{"product_id":"9781350448094","title":"Performance and Real Relationships Family, Kinship and Love in Contemporary Theatre","description":"\u003ch3\u003eMethuen Drama Engage\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003ePerformance and Real Relationships\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eFamily, Kinship and Love in Contemporary Theatre\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIldikó Rippel | Mark Taylor-Batty | Enoch Brater\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePerforming Arts \/ Theater \/ Direction \u0026amp; Production\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book argues that staging real relationships and collaborating with family members has the potential to rupture theatrical representation by producing an effect of authenticity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on psychoanalytic theory (Lacan, Kristeva), poststructuralist critique (Derrida), and feminist and queer theory, the author explores how theatre becomes a method of \u003ci\u003edoing family\u003c\/i\u003e: a set of embodied, affective and performative practices rather than a fixed institution.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The book is richly informed by case studies, supported by production photographs, including the German company She She Pop performing \u003ci\u003eTestament\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) with their fathers; Liz Clarke performing \u003ci\u003eI Tattooed My Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (2013) with her infant daughter; Zoo Indigo's \u003ci\u003eUnder the Covers \u003c\/i\u003e(2009) and \u003ci\u003eBlueprint \u003c\/i\u003e(2012), performed with their children and mothers; Bryony Kimmings performing with her partner in \u003ci\u003eFake it Till you Make it\u003c\/i\u003e (2015); and \u003ci\u003eFirst Trimester \u003c\/i\u003e(2023) by Queer performance maker Krishna Istha performing alongside their partner and extended 'chosen family'.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The chapters include interwoven interviews with theatre practitioners, discussing their experience of performing with family members, and offering fascinating insights into the processes, ethics and methodologies of doing so. The exploration of love and family are enriched by the author's own autobiographical reflections, written in a poetic mode of auto theory.\u003cbr\u003eUltimately, the book reveals how real relationships on stage can generate empathy, challenge normative kinship structures, and invite audiences to rethink care, love, and the many ways we \u003ci\u003edo\u003c\/i\u003e family.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIldikó Rippel\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer and Course Leader for the BA Theatre, Acting and Performance programme at the University of Worcester, UK. Her performance research examines familial theatre and dramaturgies of migration. She has co-authored articles on maternal performance in \u003ci\u003ePerformance Research \u003c\/i\u003e(2017) and on dramaturgies of migration in \u003ci\u003eCritical Stages\u003c\/i\u003e (2020, 2022). She is Co-Artistic Director of Zoo Indigo, an experimental theatre company whose practice blends autobiographical material, maternal and familial performance and a playful interrogation of cultural identity.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 September 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMethuen Drama\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781350448094\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e256\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e16.0\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51223581524108,"sku":"9781350448094","price":103.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_40bb99c7-afc0-4bec-9a57-7e9e35da749b.jpg?v=1783077895","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9781350448094","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}