Joff+Chafer


 * CS7. Joff Chafer ** – (Tech Panel 2) //What am I doing (t)here? Virtual Worlds as a site for performance//

May 28 Saturday 9:00-10:30 PM HM 138

I aim to demonstrate and workshop some of the techniques that I have been exploring in mixed reality performance with a view to clarifying what I do next. Affiliation/Bio: Coventry University, Senior lecturer theatre and professional practice, j.chafer@coventry.ac.uk. Joff is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre, focusing on practical course components, acting, movement, improvisation and the devising process. His current area of research is Virtual Performance and has performed in Secondlife with both the Secondlife Shakespeare Company and the Avatar Repertory Theatre as well as working on mixed live/real/virtual interactive performances with colleagues from University of Southern Australia (UniSA) and Coventry University.From 1981 – 2000 Joff worked with Trestle Theatre Company as an actor, mask maker, co-writer and joint Artistic Director. With Trestle Joff has toured extensively nationally and internationally and collaborated with various companies including Kherson puppet theatre (Ukraine), Maybe Theatre (Poland), Sydney Theatre Company (Australia), Birmingham Contemporary Music Group with Sir Simon Rattle, Britten Symphonia, and Shakespeare’s Globe. Career highlights include directing at Sydney Opera House and lowlights include being struck by lightning during an open air performance in Elstree.