performance

The Box Office Bears team share some news about recent publications and the announcement of our forthcoming monograph, Box Office Bears: Bears and Baiting in Early Modern England.

Read the zine produced by the LGBTQIA+ creative writing workshops inspired by Box Office Bears research.

The Case of The Missing Bear Bones was a series of six drama and improvisation workshops for the local community in Rotherhithe, culminating in a bear-tastic showing for an invited audience. This project was a partnership between London Bubble, Box Office Bears and myself – Theatre Maker & Writer Angela Clerkin - in February-March 2024.

Curious about why bears, performance, and the past are so closely intertwined?

Join the Box Office Bears team, the sports entertainment company Wrestling Resurgence, and like-minded collaborators, for an afternoon exploring the surprising role of bears and other animals in popular performance—historically and today. The day will include talks, discussion and practical elements, including wrestling and drama activities. Whether you are a theatre lover, wrestling enthusiast, combat aficionado, Shakespeare fanatic, or all the above and more, this hands (and paws) on workshop will have something for everyone.

In the last week of September 2023, the Box Office Bears team worked with the fabulous 1623 Theatre Company to explore a multitude of bears in early modern plays. We ran through the texts in the morning, workshopped them in the afternoon and then performed them for the public in the evening. This post offers some reflections on the process.