Staging Decadence (Documentary)

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Alston, Adam and Parry, Owen. 2022. Staging Decadence (Documentary). [Film/Video]

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Film/Video

Creators:

Alston, Adam and Parry, Owen

Abstract or Description:

Staging Decadence is a film that introduces and maps how a few key performance makers and scholars have thought about decadence, and why they keep coming back to its pleasures and complexity.

It offers a taste of various, promiscuously-sourced histories, journeying from ancient Roman actor-emperors, to ethereal plays of the 1890s, countercultural bohemians in the 1960s, the culture wars in the 1990s, right through to theatre makers and live artists in our own day.

Contributors:

Farrell, Sophie (Film editor); Margolin, Moti (Film editor); Arcade, Penny (Interviewee); Casalini, Giulia (Interviewee); Condé, Alice (Interviewee); Gossling, Jessica (Interviewee); Alston, Adam (Research team head); Parry, Owen (Interviewee); Kaye, Richard (Interviewee); Malik, Shushma (Interviewee); Messias, Nando (Interviewee); McCormick, Lucy (Interviewee); Thompson, Selina (Interviewee); Sherwood, Normandy (Interviewee); Witherspoon, Nia (Interviewee); Rebellato, Dan (Interviewee); Stokes, John (Interviewee); Walters, Ben (Interviewee); Weir, David (Interviewee); Athey, Ron (Performer); Berkoff, Steven (Performer); Darkwah, . (Performer); DEEP TRASH, . (Performer); Le Sin, Hasard (Performer); Smith, Jack (Artist) and de l'Entrouvert, Théâtre (Artist)

Official URL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBl3ndytHRY

Additional Information:

Generously supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

Keywords:

staging decadence; decadent theatre; decadent performance; theatre and decadence

Departments, Centres and Research Units:

Theatre and Performance (TAP)

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