Hamish muir biography books

Research

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Subject

Ecological Playwriting in the Theatre Industry

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First and second supervisors 

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Abstract

In traditional theatre performance contexts, the sets designed are bespoke, conglomerate materials, which are not easily recycled or reused.

Therefore, they pose a creative opportunity for reimagining the role of waste and using waste to question the assumptions of conventional performance production.

Hamish's research discusses this through playwriting practice experiments, which challenge the conventions of scenography, dramaturgy and theatrical narrative.

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Born in Scotland, Hamish Muir has lived most of his life in England.

Hamish Muir was a founding principal of the hugely influential design studio 8vo and is co-founder of the award-winning studio MuirMcNeil.

Hamish Muir completed his design education at the Basel School of Design in where he studied under Armin Hofmann and Wolfgang Weingart.

Hamish Muir was co-founder of the London-based graphic design studio 8vo (–), and co-editor of Octavo, journal of typography (–92).

He considers the theatre industry in London, contemporary practices and relevant historical works, as a means to explore radical and creative ecological theatre.

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Biography

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Hamish Muir is a multi-disciplinary researcher.

He studied Civil Engineering at Imperial College, London and looked at the waste management of theatre set designs, which his PhD builds upon. He also studied the History of Art with Ch