"This magical book is a love letter to the artists whose
imagination and cleverness transport us and unite us, and to the
beauty and fragility of their performance. When I read it I feel
like I am constantly on the joyful edge of falling in love, trying
so hard to keep hold of the feelings evoked. A very precious book
in our precarious times." Vicky Featherstone An anthology of
critical essays that draw on a decade of the authors thinking,
writing about and working within contemporary performance as
critics, producers, dramaturgs, makers, archivists and more.
Together, the 40 essays sketch a map of the contemporary
performance landscape from avant-garde dance to live art to
independent theatre, tracing the contours of its themes, aims,
desires and relationship to the wider worlds of mainstream theatre,
art and politics. Each essay focuses on a particular artist and
these include Bryony Kimmings, Dickie Beau, Forced Entertainment,
Scottee, Selina Thompson, Tania El Khoury and Uninvited Guests.
Reflecting the radical nature of the work considered, the authors
attempt to find a new vocabulary and a non-conventional way of
considering live performance in these essays. As both a fresh
survey of contemporary performance and an exploration of how to
think and write about upstream and avant-garde work, this book
should be an essential resource for students, artists and
audiences, as well as an accessible entry point for anyone curious
to know about the beautiful and strange things happening beyond the
UK’s theatrical mainstream.
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