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Over the last twenty years Deirdre Kinahan has emerged as a
significant and original female voice in Irish theatre, with her
plays produced in Ireland, the UK, the USA and across mainland
Europe. Her work explores issues of personal and communal identity,
bringing forward the difficulties that arise for individuals when
accepted narratives of identity diverge from contemporary
experience. In this collection of ten original essays, and an
interview with the playwright, the authors address the ways in
which Kinahan's plays interrogate and seek to renegotiate value
systems of family, class, ethnicity, age and gender in the 21st
century neoliberal, secular state, with an emphasis on experimental
forms and the renewal of the genre of the family play. Theoretical
frameworks rely on feminism, intersectionality, genre studies, and
age studies, among other approaches, by authors from Ireland, the
UK, Hungary, the USA, Nigeria, Canada and Taiwan.
A useful and provocative book that collects the diverse and related
practices of theatre makers and theatre professionals deserving of
greater attention from artists, teachers and scholars. (Willie
White, Director of Dublin Theatre Festival and President of IETM)
Radical Contemporary Theatre Practices by Women in Ireland is an
important contribution to the fields of Irish theatre and
performance studies, and gender and performance in Ireland. The
essays and interviews explore the work of women directors,
designers, and playwrights on both sides of the Irish Border, who
are currently shaping theatre practice on the island. By gathering
such an impressive range of material, Maria Kurdi and Miriam
Haughton have produced a collection that offers a snapshot of
radical practice on the Irish stage in the early 21st century.
(Lisa Fitzpatrick, Senior Lecturer in Theatre, University of
Ulster)
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