Europe is a continent in a state of rapid-- and frequently unsettling, transition. In the past five years, a total of twelve new states have emerged in a continent in which only five countries can boast of having had stable borders for more than a hundred years.
Accompanied by in-depth articles and interviews discussing European performance today, "Letters from Europe" uses the framing device of the letter-- letters from theater makers, artists and critics-- to present an intensive, up-to-date survey of the performance forms of the new Europe, the relationship of the old and the new, the minority theaters in Europe and the place of dissident theaters in fin-de-siecle Europe.

Performance Research: On Ritual will examine a range of ritual practices bordering on or intended to be seen as theatre. It will explore both historical and systematic connections between ritual and theatre, present the work of contemporary artists, and reflect on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the late 20th century.

Performance Research: On Ritual will examine a range of ritual practices bordering on or intended to be seen as theatre. It will explore both historical and systematic connections between ritual and theatre, present the work of contemporary artists, and reflect on the role and meaning of ritual for theatrical purposes in the late 20th century.

The question of illusion and reality - the relationship of representation and lived experience to the arts and to broader philosophical considerations - continues to be a central issue in contemporary performance.

The question of illusion and reality--the relation of lived experience and representation to the arts and to broader philosophical considerations--continues to be a central issue in contemporary performance. "On Illusion" will address this question in relation to a variety of topics. Contents: 5 Microlectures on Performance Writing and Illusion Texts "Matthew Ghoulish and Goat Island;" On Rose English "Lynn MacRitchie" Hotel Pro Forma "Exe Christofferson;" Truthful Trickery: Shamanism, Performance, and Reality "Etzel Cardena"

This issue explores risk taken and encountered in a variety of disciplines. The primary focus here is on the perception of risk: its relationship to the artist's work in performance, and the physical, cultural and political contexts in which the work takes place.
Contributors: Lynn MacRitchie, Chrissie Iles, Jan Linders, Heiner Muller and Robert Wilson, Tracey Warr, Ato Quayson.

Europe is a continent in a state of rapid - and frequently unsettling, transition. In the past five years, a total of twelve new states have emerged in a continent in which only five countries can boast of having had stable borders for more than a hundred years. Accompanied by in-depth articles and interviews discussing European performance today, Letters From Europe uses the framing device of the letter - letters from theatre makers, artists and critics - to present an intensive, up-to-date survey of the performance forms of the new Europe and their relationship with the past.

Exploring thirty years of work by The Centre for Performance Research (CPR), A Performance Cosmology explores the future challenges of performance and theatre through a diverse and fascinating series of interviews, testimonies and perspectives from leading international theatre practitioners and academics.

Contributors include: Philip Auslander, Rustom Bharucha, Tim Etchells, Jane Goodall, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Jon Mckenzie, Claire MacDonald, Susan Melrose, Alphonso Lingis, Richard Schechner, Rebecca Schneider, Edward Scheer, and Freddie Rokem.

A Performance Cosmology is structured as a travelogue through a matrix of strategic, imaginary, interdisciplinary field stations. This innovative framework enables readings which disrupt linearity and afford different forms of thematic engagement. The resulting volume opens entirely new vistas on the old, new, and as yet unimagined, worlds of performance.

This book focuses on new developments in employment in Asia. The context for this discussion is provided by the processes of globalisation, and the associated debate on labour standards. Individual chapters focus on issues such as the role of NGOs as surrogate unions, employment regulation in export processing zones, social protection, and the impact of political reform on the employment relationship.
This volume was previously published as a special issue of the journal Asia Pacific Business Review.

'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of British Radicalism and Romanticism. In this biography, Richard Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles. Godwin's anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing. This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.

'Government by its very nature counteracts the improvement of original mind' - William Godwin William Godwin was the first major anarchist thinker in the Anglophone world, who rocked the establishment at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Famously married to Mary Wollstonecraft, father to Mary Shelley and inspiration to Lord Byron, his life and works lie at the heart of British Radicalism and Romanticism. In this biography, Richard Gough Thomas reads Godwin afresh, drawing on newly discovered letters and journals. He situates Godwin's early life in the counterculture of eighteenth-century religious dissent, before moving on to exploring the ideas of the French Revolution. As Godwin's groundbreaking works propelled him from Whig party hack to celebrity philosopher, his love affair with Mary Wollstonecraft saw him ostracised in both liberal and conservative circles. Godwin's anarchism always remained at the centre of his work, and remains his key legacy, inspiring libertarians, both left and right-wing. This biography places Godwin alongside his famous family as a major political, ethical and educational writer and shows why a reappraisal of his ideas is needed today.

The Cheerleader brings London to its knees, striking without mercy, killing a succession of people who appear to be unconnected to each other... or are they? Surrounded by death, newly transitioned London Underground worker Raagavi Saranthan cannot understand why all those around her are being violently murdered. Especially as it is those who have caused Raagavi misery who seem to be the victims of the mysterious Cheerleader. Enter Rachel Cortes, a DCI who seems to follow no laws, nor answer to anyone. Fuelled by her sheer disdain for everyone and everything, Cortes must investigate the psychological world of a killer intent on vengeance for all the right reasons. Nothing is off limits as depravity, sexuality and corruption merge with a sound moral compass complete with upstanding values. There is no line that the Cheerleader will not cross. Raagavi's world is in the hands of all but herself. Through all of this, Rachel Cortes must navigate an investigation where a simple slight or misspoken truth results in the ultimate penalty. Can Cortes get to the bottom of the case or is the strangely supportive Cheerleader creating a better world?