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Book SynopsisThe shortest runs can have the longest legacies: for too long, scholarship surrounding British musical theatre has coalesced around the biggest names, ignoring important works that have not had the critical engagement they deserve.
Through academic interrogation and industry insight, this unique collection of essays recognizes these works, shining a light on their creative achievements and legacies. With each chapter focusing on a different significant musical, a selection of shows spanning 2010s are analysed and the development and evolution of the genre is explored.
Touching on key, hit shows such as SIX, Matilda, Everybody''s Talking About Jamie, The Grinning Man and Bend it Like Beckham, each chapter discusses different theatrical elements, from dramaturgy and musicology to reception, and also includes an interview with a practitioner related to each musical, providing in-depth understanding and invaluable practical and industry knowledge.
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Table of Contents
Foreword – Kate Marlais Foreword – Tim Sutton List of Contributors List of Images Introduction Chapter 1 - Bros Abroad: Masculinities in Transition and Homosocial Bonding in Dougal Irvine’s Departure Lounge - Broderick Chow Dougal Irvine Interview Chapter 2 - ‘The Smell of Rebellion’ and ‘The Stench of Revolt’: The Carnivalesque Dramaturgy of Matilda the Musical from Page to Stage - Stephanie Lim Ellen Kane Interview Chapter 3 - ‘Glitching’ of gender and temporality in Lift – Jozey Grae Perfect Pitch Interview - Andy Barnes, Wendy Barnes Chapter 4 - Bend it Like Beckham: The Musical: Embodying British Identities - Kelsey Blair Preeya Kalidas Interview Chapter 5 - Flowers for Mrs Harris: Covid-19, Women’s Work, and the Musical’s ‘some kind of bliss’- Sarah K. Whitfield Rachel Wagstaff & Richard Taylor Interview Chapter 6 - ‘You’re him and he is you’: Identification with the Disabled ‘Freak’ in The Grinning Man - Ellen Armstrong Toby Olié Interview Chapter 7 - “Something Precious You Don’t Simply Give Away”: Intersections of Love and Queer Expression in Everybody’s Talking About Jamie - Hannah Marie Robbins Rob Hastie Interview Chapter 8 - ‘One of a kind, no category’: Coding Race, Gender, and Excess in SIX - Aviva Neff Josh Bird Interview Chapter 9 - My Left Right Foot: The Musical – Judith Drake Noisemaker Interview Chapter 10 - ‘As if Gathered in a Verbatim Fashion’: The (Mis)Use of Documentary Markers in Chris Bush and Matt Winkworth’s The Assassination of Katie Hopkins - Cyrielle Garson Lucy Osborne Interview Conclusion
