Vulnerable practice - theatre, subjectivity and becoming otherwise in Melodramatics' Seeing Red

This article considers Bolton based community drama group, Melodramatics, and the ways in which their practice helps illuminate forms of relational activity that confront the nihilism of the resilient subject. If we accept resilience as a normative force that restricts the ability of the political s...

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Published inResearch in drama education Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 24 - 37
Main Author Dunn, Ben
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Abingdon Routledge 02.01.2021
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Community Programs
Drama
Dramatic Play
Empowerment
Foreign Countries
Melodramas
ontology
Political discourse
Politics
Resilience
Resistance (Psychology)
Subjectivity
Theater
Theater Arts
theatre
vulnerability
United Kingdom (Manchester)
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ISSN1356-9783
1470-112X
DOI10.1080/13569783.2020.1829968

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Summary:This article considers Bolton based community drama group, Melodramatics, and the ways in which their practice helps illuminate forms of relational activity that confront the nihilism of the resilient subject. If we accept resilience as a normative force that restricts the ability of the political subject to 'become otherwise', we are invited to turn towards methods of political discourse that facilitate subversive thought and activity at an ontological level. Through a consideration of Melodramatics' careful attention to one another as they devised the play Seeing Red, this article examines the capacity for theatre to resource politically significant practices of relational becoming.
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ISSN:1356-9783
1470-112X
DOI:10.1080/13569783.2020.1829968