Personal profile
Academic Background
Geraint D’Arcy is an Associate Professor in Media Practice at The University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He is author of Mise en Scène, Acting and Space in Comics (Palgrave, 2020) which looks at the crossover of production design theory from film, and theatre, into comics, and of Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design (Routledge, 2018) which established theories of production design. Geraint is on the organising committee of the International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference (IGNCC), has had extensive experience in professional theatre, film and television production and has been a practicing scenographer for over twenty years.
His doctoral thesis, Towards an Aesthetics of Theatre Technology (University of Glamorgan 2011) established an ahistorical model for understanding technological change and influence in performance and analysing how technology is used scenographically used in theatre production.
Keywords
- Film Studies
- production design
- mise en scene
- Visual arts
- comics
- graphic novels
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Mise en Scène, Acting and Space in Comics
D'Arcy, G., 2020, 1st ed. Palgrave Macmillan. 170 p. (Palgrave Studies in Comics and Graphic Novels)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Critical Approaches to TV and Film Set Design
D'Arcy, G., 10 Oct 2018, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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L’Enfer du Théatre
D'Arcy, G., 15 Nov 2021, In: Performance Research. 26, 1-2, p. 7-20 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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'Essentially, Another Man's Woman': Information and Gender in the Novel and Adaptations of John le Carre’s Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
D'Arcy, G., 31 May 2023, Histories, Adaptations, and Legacies of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Rogers, R. (ed.). 1 ed. New York: Routledge, 22 p. (Routledge Studies in Cultural History).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
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Editorial
D'Arcy, G. & Gough, R., 15 Nov 2021, In: Performance Research. 26, 1-2, p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Comics and Film: An Uncanny Relationship
D'Arcy, G. (Speaker)
23 Aug 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Invited talk
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The Fifteenth Annual International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference
D'Arcy, G. (Organiser), Darley, S. J. (Speaker), Hayward-Fitch, C. (Speaker) & Scott, L. (Speaker)
10 Jul 2024 → 12 Jul 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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Performance Research (Journal)
D'Arcy, G. (Guest editor)
1 Sept 2019 → 10 Nov 2021Activity: Editorial work › Publication editorial role
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Comics Forum 2025
Darley, S. J. (Speaker), Hayward-Fitch, C. (Speaker) & D'Arcy, G. (Speaker)
13 Nov 2025 → 14 Nov 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference
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International Graphic Novels and Comics Conference, International Bande Dessinée Society Conference 2025
D'Arcy, G. (Organiser)
5 Jun 2025 → 5 Jul 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in conference