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An all-singing, all-dancing celebration of ordinary life and death.
Single mum Emma confronts the highs and lows of life with a cancer
diagnosis; that of her son and of the real people she encounters in
the daily hospital grind. Groundbreaking performance artist Bryony
Kimmings creates fearless theatre to provoke social change, looking
behind the poster campaigns and pink ribbons at the experience of
serious illness.
Unexpected, quirky and provocative, BALL & Other Funny Stories
About Cancer is a unique collection of performances about illness
and the changing body over time. Documenting a trilogy of Brian
Lobel's monologue performances from 2001-2011, this collection
challenges the inspirational stories of survivors and martyrs that
have come before, infusing the 'cancer story' with an urgency and
humour which is sometimes inappropriate, often salacious and
always, above all else, honest and open. Published together for the
first time, this collection of performances goes beyond the
chemotherapy to include reflections on politics, sexuality and
gender, providing cancer - and cancer narratives - with a
much-deserved kick in the ball(s).
This incisive and thoughtful new title in the Theatre And series
confronts the difficult relationship between theatre and cancer. It
explores representations of cancer in fictional worlds and
autobiographical performances while also highlighting work that
reimagines and reinvigorates the genre of 'Cancer Performance'.
Challenging conventional narratives which rely on the binary of
tragedy versus survival, Brian Lobel argues for an alternative
approach to understanding cancer in relation to theatre. Concise
yet thought-provoking, this book is ideal for undergraduate and
postgraduate students of theatre, performance and disability
studies.
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