Spectral Authority: the Presence of Shakespeare in Biblical Scholarship
The journal Christianity and Literature has just published an article by me, entitled “Spectral Authority: The Presence of Shakespeare in …
Tag Archives: performance studies
‘so pure and rational an attachment’: Isabella Glyn’s Performance of Social and Sexual Risk at Sadler’s Wells
A couple of years ago I published this article in the journal Victorian Network, as part of my research into …
Ritual Textuality: Pattern and Motion in Performance, by Matt Tomlinson
Ritual Textuality: Pattern and Motion in Performance comes out of ethnographic fieldwork and archival research carried out in Fiji between …
High Performing Women: Sports and Sparkly Socks
Helen Grant, the Minister for Sports, Equalities and Tourism made a suggestion today about two parts of her portfolio which …
Shakespeare and Settings of Desire
The Wind in the Willows is a hell of a show if you cross-cast it, apparently. I was told this …
Creation Drama: Genesis as a Performance Text
The opening section of Genesis is read in a lot of different ways. Some people interpret it as a description …
Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can’t See: Parties, Blindfolded Musicians and the Gaze
This is a guest post by Dr. Caitlin McDonald, author of ‘Global Moves:Belly Dance as an Extra/Ordinary Space to Explore …
The Sound of Your Own Voice: Request for Input on Clergy and the Voice
I’d like to hear from any members of the clergy (or ordinands) who are happy to discuss their voices, whether …
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 …
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 …
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