Full Description
In this epic history-cum-anthology, Megan Vaughan tells the story of the theatre blogosphere from the dawn of the carefully crafted longform post to today's digital newsletters and social media threads. Contextualising the key debates of fifteen years of theatre history, and featuring the writings of over 40 theatre bloggers, Theatre Blogging brings past and present practitioners into conversation with one another.
Starting with Encore Theatre Magazine and Chris Goode in London, George Hunka and Laura Axelrod in New York, Jill Dolan at Princeton University, and Alison Croggon in Melbourne, the work of these influential early adopters is considered alongside those who followed them.
Vaughan explores issues that have affected both arts journalism and the theatre industry, profiling the activist bloggers arguing for broader representation and better working conditions, highlighting the innovative dramaturgical practices that have been developed and piloted by bloggers, and offering powerful insights into the precarious systems of labour and economics in which these writers exist. She concludes by considering current threats to the theatre blogosphere, and how the form continues to evolve in response to them.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part 1: history and practice
1. Introduction
2. Theatre blogging since 2003 - a history
3. Theatre blogging in practice - a WhatsApp dialogue
4. Theatre blogging under threat
Part 2: selected posts
5. A note on the texts
6. Theatremaking and authorship
7. Anger and dissent
8. Reviews and reviewing
9. Representation and visibility
10.On My Name Is Rachel Corrie
11.On Three Kingdoms
Biographies
References
Index
