Lara Maleen Kipp is a researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, Fiction Factory, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She is currently a lecturer in Theatre and Scenography at Aberystwyth University, teaching on drama, theatre, performance, and scenography. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. She is an active member of TaPRA, IFTR, and the German Society for Contemporary Theatre and Drama in English. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre.
Experience
–present
Lecturer in Theatre and Scenography, Aberystwyth University
Education
2017
Aberystwyth University, PhD in Scenography
Publications
2022
From Marlene to Conchita and Kim: Gender Performativities and Iconicity in “Naked” Dresses, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture
2020
The Scenography of Howard Barker: The Wrestling School Aesthetic 1998-2011, Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
2018
What is this place…?’ – Howard Barker’s Spatial Scenography, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English
2018
Death, Decay and Domesticity: The Corpse as Pivotal Stage Presence in Howard Barker’s Dead Hands, Contemporary Gothic Drama
2017
Brides and Widows: Iconic Dress and Identity in Howard Barker’s Costumes, Studies in Costume & Performance
2017
Between Excess and Subtraction: Scenographic Violence in Howard Barker’s Found in the Ground, Sillages Critiques Vol. 22