New,Contemporary British Musicals: ‘Out of the Darkness’

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 Harris 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 Osbourne Interview
• Conclusion