Staging Transness: UK trans performance beyond testimony
Location
Level 14, Festival Tower, Station Rd, Adelaide SA 5000
About
2025 CHASS Distinguished Visiting Research Fellow in the Flinders Drama Centre.
Dr Rachel Hann is is Associate Professor in Performance and Design and a current AHRC Fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle (UK). She researches material cultures of scenography, transness, and climate crisis. Rachel is the author of Beyond Scenography (Routledge 2019) and co-founder of the research network Critical Costume. From 2024-2025, she is PI for an AHRC Fellowship entitled Trans Performance Now: Glitching cisgenderism, which examines the producing cultures for trans-orientated work in the UK.
Rachel is a world expert on trans and non-binary performance, with her research spanning across cultures of scenography, climate crisis, digital humanities, and more. This event marks the first in a six-week series of ‘trans takeover’ events within Assemblage, which includes international artists Glace Chase and Travis Alabanza.
Dr Rachel Hann is is Associate Professor in Performance and Design and a current AHRC Fellow at Northumbria University, Newcastle (UK). She researches material cultures of scenography, transness, and climate crisis. Rachel is the author of Beyond Scenography (Routledge 2019) and co-founder of the research network Critical Costume. From 2024-2025, she is PI for an AHRC Fellowship entitled Trans Performance Now: Glitching cisgenderism, which examines the producing cultures for trans-orientated work in the UK.
Rachel is a world expert on trans and non-binary performance, with her research spanning across cultures of scenography, climate crisis, digital humanities, and more. This event marks the first in a six-week series of ‘trans takeover’ events within Assemblage, which includes international artists Glace Chase and Travis Alabanza.
