{"product_id":"science-fiction-and-contemporary-british-theatre-9781350394339","title":"Science Fiction and Contemporary British Theatre","description":"\u003cb\u003eAnalysing an expanding body of theatre and performance works, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Contemporary British Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e examines how the themes and images of science fiction are enabling practitioners to intervene on the most urgent social and political issues of the present moment.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy exploring the genre's impact on the live theatrical event, the book presents an original and topical interrogation of issues that remain at the heart of the national and global political agenda, including military conflict, social injustice, economic inequality, migration, nationhood, anti-democratic populism, and climate collapse.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author draws upon a wide range of dramatic forms, from critically acclaimed plays by writers such as Alistair McDowall, Caryl Churchill, Dawn King, Anne Washburn and Ella Road, to devised work, site-specific performance, Shakespearean drama and physical theatre. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book's chapters are based on some of the genre's most resonant images, including post-apocalyptic wildernesses, dystopian regimes and artificial lifeforms. Furthermore, by placing examples in dialogue with a range of theories and scholars, this book constructs an innovative interdisciplinary framework comprised of theatre studies, sociology, philosophy, economic and political science.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProviding an engagingly written, intellectually rich and uniquely compelling analysis, \u003ci\u003eScience Fiction and Contemporary British Theatre c\u003c\/i\u003eharts a new and growing landscape of scholarly research, and establishes science fiction as an exciting, expanding and urgent dramatic and political practice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIan Farnell \u003c\/b\u003eis a teaching fellow at the University of Warwick, UK. His research has been published in \u003ci\u003eContemporary Theatre Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTheatre Journal \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eStudies in Theatre and Performance\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Methuen Drama","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51648922288402,"sku":"9781350394339","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e29c69d6-a204-42bd-b571-db020f6069ab.jpg?v=1759838610","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/science-fiction-and-contemporary-british-theatre-9781350394339","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}