Dr Annecy Lax

Annecy Lax is a researcher and academic in Theatre Studies at the University of Essex. Her research interests are in applied theatre, performing testimony, trauma in performance, the body performing protest and representations of ethics. Annecy’s research investigates a series of inter-linked areas: the role and effectiveness of theatre-making as means and process of social change, applied theatre and live arts performance as manifestation of public protest and resistance in times of conflict, and the ethics of verbatim and testimony theatre, within an international and comparative context. She is also working on drawing together philosophical, cultural and socio-legal definitions of dignity in dialogue with performance work around displacement, diaspora and disfigurement, particularly in relation to performance art, live art and other non-drama based performance actions. Following on from an AHRC GCRF funded residency, Annecy is currently working on a book publication on women theatre makers who use theatre for social justice dialogues in conflict and post-conflict zones.