Dr Lara Kipp PhD, MA, BA(Hons), PGCHE, FHEA

Lara Maleen Kipp is an early career researcher, scenographer, and theatre practitioner. Her PhD at Aberystwyth University engaged in an aesthetic analysis of Howard Barker’s scenography. Previously, she completed a Master’s degree in Practising Theatre & Performance and a joint BA (Hons) Scenography & Theatre Design and Drama & Theatre Studies. Her work experiences include Vivienne Westwood Studios, the Salzburg Opera Festival, and a lectureship at the University of Derby. She has published with Intellect, De Gruyter, Palgrave Macmillan, Sorbonne University, and Taylor & Francis. Her research interests include scenography, voice and performance, and contemporary European Theatre. She is a native speaker of German and English, and currently learning Welsh.

She works part-time as Lecturer in Theatre and Design at Aberystwyth University.

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Module Coordinator

• TP35940 - Advanced Scenographic Project
• TP22320 - Principles of Scenography
• TP22620 - Design Project
• TP30020 - Contemporary Drama
• FM22120 - Production Design Skills
• TP31020 - Advanced Studio Practice (scenography)

Coordinator

• TP35940 - Advanced Scenographic Project
• TP31020 - Advanced Studio Practice (scenography)
• TP30020 - Contemporary Drama
• TP22620 - Design Project
• TP22320 - Principles of Scenography
• FM22120 - Production Design Skills

Lecturer

• TP22620 - Design Project
• TP11020 - Theatre in Context 1
• TP20820 - Theatre and Contemporary Society

TP11020 Theatre in Context 1

TP22620 Design Project

TP20820 Theatre & Contemporary Society

FM22120 Production Design Skills

TP30020 Contemporary Drama

TP31020 Advanced Studio Practice (Scenography)

TP35940 Advanced Scenographic Project

Publications

2025
‘Going down: eros, thanatos, and the politically transformative potential of queer desire’ in Rabey, D. I. Land of my Fathers & Last Ditch, (Cambria Publishing)
‘Staging the Nation – The Politics of Eurovision Host Stages’ in Skinner, A. and Baker, C. (eds.) Designing Eurovision: Performance Scenography on an International Stage (Routledge; forthcoming)
2022
‘From Marlene to Conchita and Kim: Gender Performativities and Iconicity in “Naked” Dresses’, Fashion, Style & Popular Culture, online first; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1386/fspc_00161_1
2020
The Scenography of Howard Barker: The Wrestling School Aesthetic 1998-2011 (Routledge)
2018
‘‘What is this place…?’ – Howard Barker’s Spatial Scenography’, Journal of Contemporary Drama in English, 6:2, pp. 249-264 (De Gruyter)
‘Death, Decay and Domesticity: The Corpse as Pivotal Stage Presence in Howard Barker’s Dead Hands’, Contemporary Gothic Drama, pp. 43-60, (Palgrave Macmillan)
2017
‘Brides and Widows: Iconic Dress and Identity in Howard Barker’s Costumes’, Studies in Costume & Performance, 2:1, pp. 27-42 (Intellect)
‘Between Excess and Subtraction: Scenographic Violence in Howard Barker’s Found in the Ground’, Sillages Critiques, 22, http://sillagescritiques.revues.org/4830 (Université Paris-Sorbonne)

Select Presentations:

2023
Developing Vocal Training Resources for Respiratory Rehabilitation following Pulmonary Embolism, TaPRA 2023 conference, University of Leeds
2022
Pandemic Pedagogies: Decentring Scenographic Teaching, IFTR World Congress, University of Iceland, Reykjavik
2021
Please explain why you came dressed as a bag of chips – Reflections on Blended Teaching on a Practical Scenography Site Module, Annual Learning and Teaching Conference 2021, Aberystwyth University
2019
Listening to/in Fragments – Initial Thoughts on Paul Bull’s Legacy, TaPRA 2019 conference, University of Exeter
From Marlene to Conchita: Gender Performativities and Iconicity in “Naked” Dresses; Fashion, Costume & Visual Cultures conference, University of Lille
2018
Nowhere in Particular: Space, Place, Landscape and the De-Stabilisation of Self through Scenography; TaPRA 2018 conference, Aberystwyth University
Puckered, Wrinkled, Scarred – Skin as Costume in the Theatre of Howard Barker; Fashion, Costume & Visual Cultures conference, University of Zagreb

Organisation of TFTS research seminar series.