/09/2022 Bastianes, M. “A Poet of the People. The Arrival of Lorca onto British Stages” (inside the University of Leeds Panel: Transnational Receptions: Readers, Viewers, Spectators), 9th Congress of the European Society of Comparative Literature. Imagining Inclusive Communities in European Culture (Rome, 6-10 September 2021).
Public Engagement and Educational Outreach
2020 – 2021 Lorca’s theatre in the UK. Talks for teachers and A Level students from the state and private sectors, such as All Saint’s Academy (Cheltenham), Dean Close School (Cheltenham), The Grammar School (Leeds), Cheadle Hulme School, etc.
15/09/2020 “Theatre Censorship in Spain”, Civil Service Spanish Network, Department of Health and Social Care, UK Government.
11/09/2020 “García Lorca’s theatre”, The 1152 Club, Leeds Museums, Leeds City Council.
19/11/2019 “Maria Bastianes talks about Spanish theatre”, Love for the Words, FM Chapel.
12/10/2019 Roundtable discussion alongside the cast of Stupid People at the Cervantes Theatre.
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