Performance theatre and the poetics of failure : forced entertainment, Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service / Sara Jane Bailes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bailes, Sara Jane, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Experimental theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

Introduction : failure and representation

World(s) after a different image : Marxism, slapstick, punk

Profane illumination : theatre and Forced Entertainment

News from nowhere : Goat Island Performance Group

Dislocations of practice : Elevator Repair Service

Afterword.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-136-93243-7

1-283-03779-3

9786613037794

1-136-93244-5

0-203-84617-6

9780203846179

OCLC:

707068761