Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre - (Methuen Drama Engage) by Tom Drayton (Hardcover)
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Highlights
- Postmodern theatre is dead.
- About the Author: Tom Drayton is Senior Lecturer in Acting, Performance and Directing at the University of East London, UK.
- 224 Pages
- Performing Arts, Theater
- Series Name: Methuen Drama Engage
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About the Book
"Postmodern theatre is dead. A new theatre is rising - one that combines the well-worn postmodern aesthetics of irony, detachment, and deconstruction with a paradoxical interest in authenticity, engagement, and re-construction. Whilst recent scholarship has treated these evolving interests as unrelated shifts in performance aesthetics, this volume proposes a new understanding: that these are part of a wider emerging cultural paradigm - metamodernism. Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre is the first book to focus on metamodernism and performance, offering a pioneering framework by which to identify and understand metamodern theatre. By drawing critical links between the works of performance theorists such as Anne Bogart and Andy Lavender and the metamodern as defined by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, this book makes a clear, vital, and urgent case for the use of the term metamodernism within mainstream theatre scholarship. Focussing on small-scale theatre companies across the UK - including Poltergeist, YESYESNONO, Middle Child and The Gramophones, many of whom have not been documented in academia before - this book also provides a unique analysis of the theatre made by British millennials, a generation who have been distinctly affected by specific structures of contemporary precarity coinciding with this wider cultural shift. Through this, Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre makes a crucial contribution towards understanding emergent developments in post-millennial theatre practice across Britain and beyond"--Book Synopsis
Postmodern theatre is dead. A new theatre is rising - one that combines the well-worn postmodern aesthetics of irony, detachment, and deconstruction with a paradoxical interest in authenticity, engagement, and re-construction. Whilst recent scholarship has treated these evolving interests as unrelated shifts in performance aesthetics, this volume proposes a new understanding: that these are part of a wider emerging cultural paradigm - metamodernism.Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatre is the first book to focus on metamodernism and performance, offering a pioneering framework by which to identify and understand metamodern theatre. By drawing critical links between the works of performance theorists such as Anne Bogart and Andy Lavender and the metamodern as defined by Timotheus Vermeulen and Robin van den Akker, this book makes a clear, vital, and urgent case for the use of the term metamodernism within mainstream theatre scholarship.
Focussing on small-scale theatre companies across the UK - including Poltergeist, YESYESNONO, Middle Child and The Gramophones, many of whom have not been documented in academia before - this book also provides a unique analysis of the theatre made by British millennials, a generation who have been distinctly affected by specific structures of contemporary precarity coinciding with this wider cultural shift. Through this, Metamodernism in Contemporary British Theatremakes a crucial contribution towards understanding emergent developments in post-millennial theatre practice across Britain and beyond.
About the Author
Tom Drayton is Senior Lecturer in Acting, Performance and Directing at the University of East London, UK. His primary research interests focus on metamodern cultural forms, theatre of the millennial generation, and contemporary political performance.Dimensions (Overall): 8.5 Inches (H) x 5.5 Inches (W) x .56 Inches (D)
Weight: .9 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Performing Arts
Sub-Genre: Theater
Series Title: Methuen Drama Engage
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Theme: History & Criticism
Format: Hardcover
Author: Tom Drayton
Language: English
Street Date: October 31, 2024
TCIN: 94168859
UPC: 9781350286429
Item Number (DPCI): 247-43-2698
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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