Events

Updated 28 April 2012

2013 Events

• 23rd Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf, dates TBA,  Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, Canada. Organized by Helen Wussow.

2012 Events

Woolf Slam

Date: May 24, 2012. See details in graphic at right, which was posted on Virginia Woolf Facebook page by Marek Brzezinski.

Vita and Virginia by Eileen Atkins

At the elevenonetheatre May 22-26, 2012, at Lady Margaret Hall, Norham Gardens, Oxford, England. A play by Eileen Atkins based on the correspondence of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf. Buy tickets direct from the website, or

• from the Oxford Playhouse on 01865 305305,
• from the Oxford Playhouse website, and
• in person from the Oxford Playhouse.

Bloomsbury/It’s Not Real

Presented by 13th Floor Dance Theater
When: 8 p.m. Thursday, April 27 to Sunday, April 29
Where: ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., San Francisco
Tickets: $18 to $23
Contact: 415-863-9834, http://www.odcdance.org/performance.php?param=100
Read more at the San Francisco Examiner.

Ask Anne about To the Lighthouse

Anne Fernald will be one of several writers and public figures who will speak about favorite Virginia Woolf novel To the Lighthouse on April 24 at 7 p.m. at McNally Jackson, 52 Prince St. in New York City.

Woolf adaptations on stage at Brandeis

From Feb. 16 to 19, the Brandeis Theater Company (BTC) will present Ordinary Mind, Ordinary Day, an original stage adaptation by theater professor Adrianne Krstansky and Abigail Killeen M.F.A. ’05 of four of Virginia Woolf’s early short stories. It follows Woolf’s characters in a quest beyond fact and reason – to the inner life beneath our days.

Theatre Ad Infinitum Canada launches with The Big Smoke

The inaugural presentation of Theatre Ad Infinitum Canada, in association with Why Not Theatre, is the Canadian premiere of The Big Smoke, a one-woman a cappella performance by Amy Nostbakken, co-written by Nostbakken and director Nir Paldi. Inspired by the lives of Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, this poetic waltz with death opens Feb. 22, 2012, and runs to March 4 at Factory Studio Theatre, with a preview on Feb. 21. Read more on The Big Smoke’s Canadian Premiere via blogTo.

Eternal Equinox features Bloomsbury painters on Broadway in March

It’s 1923 and dashing mountaineer George Mallory pays a surprise visit to the summer home of two of Britain’s most important artists, the Bloomsbury Group painters Duncan Grant and Vanessa Bell. Based on actual events, ETERNAL EQUINOX is a sexually charged look at the emotional impact of bedroom politics. It runs March 1-31 at 59E59 Theaters.

22nd Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Interdisciplinary/Multidisciplinary Woolf

Dates: June 7-10
Location: University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada. Organized by Ann Martin.

The conference theme is inspired by Woolf’s efforts to cross, undermine, and sometimes reassert disciplinary and other boundaries in her body of work.

On-line registration is now available through the Registration page. An outline of the Conference Schedule is available on the Program page.

Plenary speakers include:

• Leslie K. Hankins, Cornell College
• Alexandra Harris, University of Liverpool
• Maggie Humm, University of East London
• Organizers of the Orlando Project
  • Susan Brown, University of Guelph / University of Alberta
  • Patricia Clements, University of Alberta
  • Isobel Grundy, University Alberta
• Brenda Silver, Dartmouth College

If you have any questions, contact: woolf@arts.usask.ca.

2011 Events

Virginia Woolf: The Flight of Time exhibit in NYC

Glenn Horowitz Bookseller, Inc. is staging the exhibition Virginia Woolf: The Flight of Time. The exhibition, which is open to the public, runs Nov. 21 through Jan. 14 at the Forbes Galleries, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 12th Street in New York City.

Radev collection: tale of three art lovers to be told in new touring exhibition

The Radev collection, containing works by artists including Amedeo Modigliani, Graham Sutherland and Alfred Wallis, can be viewed online. Selected works will also go on display at the Pallant House gallery in Chichester before touring to Lincoln, Bath, Falmouth and Kendal.

William and Judith  on stage Sept. 17 – Oct. 2 in Lafayette, Louisiana

Septimus and Clarissa on stage in NYC Sept. 7-Oct. 8

Broadway veterans Ellen McLaughlin, Tom Nelis, and Henry Stram will be featured in the world premiere of Septimus and Clarissa, adapted by McLaughlin from Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. Rachel Dickstein will direct the production, presented by Ripe Time at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Ave. in New York City, Sept.7 to Oct. 8, with an opening on Sept. 15. Tickets are $40 for general admission, $20 for Baruch faculty and students, and $30 for those in the industry.

