Submission Preparation Checklist
All submissions must meet the following requirements.
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This submission meets the formatting and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
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This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
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For Original Research submissions, all author identification has been removed from the manuscript text and document properties to ensure blind peer review.
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All visual materials have been numbered, labeled, and provided with descriptive alt text.
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Written permission has been obtained to publish all third-party photos, datasets, and other materials provided with this submission.
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Consent has been formally documented for any identifiable individuals featured in the visual assets.
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All authors are prepared to declare any professional or financial relationships that could influence the review process.
Original Research
Focus: Theoretical, historical, or sociological analysis of creative production.
Content: Scholarly articles that contribute new knowledge to film, theatre, and performance-related production studies.
Word limit: 6,000 to 9,000 words (including references).
Peer review: Double-blind, minimum two academic reviewers and one practitioner reviewer.
Key traits: A clear research question, an appropriate methodology, and sustained engagement with relevant literature. Practice-as-Research (PaR) submissions are welcome but must include critical contextualisation, documentation of process, and a clear articulation of contribution.
Note on anonymity: Authors should remove self-identifying information from text and file metadata. Where visuals make anonymity impracticable, the journal may apply a modified review process while retaining independent academic review.
The Studio
Focus: Professional practice, craft knowledge, and production problem-solving.
Content: First-person, evidence-informed accounts of making and producing.
Word limit: 800 to 2,500 words.
Peer review: Single-blind or open review; minimum two reviewers, at least one practitioner reviewer.
Key traits: Specific, transferable insight. Authors should describe context, constraints, decisions taken, what worked, what failed, and what others can learn. References are optional but encouraged where they strengthen claims.
The Workshop
Focus: Annotated artefacts and production documentation that reveal development and design thinking.
Content: Scripts, scenes, storyboards, shot lists, lighting plots, costume sketches, prompt-book excerpts, technical diagrams, or similar production materials, published in an annotated “overlay” format with critical commentary.
Submission tracks:
The Archive: Professionals sharing completed or discontinued work, technical plots, or production documentation of educational value.
The Incubator: Students and emerging creators sharing work-in-progress for developmental feedback and mentorship.
Length: Flexible, visual-led submission plus a 300-word Author Statement.
Review model:
(a) The Archive: Editorial review plus practitioner dialogue, with a minimum of one external practitioner reviewer and one editorial reviewer.
(b) The Incubator: Mentorship review coordinated by the section editor, with a clear statement of what feedback was provided and what was revised before publication.
Key traits: The Author Statement must explain creative intent, production context, and the technical, organisational, or artistic challenge the artefact illustrates. Submissions must specify what is original, what is third-party, and what is confidential or redacted.
Permissions and redaction: Authors may submit redacted materials where required by contract or confidentiality, provided the redaction does not undermine the educational value. All third-party material must be cleared before publication.
In Coversation
Focus: Production knowledge through structured interviews.
Content: Edited Q&A with directors, writers, cinematographers, designers, producers, and other practitioners.
Recommended length: 3,000 to 6,000 words (flexible).
Review: Editorial review.
Key traits: Transcripts should be edited for clarity and accuracy without changing meaning. The interviewer must provide a 500-word analytical introduction that contextualises the interviewee’s work, identifies the production themes explored, and discloses any relevant professional relationship with the interviewee.
Stage & Screen
Focus: Reviews that foreground production choices and making.
Content: Reviews of plays, films, books, exhibitions, tools, or technical showcases, written for a specialist but mixed academic and practitioner readership.
Word limit: 800 to 1,200 words.
Review: Editorial review.
Key traits: Reviewers must analyse production elements such as design, lighting, sound, cinematography, editing, staging, logistics, infrastructure, budgeting, or labour organisation. Narrative summary should be minimal and used only to support production analysis.
Copyright Notice
Authors who publish with Performance & Production: Contemporary Studies across Stage and Screen agree to the following terms:
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Copyright Retention: Authors retain full copyright of their work and grant the journal the right of first publication.
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Open Access Licensing: The journal operates on a Diamond Open Access model. The work is simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
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Licensing for Research: Articles published in the "Original Research" and "The Studio" sections are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) to maximize citation and global reach.
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Licensing for Creative Works: Artefacts, scripts, and production materials published in "The Workshop" default to the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). This protects the author's creative rights and prevents unauthorized commercial use or modification.
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Third-Party Rights: Authors acknowledge that any third-party material included in their submission may not be covered by the Creative Commons license applied to the article as a whole. It is the author's responsibility to clear all necessary permissions.
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Self-Archiving: Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (for example in institutional repositories or on their personal websites) prior to and during the submission process.
Privacy Statement
1. Data Controller Identity
VoyGull Publishing Centre Ltd operates the journal Performance & Production: Contemporary Studies across Stage and Screen. We act as the data controller under the UK General Data Protection Regulation. We are registered with the Information Commissioner's Office under registration number ZC087311.
2. Scope of Data Collection
We collect personal data when you register an account, submit a manuscript, or participate in the peer review process. This data includes your name, email address, institutional affiliation, and ORCID iD. We also require and collect specific disclosures regarding financial, professional, or personal relationships that could influence the research or review process.
3. Purpose and Lawful Basis for Processing
We process your data to facilitate the editorial workflow, publish accepted manuscripts, and maintain the integrity of the academic record. Our lawful basis for processing this information relies on legitimate interests in scholarly publishing and the fulfillment of our contractual obligations to authors and reviewers. We do not sell your personal data to commercial third parties.
4. Peer Review and Identity Disclosure
Our journal employs varied review models depending on the submission section. By engaging with these sections, users consent to the respective anonymity protocols.
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Original Research: Submissions undergo double-blind peer review. Author identities are concealed from reviewers and vice versa.
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The Studio: Submissions may undergo single-blind or open review. During open review, reviewer and author identities are visible to each other to foster transparent industry dialogue.
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The Workshop: Submissions involve direct practitioner dialogue or mentorship review. Author identities are known to facilitate direct feedback.
5. Third-Party Data in Visual Submissions
Our visual policy encourages image-led scholarship. Authors must supply visual artefacts documenting production processes. If individuals are identifiable in these visual materials, the author holds sole legal responsibility for obtaining documented consent or demonstrating a lawful basis for publication. The journal publishes these images relying strictly on the author's warranty that all third-party privacy rights are fully cleared.
6. Data Sharing and Retention
We share essential metadata with scholarly infrastructure providers to ensure global discoverability. Upon publication, author names and affiliations are shared with Crossref to register Digital Object Identifiers. Our journal is hosted on the Open Journal Systems platform. Data is stored securely and accessed only by authorized editorial staff. Data associated with published articles is retained permanently to preserve the historical scholarly record. Accounts of inactive users may be deleted upon request.
7. User Rights
Under the UK GDPR, you possess specific rights regarding your personal data. You have the right to request access to your data, request the correction of inaccurate data, and request the deletion of your account. You may also opt out of non-essential communications at any time. Please note that data embedded within the published scholarly record cannot be erased.
8. Contact Information
For any inquiries regarding data protection, please contact the editorial team. Publisher: VoyGull Publishing Centre Ltd Registered Office: 71-75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom Email: info@voygull.com