Western English and Writing Studies

04/08/2026

Anmol Dutta, Lecturer in Film Studies and Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at Western University, examines how feminist stand-up comedy challenges long-standing assumptions about humour, identity, and representation in her course, "Women Aren’t Funny: Feminist Stand-Up Comedy."

https: //westerngazette.ca/culture/challenging-comedy-s-oldest-joke-women-aren-t-funny/article_1c3bffb4-51be-4664-bb8e-9fdba1478388.html?fbclid=PAb21jcARCdyJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAacnFV46JSwdYM6XRhOyUCuzE_0T0KM7AkeM5KmffNz-v5Jfb_R23vs5jKCqoA_aem_9nb_oPwpFKYs6NoQ7Vog-w

02/19/2026

09/15/2025

Missed your chance during the Toronto Fringe Festival?
WE GOT YOU COVERED!

Bring your bestie along and see
MILK MILK LEMONADE at What The Festival!
📚Sat, Sep 27th - 7:30pm - Sweet Action Theatre

You’ll see the class clowns of Mallowmarsh Public School navigate the rough-and-tumble world of elementary school to answer the age-old question: “I know you are but what am I”?

“Get Ready to Play MASH, trade lunches, negotiate your first crush, and draw like an angry toddler. In Emma Nelles’ and Jonas Trottier’s whimsical clown show (directed by Jack Davidson), MILK MILK LEMONADE, two kids from Mallowmarsh P.S. cavort through the classroom, making (and eating) macaroni art, bombing tests, spreading schoolyard scuttlebutt, and getting the audience to do their homework.” - Ilana Lucas, Toronto Fringe Festival Review

08/15/2025

We’re excited to welcome Anna Chatterton - award-winning playwright, librettist, and theatre artist - as Western’s 2025–26 Writer-in-Residence! With decades of experience in theatre, opera, and writing, Anna is passionate about helping others tell their stories. Western and London community members are invited to meet with her about their creative projects. Details on our website.

https://www.uwo.ca/english/people/writer-in-res.html

Anna Chatterton is Western's 2025-26 writer-in-residence. Two of her plays were finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama.

07/18/2025

🎭 Exciting news! One of our students is performing in The Planetarium (with Planets Aligned) at the Grand Theatre! Don't miss it - details here👇

Planets Aligned Collective and Haus of Hard Nox in collaboration to bring you an out of this world drag show. Experience the star studded local talents of both Planets Aligned and Haus of Hard Nox, with special guest Brattery Acid. Welcome to our orbit. Doors open at 8:30 pm, and show begins at 9:00...