Woolf commemoration in Brighton Sept. 29

Sailing On, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, New Town Theatre, Aug. 6-28

A call of nature leads to a chance meeting with Virginia Woolf and Ophelia in the ladies’ loos.

Woolf fans celebrate Wavesday June 23

One-woman show The Big Smoke inspired by Woolf, Plath

From June 23-25, The Lowry theater will play host to Theatre Ad Infinitum’s The Big Smoke, a one-woman show sung a cappella by Canadian actress Amy Nostbakkan and directed by Nir Paldi. The show has been inspired by the lives and works of Virginia Woolf and American poets Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton. The Lowry is set in a waterside location at the heart of the redeveloped Salford Quays in Greater Manchester, The address is Pier 8, Salford Quays, M50 3AZ. Box office telephone: 0843 208 6000.

Patti Smith photo exhibit includes Monk’s House photos

Titled “Patti Smith: Camera Solo,” the exhibit will be held Oct. 21, 2011-Feb. 19, 2012, at the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford, Conn. It will include approximately 60 black  and white photographs and two multi-media installations. The show features works made between 2002 and 2011, including images of Monk’s House, Virginia Woolf’s country retreat in Sussex, England. View a slideshow of the photos.

21st Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Contradictory Woolf

When: June 9-12, 2011

Where: University of Glasgow

The conference is being held in the Gilbert Scott Building,  and the plenary sessions will be housed in Bute Hall, which was designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott and built between 1878 and 1884.

Plenary speakers will include:

• Judith Allen
• Rosi Braidotti
• Marina Warner
• Pat Waugh
• Michael Whitworth

More Woolf Conference links

• CALL FOR PAPERS
• ACCOMMODATION
• TRAVEL & DIRECTIONS
• REGISTRATION

Additional details

The play Vanessa and Virginia, based on Susan Sellers’ novel by the same name, will be staged June 10. Written by Elizabeth Wright, it will tour internationally from September 2011 through August 2012.

A specially designed poster for the event will be available as a postcard at the conference as well.

Coverage of the 21st Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf on Blogging Woolf:

• Order new books by Cecil Woolf Publishers
• Annual Woolf Conferences: Comment if you were there
• Conference organizers post photos online
• Take a peek at more photos from Contradictory Woolf
• Take a look at the 21st Conference: Contradictory Woolf
• In unequivocal praise of the Contradictory Woolf conference

Find information about past Virginia Woolf conferences here.

 Story of artist’s descent into madness told in song for one-woman May 19 show

Orlando at Muhlenberg College April 28-May 1

Sara Ruhl’s Orlando is on stage April 28-30 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 1, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for patrons 17 and under. The production is recommended for mature audiences. Performances are in the Dorothy Hess Baker Theatre, in the Trexler Pavilion for Theatre & Dance at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Penn. Call 484-664-3333 or visit the website for tickets.

“Goat” on stage April 22 through May 29

The Elite Theatre Company will present the world premiere of Arthur Kraft’s  drama Goat, about what might have happened if a psychologist had prevented writer  Virginia Woolf from committing suicide in 1941. Performances are 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturday and 2  p.m. Sundays, April 22 through May 29 at the Petit Playhouse, Heritage Square, Oxnard, Calif.  Tickets are $17 for adults and $15 for seniors and students. For reservations, call 805-483-5118. Read more.

• Woolf play on stage in Manchester April 14-16

• April memorial service set for George Bahlke

• Woolf’s “Street Haunting” inspires iPlay through March 31

• Online Woolf project mixes laughter, tears March 1-28

• Room on stage in NYC March 12-27

• IPFW to celebrate women’s history month March 30

• Sellers novel about Woolf on stage at St. Andrews

• Celebration of life of Susan Dick set for Feb. 3

Virginia Woolf Society of Great Britain Events

Meetings and special event information for society members. Also on this page are additional events in Great Britain.

Charleston Farmhouse, Sussex, England

Get information about  the 2011 program of events, including its first mini Garden Festival, creative workshops, and more, including:

• GARDEN FESTIVAL
• WORKSHOPS
• VISITS
• MUSIC
• WALKS
• SHORT COURSES AND MASTERCLASSES
• ANNUAL EVENTS
• CHILDREN’S EVENTS
• EXHIBITIONS

Knole House, Sevenoaks, Kent, England

For details of events at Knole House, the family home of Vita Sackville-West, click here.

Sissinghurst Castle, Cranbrook, Kent, England

Sissinghurst Castle, the medieval manor home home of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicholson from 1930 on, opens March 12. For details of events at Sissinghurst Castle and its Garden, click here.

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This page has the following sub pages.

• Events of 2007-2008
• Events of 2009
• Woolf Conferences
• Events of 2010