Institute of Arts, Design and Performance

About the Lumen prize: 'With over 2,200+ submissions representing 71 countries, the 2025 call brought forward some of the most boundary-pushing, conceptually rich, and technically innovative work we've ever encountered'. Kerryn's Replica performance will be presented in Prague in late October, for a 6-day run as part of the Art*VR official selection in the international competition. Alongside Art*VR, Kerryn will be presenting a paper titled 'Finding human connection in Mixed-Reality Performance: Replica' at the Zip Scene Conference in Prague from 23-24th October. The conference theme is Hunting for Attention: Interactive Digital Storytelling in Fragmented Attention Landscapes.

De ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ University Leicester (DMU) plays a key role in a new film made to mark the 30th Anniversary of the BBC's seminal adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Adapted for television by renowned screenwriter Andrew Davies, the BBC’s famous six-part serialisation of Austen’s 1813 novel caused a stir when first broadcast in September 1995, attracting ten million viewers per episode. Now, a new film produced by Jane Austen's House at Chawton, called Celebrating 30 years of Pride and Prejudice, is set to premier on YouTube at 9pm on 24 September - the precise time the first episode aired, 30 years ago to the day. The hour-long film is an 'in conversation' between Andrew Davies and script editor Susie Conklin, as they recall the making of this series. The conversation is chaired by cultural historian Justin Smith, Professor of Cinema and Television History at DMU, and also features contributions from original cast-members Crispin Bonham-Carter (who played Mr Bingley) and Susannah Harker (Jane Bennet).

Golden moment for renowned DMU silversmith

The Victoria and Albert Museum has acquired an artwork created by renowned contemporary silversmith and De ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ University Leicester (DMU) senior lecturer, Rajesh Gogna.

Lost footage from a ‘golden era’ of British television was screened at a vintage film festival in Leicester on Sunday 11th May with help from De ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ University (DMU) Leicester's Cinema and Television Historians.

Sustainable DMU fashion research to be shown at huge global festival

Experts from De ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ University will show their pioneering research into sustainable fashion at one of the biggest festivals in the world.

Richard III: Sonic Art Marks Anniversary of the Last Warrior King

Specially commissioned compositions by DMU music students will surround the tomb of Richard III to mark the tenth anniversary of the reinterment in Leicester Cathedral of last English monarch to die in battle.

Lionel Dean has a piece of 3D printed public art sculpture selected as one of four pieces for Sculpture on the Lawn, Orlando, Florida this year. This is an annual one-year installation