Conference schedule of events

Friday 25 November

10 am	Registration and coffee (Room 154)
10.45 am	Welcome (Room 154) Professor Robert Gordon, Conference Convenor
11am– 1 pm	PANEL ONE 'The art of making art': Approaches to the Sondheim Canon (Room 154) Moderated by Joanne Gordon
	Dr Dominic Symonds, University of Plymouth, England "Sondheim and the Hammerstein Legacy: Collaboration through Mentorship"
	Dr Millie Taylor, University of Winchester, England "Integration and Distance in the Works of Stephen Sondheim"
	Dr Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England "Stephen Sondheim and the Notion of the Auteur"
	Dr Phyllis, Yale University, USA "Psychopathic Characters on the Stage of Stephen Sondheim"
	Dr Steve Swayne, Dartmouth College, USA “Night Continued To Fall: Emlyn Williams’ Shadow and Stephen Sondheim’s Style”
1–2.15 pm	Lunch Suggested restaurant:
2.15– 4.15 pm	PANEL TWO Sharing the Stage: Sondheim as Collaborator (Theatre) Moderated by Dr Olaf Jubin
	Zachary Florence, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada Planning a Sky: Unity Through Collaboration in Musical Theatre.
	Dr Lois Kivesto, Independent, Toronto, Canada “The First Collaboration of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine: Sunday in the Park with George”
	Laura MacDonald, University of Toronto, Canada " 'Parallel lines who meet': Sondheim's Collaborations with librettists George Furth, Hugh Wheeler and James Lapine"
	Doug Reside, University of Kentucky, USA "'What if he’s not what [Hal] Prince would envision:' the Positive World-View of Stephen Sondheim"
	Lauren Uzdienski, New York University, USA "Books Unbound: Progressing a Theme in Sondheim"
4.30– 5.30 pm	Keynote address (Theatre) Introduced by Professor Robert Gordon Professor Stephen Banfield, University of Bristol, England "Sondheim’s Genius"

Saturday 26 November

9.15-10 am

Registration (Great Hall)

10-11 am

Demonstration Workshop (Theatre)
"Love Among the Radio Mics: Sondheim Duets as Acting Scene"
Led by Lise Olson and Nicholas Phillips
Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts

11.15-1 pm

Masterclass (Theatre)
"Performing the Subtext"
Led by Joanne Gordon
Artistic Director of California Repertory Company
Chair, Department of Theatre Arts, California State University

1-2.15 pm

Lunch

2.15–3.30 pm

Panel Discussion (Theatre)
"Sondheim in Britain"

Sam Buntrock Director

Clare Burt Actress

Paul Kerryson Artistic Director, Leicester Haymarket Theatre

Carol Metcalfe Producer

Matt Wolf Arts Journalist

3.45–5.30 pm

Masterclass (Theatre)
"Singing Sondheim"
Led by Mary Hammond
West End and International Vocal Coach
Director, Postgraduate Programme in Musical Theatre, Royal Academy of Music

5.30-6 pm

Directing Sondheim (Theatre)
Jeremy Sams, Director and Writer

Sunday 27 November

10–12 noon	PANEL THREE Sondheim at home and abroad (Theatre) Moderated by Dr Dominic Symonds
	Dr Bud Coleman, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA " 'I like to be in America!' - Sondheim and His Construction of American Identity”
	Dr Korey Rothman, University of Maryland, USA “Another National Anthem: Stephen Sondheim from Iconoclast to Icon”
	Dr David Walsh, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England “Sondheim, Broadway and the American Dream”
	Dr Paul Filmer, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England "Narratives of Progress and Tragedy in Pacific Overtures"
	Steffen P Gliese, The Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark “Cultural and Textual Differences in Performing Sondheim Outside the English speaking circuit”
Noon–1.15 pm	Lunch
1.15-3.15 pm	PANEL FOUR From Page to Stage: Sondheim in the Theatre (Theatre) Moderated by Dr Millie Taylor
	Stephen Farrow, University of Toronto, Canada “ 'I’ll Let You Know When Stravinski Has A Hit': Sondheim and the New Broadway Economy”
	Professor Robert Gordon, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England “A Funny Thing Happened to Roman Comedy”
	Dr Olaf Jubin, Goldsmiths College, University of London, England “It Takes Two: The Doubling of Roles in Sunday in the Park With George”
	Phillip Sprayberry, William Patterson University, USA “From Berkshire to Broadway: A Case Study of a Unique Production of Sweeney Todd”
	Nathan Matthews, State University of New York, USA “Performing Sondheim in Concert: Children and Art at the New Amsterdam Theatre, New York City, 21 March 2005”
3.30–4.30pm	FORUM: The Impact of Stephen Sondheim (Theatre) Clive Paget, Director and Consultant on Musical Theatre, Royal National Theatre Keith Warner, Opera Director

Drama Department, Goldsmiths College, University of London,
New Cross, London SE14 6NW, UK

Tickets
Full price
£100
One-day ticket
£40
(concessions available)

Stephen Sondheim, Composer and Auteur

How to get to Goldsmiths