TaPRA describes its aim as "to foster research that: Membership is largely British and Irish, although international members are welcomed, regularly contributing at conferences and symposia.
The book, Research Methods in Theatre and Performance (Edinburgh University Press, 2011), edited by Baz Kershaw and Helen Nicholson, was developed in association with TaPRA.
[5] Working Groups also arrange interim events around the UK and Ireland, from one-day symposia to theatre visits and walking tours.
Keynote speakers at the annual conference have included Lloyd Newson, Erika Fischer-Lichte, Bruce McConachie, Shannon Jackson, Ric Knowles, Susan Bennett, Philip Auslander, Manon van de Water, Kully Thiarai, and Harvey Young.
David Bradby Prize winners include Heike Roms (2011), Aoife Monks (2012), Jacky Bratton (2013), Kate Dorney and Frances Gray (2014), Duška Radosavljević (2015), Sally Mackey (2016), Jim Davis (2017) and Kélina Gotman (2018).