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Pornography looks at the events of the first week of July 2005 (the G8 summit, Live 8, the announcement of the 2012 Olympics and the 7/7 bombings) through the perspectives of eight anonymous individuals, including a terrorist. The play can be performed by any number of actors with the scenes presented in any order. This flexibility means that it is ideal for student groups: containing four monologues, two duologues and fifty-two self-contained anecdotal speeches. This Student Edition offers a study of the meaning, context and performance choices available in this subtle and political play. The in-depth commentary explores the play's themes, its kaleidoscopic structure and the play's producti...
This collection showcases the five best new plays from the first decade of the twenty-first century and perfectly reflects why British theatre is regarded as the epicenter of vitality, relevance and innovation in drama and the performing arts. Blue/Orange, Elmina's Kitchen, Neilson's Realism, Gone Too Far! and Pornography.
Wie wollen wir zukünftig leben und arbeiten? Welche Voraussetzungen braucht die Gestaltung sozialer Strukturen jenseits ökonomischer Verwertbarkeit? Orte der Kunst und der Bildung ermöglichen die modellhafte Erforschung und Erprobung von Verfahren, Strukturen und Institutionen und sind damit Impulsgeber für unser Zusammenleben. Sie tragen einen wichtigen Teil dazu bei, um unsere Demokratie in ihrer Komplexität zu erhalten und fortzudenken. Expertinnen und Experten aus verschiedenen sozialen Feldern untersuchen von der Norm abweichende Praxisformen, verorten sie historisch und denken soziale Gegenwart aus einer möglichen Zukunft heraus. Mit Beiträgen u. a. von Armen Avanessian, Augusto Corrieri, Simone Hain, Isabell Lorey und Joshua Wicke.
This second collection of plays by Simon Stephens, winner of the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play for On the Shore of the Wide World, perfectly showcases the development of one of the most exciting and impressive theatre talents of recent years. The range of plays in this volume displays a tough sensibility and a courage to confront the more unsettling challenges of our times. One Minute, first produced in 2003 and revived in London in 2008, has an uncomfortable resonance as it follows five characters variously affected by the disappearance of Daisy, an 11-year-old girl, from Seven Dials, Covent Garden. Country Music spotlights four fateful moments in the life of Jamie Carris during and ...
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