That Was Us by Fintan Walsh

That Was Us by Fintan Walsh

This collection of critical essays and artist reflections accounts for some of the richest and most important developments to take place in contemporary Irish theatre and performance.

The collection aims for - and achieves - great breadthIt features seventeen chapters from scholars and practitioners on subjects ranging from socially engaged theatre such as that of ANU Productions and Brokentalkers, to children's theatre, to 'bio-plays' that have taken literary figures as their protagonists, to the touring productions of Druid Theatre Company... the collection succeeds in demonstrating "the ongoing role theatre and performance have to play in exploring questions of identity, responsibility, and civic participation". While O'Toole might lament the absence of a 'power play' in contemporary Ireland, Walsh and his contributors show that Irish theatre and performance have responded in diverse and often provocative ways to the challenges of living in contemporary Ireland. * Dr Sinead Moynihan (University of Exeter) *
An intelligent, occasionally emotional dissection of what its editor Fintan Walsh pointedly describes as "theatre and performance in a time of crisis". It's a timely compendium of critical essays and recollections by those on the creative front line of a sector confronting profound economic, political and social change. It also proves to be spine-stiffening testimony to theatre's ability to engage with the here and now... highly recommended * The Stage *

Fintan Walsh is Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at Birkbeck, University of London, where he teaches on the B.A. Theatre and Drama Studies degree and the M.A. Text and Performance (with RADA). He is author of Theatre & Therapy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) and Male Trouble: Masculinity and the Performance of Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He is editor of Queer Notions: New Plays and Performances from Ireland (Cork University Press, 2010), co-editor of Performance, Identity and the Neo-Political Subject (Routledge, 2013), Crossroads: Performance Studies and Irish Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). Fintan is a regular contributor to Irish Theatre Magazine. Willie White is Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Dublin Theatre Festival.

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ISBN 13	9781783190355
ISBN 10	1783190353
Title	That Was Us
Author	Fintan Walsh
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2013-09-16
Number of pages	248
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