Research Data Leeds Repository

Appropriating the Real

Citation

Knox, Gillian (2024) Appropriating the Real. University of Leeds. [Dataset] https://doi.org/10.5518/1498

Dataset description

Appropriating the ‘real’ is a practice-led investigation that researches the extent to which verbatim theatre techniques can be appropriated to create a fictional performance. Criticisms of verbatim theatre’s ‘truth claims’ – that it is a re-presentation of the ‘real’ – are both dramaturgical and ethical. Addressing these concerns, the practice presented here sets out to experiment with “indecidability” (Lehmann, 2006:101), heightening the audience’s perception of the gap between ‘truth’ and ‘fiction’, chiefly by drawing attention to the role of the theatre maker. The practice-led research is made up by this trilogy of performances: The Unsettling; Everybody Always Tells the Truth; and Is It Different Now? and an accompanying thesis.

Additional information:

The recording of "Is It Different Now?" is held in the Restricted Access Data Repository, RADAR. To request access, please click the link under ‘Related resources’. You will be prompted to complete a request form including your intended use of the dataset. You will then receive an initial response to your request within 10 working days. These videos are associated with the PhD thesis "Appropriating the ‘real’: ethical explorations in the creation of fictional verbatim performance", linked below

Keywords:

Theatre, Performance, Applied Theatre, Verbatim Theatre, Indecideability, Fictional Verbatim.

Subjects:

W000 - Creative arts & design > W400 - Drama

Divisions:

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures > School of Performance and Cultural Industries

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