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Contemporary British Musicals: ‘Out of the Darkness’

Editat de Clare Chandler, Gus Gowland
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 feb 2024
The shortest runs can have the longest legacies: for too long, scholarship surrounding British musical theatre has coalesced around the biggest names, ignoring important works that have not had the critical engagement they deserve. Through academic interrogation and industry insight, this unique collection of essays recognizes these works, shining a light on their creative achievements and legacies. With each chapter focusing on a different significant musical, a selection of shows spanning 2010s are analysed and the development and evolution of the genre is explored. Touching on key, hit shows such as SIX, Matilda, Everybody's Talking About Jamie, The Grinning Man and Bend it Like Beckham, each chapter discusses different theatrical elements, from dramaturgy and musicology to reception, and also includes an interview with a practitioner related to each musical, providing in-depth understanding and invaluable practical and industry knowledge. Identifying the intersectionality between industry insight and academic analysis, Contemporary British Musicals: 'Out of the Darkness' challenges the narrative that the British musical is dead : creating a new historiography of the British musical that celebrates the work being created, while providing a manifesto for the future.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781350268036
ISBN-10: 1350268038
Pagini: 224
Dimensiuni: 169 x 244 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.4 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Methuen Drama
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Ideal for the undergraduate or postgraduate student as can it be used to explore individual musicals or read chronologically to get a sense of the progression within the genre

Notă biografică

Gus Gowland is an award-winning musical theatre writer and composer (Pieces of String - The Stage Debut Award 2018) and is also Post Graduate Musical Theatre Co-ordinator at Leeds Conservatoire. Gus has previously worked at University of Lincoln, University Centre Shrewsbury and University of Wolverhampton, all UK, where he obtained his PhD in 2020. His research interests include LGBTQ+ representation in musical theatre and contemporary British musical theatre. Clare Chandler is a musical theatre practitioner and researcher. As a lecturer Clare has worked at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, Edge Hill University and the University of Wolverhampton. She is currently a senior lecturer in Musical Theatre at the University of Lincoln, UK. Clare's research interests include the impact of technology on the development of contemporary musical theatre, feminism and musical theatre, and pedagogical practice and performer training. She directed the national premiere of Angry Birds the Musical by Dougal Irvine in 2018.

Cuprins

Foreword - Kate MarlaisForeword - Tim SuttonList of ContributorsList of ImagesIntroductionChapter 1 - Bros Abroad: Masculinities in Transition and Homosocial Bonding in Dougal Irvine's Departure Lounge - Broderick ChowDougal Irvine InterviewChapter 2 - 'The Smell of Rebellion' and 'The Stench of Revolt': The Carnivalesque Dramaturgy of Matilda the Musical from Page to Stage - Stephanie LimEllen Kane InterviewChapter 3 - 'Glitching' of gender and temporality in Lift - Jozey GraePerfect Pitch Interview - Andy Barnes, Wendy BarnesChapter 4 - Bend it Like Beckham: The Musical: Embodying British Identities - Kelsey BlairPreeya Kalidas InterviewChapter 5 - Flowers for Mrs Harris: Covid-19, Women's Work, and the Musical's 'some kind of bliss'- Sarah K. WhitfieldRachel Wagstaff & Richard Taylor InterviewChapter 6 - 'You're him and he is you': Identification with the Disabled 'Freak' in The Grinning Man - Ellen ArmstrongToby Olié InterviewChapter 7 - "Something Precious You Don't Simply Give Away": Intersections of Love and Queer Expression in Everybody's Talking About Jamie - Hannah Marie RobbinsRob Hastie Interview Chapter 8 - 'One of a kind, no category': Coding Race, Gender, and Excess in SIX - Aviva NeffJosh Bird InterviewChapter 9 - My Left Right Foot: The Musical - Judith DrakeNoisemaker InterviewChapter 10 - 'As if Gathered in a Verbatim Fashion': The (Mis)Use of Documentary Markers in Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth's The Assassination of Katie Hopkins - Cyrielle GarsonLucy Osborne Interview Conclusion