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Social Housing in Performance - The English Council Estate on and off Stage (Paperback)
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Social Housing in Performance - The English Council Estate on and off Stage (Paperback)
Series: Methuen Drama Engage
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This book explores the ways that council estates have been
represented in England across a range of performance forms. Drawing
on examples from mainstream, site-specific and resident-led
performance works, it considers the political potential of
contemporary performance practices concerned with the council
estate. Depictions of the council estate are brought into dialogue
with global representations of what Chris Richardson and Hans
Skott-Myhre call the 'hood', to tease out the specific features of
the British context and situate the work globally. Katie Beswick's
study provides a timely contribution to the ongoing national and
global interest in social housing. As the housing market grows ever
more insecure, and estates are charged with political rhetoric,
theatre and socially engaged art set or taking place on estates
takes on a new potency. Mainstream theatre works examined include
Rita, Sue and Bob Too and A State Affair at the Soho Theatre, Port
at the National Theatre, and DenMarked at the Battersea Arts
Centre. The book also explores the National Youth Theatre's Slick
and Roger Hiorns' Seizure, as well as community-based and resident
led performances by Fourthland, Jordan McKenzie, Fugitive Images
and Jane English.
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