Review
'Clear, engaging and informative...The advice offered by the practitioners - those who have been there and are still there - is invaluable, and indeed inspirational.' - Deirdre Heddon, University of Glasgow, UK '[This book] is a successful attempt to "get inside" the practice of eight (female) practitioners who work and write for a range of performance disciplines...The material in the book will serve as a useful resource for teachers, students and makers of performance in a firmly pragmatic way.' - Amanda Bolt, Platform 'Instead of hiding behind a notebook, Aston and Harris take the courageous step of committing to a genuine process of enquiry where they challenge themselves to not focus on what they have learned to look for, but to be ' in the moment' and to see what arises; the book is all the richer for it...The work is characterised by a desire to get down and (sometimes literally) dirty with the processes of creative practice and offers its results with warmth, humour and integrity.' - Emma Brodzinski, Contemporary Theatre Review
Product Description
Drawing on hands-on experience from workshops and interviews, Performance Practice and Process explores the work of eight gender aware theater and performance artists and companies; Bobby Baker, Curious, SuAndi, Sarah Daniels, Split Britches, Rebecca Prichard, Vayu Naidu, and Jenny Eclair. Aston and Harris offer rare insights into the processes, as well as the practice, of these internationally renowned artists and employ an inside, practical approach to understanding their ground-breaking and politically radical theater and performance work.
