Performance and Real Relationships

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Introduction
(Personal and Political) Kinship in Crisis Familial Performance Structure of the Book Theoretical Frameworks

Chapter 1: Ruptures of the Real â" Authenticity and Real People in Performance
Introduction: Real Relationships Beyond âNon-Professionalâ: Naming the Real Performer The Return to Authenticity Metamodernism and Familial Performance Acting Techniques and Authenticity The Closure of Representation and The Theatre of Cruelty The Real â" A Theoretical Framework Conclusion: Familial Theatre as Transformative Practice

Chapter 2: Familial Theatre and Children
Introduction: Parental Performance The Gesture of the Child Infant Presence in Performance: Tragedia Endogonidia The Maternal/Parental Encounter Case Studies
Liz Clarke: I Tattooed my Baby, and I am Bitter about Glitter Zoo Indigo: Under the Covers Conclusion
· Familial Performance as âDoing Motherhoodâ
Interview
Grace Surman and Gary Winters with their daughter Hope Winters

Chapter 3: Parental Performance and Metamodern Micro-Narratives
Introduction: Embodied Micro-Narratives in Metamodern Theatre Embodied Family: Kinesthetic Empathy in Familial Performance Affective Labour and Parental Performance Case Studies
Ursula Martinez: A Family Outing (1998) She She Pop: Testament (2010), Rite of Spring (2014) Zoo Indigo: Blueprint (2012) Conclusion
Familial Micro-Narratives Interview
ELOINA on HIGH STEAKS (2023)

Chapter 4: Love, Event and Queer Kinship
Introduction: The Event of Love Love as Theatrical Event Case Study 1
Bryony Kimmings: Fake it Till You Make it (2015)
· Queer Love and Kinship
Case Studies
Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill: The Making of Pinocchio (2022) Krishna Istha: First Trimester (2023) Conclusion
· The Event of Love as Transformative Force
Interview
Demi Nandhra on Life is No Laughing Matter (2019)
Chapter 5: Virtual Family and Familial Others â" Theatre in the Pandemic
· Introduction: The Familial in Crisis
The (Inter)Face of the Other: Lockdown and Ethical Responsibility Pandemic Performance of Family Case Studies
Tracy Breathnach: Motherswitch (2020) Tina Hofman: Ananas Is Always Ananas But Pineapple in English (2021) Gob Squad: Show Me a Good Time (2021) Conclusion
· Healing Through Encounter â" Performing Pandemic Trauma
· Interview
Daniel Oliver and Frauke Requardt on Dadderrs â" the Lockown Telly Show (2020)

Afterword
Familial Performance and Radical Empathy Born Slippy â" Fluidity of the Familial Closure

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