02819oam 2200661I 450 991045898740332120200520144314.01-283-03779-397866130377941-136-93244-50-203-84617-610.4324/9780203846179 (CKB)2560000000061650(EBL)668438(OCoLC)707068761(SSID)ssj0000472020(PQKBManifestationID)12212179(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472020(PQKBWorkID)10433006(PQKB)10908237(SSID)ssj0000647132(PQKBManifestationID)12312061(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000647132(PQKBWorkID)10593206(PQKB)10946412(MiAaPQ)EBC668438(Au-PeEL)EBL668438(CaPaEBR)ebr10452335(CaONFJC)MIL303779(OCoLC)712654688(EXLCZ)99256000000006165020180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerformance theatre and the poetics of failure forced entertainment, Goat Island, Elevator Repair Service /Sara Jane BailesLondon :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (248 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-58565-1 0-415-49099-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : failure and representation -- World(s) after a different image : Marxism, slapstick, punk -- Profane illumination : theatre and Forced Entertainment -- News from nowhere : Goat Island Performance Group -- Dislocations of practice : Elevator Repair Service -- Afterword.What does it mean to ""fail"" in performance? How might staging failure reveal theatre's potential to expand our understanding of social, political and everyday reality? What can we learn from performances that expose and then celebrate their ability to fail? In Performance Theatre and the Poetics of Failure, Sara Jane Bailes begins with Samuel Beckett and considers failure in performance as a hopeful strategy. She examines the work of internationally acclaimed UK and US experimental theatre companies Forced Entertainment, Goat Island and Elevator Repair Service, addressing Experimental theaterElectronic books.Experimental theater.792.02/2Bailes Sara Jane.984489MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458987403321Performance theatre and the poetics of failure2248807UNINA