MANIFESTO: Theatre for the Dead

Authors

  • Christopher Danowski University of Portsmouth

Author Biography

Christopher Danowski, University of Portsmouth

Christopher Danowski moved from the U.S. to the U.K. in 2018, and is currently a lecturer in performance at the University of Portsmouth. He has presented performance work in Phoenix, Brooklyn, Berlin, and Krakow, among other places. He most recently presented work at the Brighton Fringe Festival.

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