Gavin and Stacey Symposium Schedule

“What’s occurrin’?”

Gavin and Stacey & the Contemporary Sitcom

Date: Friday 18th September

Venue: ATRiuM, Adam Street, Cardiff, CF24 2FN

*12.00 – Registration & Lunch

*12.45 – Welcome & Introduction with Lesley Harbidge & Daryl Perrins, Symposium Organizers

*1.00 – Keynote
Chair: Steve Blandford
Andy Medhurst, University of Sussex: Far East and Wild West: Mapping Comic Traditions in Gavin and Stacey

*2.00 – Panel 1
Chair: Stephen Lacey
Peter Stead, University of Glamorgan: The Barry of Bob Hope: The Town of Laughter
John Jewell, University of Cardiff: Gavin and Stacey: Class, Gender and Welsh Identity in Series One

*3.00 – Coffee

*3.30 – Panel 2
Chair: John Beynon
Ruth Shade, University of Wolverhampton: There’s a Crack in My Plate: Welsh Women in Comedy
Peter Jachimiak, University of Glamorgan: “It’s Not Barry’s Island”: The British Seaside Town and Contested Masculinities in Gavin and Stacey
Inger-Lise Kalviknes Bore, Birmingham City University: Judging Gavin and Stacey: Online discussions of quality and sitcom production

*5.00 – Drinks Reception (co-sponsored by Cyfrwng)

*5.45 – Performance of Simon Howells’ Sitcom Crack: Episode ‘Milk’

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