Ecologies of Precarity in Twenty-First Century Theatre : Politics, Affect, Responsibility (Hardcover)

List of illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Promises of Happiness and Cruel Optimisms: Theatre in the 1990s Cruel Britannia, Affect and Intimate Politics On ow(n)ing: Mark Ravenhill, Shopping and Fucking Cruel Attachments: Phyllis Nagy, Never Land Fairy Tales for Adults: Cary Churchill, The Skriker Conclusion 2. Children and Young People at Risk Children and Young People on the British Stage From 'childhood crisis' to 'masculinity in crisis': Mike Bartlett, My Child Feeling Normal: Dennis Kelly, Debris and Philip Ridley, Mercury Fur Race and Vulnerability: Mojisola Adebayo, Desert Boy Ecologies of pain and grief: Simon Stephens, Sea Wall and debbie tucker green, random Conclusion 3. 'A Glimpse into Some Other World': Imagining Slow Violence in the Anthropocene Theatrical Challenges and Anxious Hopes in the Age of the Anthropocene Politics of Dystopia: Cary Churchill, Far Away and Alistair McDowall, X Vital Materialisms: Stan's Cafe, Of All the People in All the World Border-Crossings: Transport Theatre, The Edge Intimacy and Proximity: Complicite, The Encounter Conclusion 4. Framing Human Rights Human Rights, Spectatorship and Theatre Impressions of Terror: Dennis Kelly, Osama the Hero Ambivalent Ethics: debbie tucker green, hang Politics of Freedom and Dissent: Belarus Free Theatre, Trash Cuisine and DV8, Can We Talk About This? Conclusion 5. (Dis)possession, Debt and Economies of Value Neoliberal Economies and the Theatre Maker as Precarious Worker Debt, Value and Justice: Stan's Cafe, The Just Price of Flowers Waste, Value and White Masculinity: Leo Butler, Boy Female Dispossessions: Clean Break, Joanne and The Paper Birds, Broke On Protest: Theatre Uncut Conclusion Afterword: On Hoping Bibliography Notes