2012 Events
Mad Women on stage in London Oct. 6-12
Mad Women, Oct . 6-12, 2012, a play that examines the perceived madness of Mary Shelley, Emily Dickinson, Charlotte Perkins
Gilman and Virginia Woolf, is at the Barefaced Theatre in London.
Luna Stage presents Vita and Virginia
Luna Stage presents the New Jersey Premiere of ‘Vita and Virginia’ by Eileen Atkins, adapted from correspondence between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Directed by Jane Mandel, with previews running Sept. 27-Oct. 4 and opening night set for Oct 5. The show will play through Oct 28.
The History Girls Present: A Summary of Things So Far
A succession of great historical figures, cornerstones of English literature and the conventions of period costume drama offer a
bottomless well of inspiration for sketch comedy that includes Virginia Woolf. Showtime is 7:45 p.m. Aug. 21 – 27 at Assembly Hall, Mound Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
A women writers conference inspired by Virginia
Fernald gives four talks on Woolf in Brooklyn
Anne Fernald, associate professor at Fordham University and the editor of a forthcoming edition of Mrs. Dalloway for Cambridge University Press, will give the four talks on Virginia Woolf at the Brooklyn Public Library.
1. Great Books: Virginia Woolf: Mrs. Dalloway
Date: Wednesday, Aug. 22, from 3 – 5 p.m.
Location: Central Library, Reverend Elsie Smith Room, Brooklyn Public Library
Discussion led by Anne Fernald, associate professor at Fordham University.
2. Great Books: Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse
3. Great Books: Virginia Woolf: Between the Acts
Date: Sept. 19, 3 p.m.
Location: Central Library, Reverend Elsie Smith Room, Brooklyn Public Library
Discussion led by Anne Fernald, associate professor at Fordham University.
4. Great Books: Virginia Woolf: Moments of Being
Date: Wednesday, Oct. 3, 3 p.m.
Location: Central Library, Reverend Elsie Smith Room, Brooklyn Public Library
Discussion led by Anne Fernald, associate professor at Fordham University.
22nd Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Woolf
Dates: June 7-10, 2012
Location: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Organized by Ann Martin.
The conference theme is inspired by Woolf’s efforts to cross, undermine, and sometimes reassert disciplinary and other boundaries in her body of work.
On-line registration is now available through the Registration page. An outline of the Conference Schedule is available on the Program page.
Plenary speakers include:
- Leslie K. Hankins, Cornell College
- Alexandra Harris, University of Liverpool
- Maggie Humm, University of East London
- Organizers of the Orlando Project
- Susan Brown, University of Guelph / University of Alberta
- Patricia Clements, University of Alberta
- Isobel Grundy, University Alberta
- Brenda Silver, Dartmouth College
If you have any questions, contact: woolf@arts.usask.ca.
View photos from the conference.
Shakespeare’s Sister Co. hosts reading of Vanessa & Virginia June 18
Writing Britain: Wastelands to Wonderlands
Dates: May 11 – Sept. 25, 2012
- “Hyde Park Gate News” text describing Woolf’s trip to the lighthouse at St. Ives
From William Blake to the 21st-century suburban hinterlands of J. G. Ballard, Writing Britain examines how the landscapes of Britain permeate great literary works. The exhibit includes 150 literary works that span more than 1,000 years, including Virginia Woolf’s childhood newspaper, Hyde Park Gate News.
- See the complete list of exhibits.
- View Writing Britain videos.
- View a BBC audio slideshow that includes a discussion of Virginia Woolf’s To the Lighthouse and images, including Woolf’s entry in Hyde Park Gate News that describes her trip to Godrevy Lighthouse at St. Ives.
Woolf Slam
Date: May 24, 2012. See details in graphic at right, which was posted on Virginia Woolf Facebook page by Marek Brzezinski.
Vita and Virginia by Eileen Atkins
At the elevenonetheatre May 22-26, 2012, at Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford, England. A play by Eileen Atkins based on the correspondence of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Buy tickets direct from the website, or
- from the Oxford Playhouse on 01865 305305,
- from the Oxford Playhouse website, and
- in person from the Oxford Playhouse.
Bloomsbury/It’s Not Real
Presented by 13th Floor Dance Theater
When: 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 to Sunday, April 29
Where: ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco
Tickets: $18 to $23
Contact: 415-863-9834, http://www.odcdance.org/performance.php?param=100
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner.
Ask Anne about To the Lighthouse
Anne Fernald will be one of several writers and public figures who will speak about favorite
Virginia Woolf novel To the Lighthouse on April 24 at 7 p.m. at McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St. in New York City.
Woolf adaptations on stage at Brandeis
From Feb. 16 to 19, the Brandeis Theater Company (BTC) will present Ordinary Mind, Ordinary Day, an original stage adaptation by theater professor Adrianne Krstansky and Abigail Killeen M.F.A. ’05 of four of Virginia Woolf’s early short stories. It follows Woolf’s characters in a quest beyond fact and reason – to the inner life beneath our days.
Theatre Ad Infinitum Canada launches with The Big Smoke
The inaugural presentation of Theatre Ad Infinitum Canada, in association with Why Not Theatre, is the Canadian premiere of The Big Smoke, a one-woman a cappella performance by Amy Nostbakken, co-written by Nostbakken and director Nir Paldi. Inspired by the lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, this poetic waltz with death opens Feb. 22, 2012, and runs to March 4 at Factory Studio Theatre, with a preview on Feb. 21. Read more on The Big Smoke’s Canadian Premiere via blogTo.
Eternal Equinox features Bloomsbury painters on Broadway in March
It’s 1923 and dashing mountaineer George Mallory pays a surprise visit to the summer home of two of Britain’s most important artists, the Bloomsbury Group painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Based on actual events, ETERNAL EQUINOX is a sexually charged look at the emotional impact of bedroom politics. It runs March 1-31 at 59E59 Theaters.
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