Family Values: Puritans and Postmodernism in 90s Slasher Movies
The nineties saw something of a renewal in horror movies, as the bloated old franchises such as Halloween, Friday 13th …
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Danse Macabre: Matthew Bourne’s Gothic Sleeping Beauty
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty is an astonishing work. Witty, trashy, sexy and unsettling, it rewrites the classic narrative to produce …
The Playmate’s Tragedy: Anna Nicole by Mark-Anthony Turnage
I found my allotted space near the top of the Royal Opera House and began the ancient English ritual of …
Awkward Shakespeare: Michael Sheen as Hamlet at the Young Vic
“That was creepy,” said my sister, “I’ve been round actual deserted asylums, and that was creepy by comparison.” To enter …
A Duchess of Decorum: Eve Best and Jamie Lloyd’s Duchess of Malfi at the Old Vic
In the 90s Susan Bennett described The Duchess of Malfi as the play of choice for theatres wishing to put …
Malvolio and Georgie: Twelfth Night Meets Mapp and Lucia
Rewatching Trevor Nunn’s remarkable film of Twelfth Night, I noticed a detail I’d never seen before. Well, two details, to …
In Defence of FEELS, or, Art and Affect
I forget which of my friends suggested that “this new use of the word ‘feels’ instead of ‘emotions’” could usefully …
Not That Kind of Gridiron: College Football and Performance Studies
I’ve started writing a weekly series called Game of the Week: The View From England on US college football this season. Aside …
The Performing Impact Project
A project I’m working on, “Performing Impact”, has just launched its blog: http://performingimpactproject.wordpress.com/. Led by Professor Julie Sanders and Professor …
Link: Clothes-horse of the Apocalypse
I’m very cheered to announce that I’ve just joined the team over at Bad Reputation, the popular culture and gender …
