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Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure

Bailes, Sara Jane

Hardcover

General LawTheater HistoryTechnical Theater

ISBN10: 0415490995
ISBN13: 9780415490993
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 6 2010
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

What does it mean to fail in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail?

In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental theatre companies Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Elevator Repair Service, addressing accepted narratives about artistic and cultural value in contemporary theatre-making. Her discussion draws on examples where misfire, the accidental and the intentionally amateur challenge our perception of skill and virtuosity in such diverse modes of performance as slapstick and punk.

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