TY - BOOK
T1 - Doing What Comes Naturally? Women and Devising in the UK Today
AU - Mermikides, Alex
AU - Smart, Jackie
N1 - Smart, Jackie, and Alex Mermikides. "Doing What Comes Naturally? Women and Devising in the UK Today." In Women, Collective Creation, and Devised Performance, edited by Proudfit, S & Syssoyeva, K, 253-268 New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - In a 1998 essay on devising theatre in the UK, Alison Oddey refers to “the seemingly natural relationship between women and devised theatre in the 1970s,” which, she suggests, arose “out of a climate which encouraged women to find a voice together through the collective, democratic process of devising.” In this chapter we revisit Oddey’s claim, analysing how the politics of gender intersect with the material practices of performance-making in the UK today and asking whether the notion that devising is a “natural” way for women to work creatively together, retains any credence.
AB - In a 1998 essay on devising theatre in the UK, Alison Oddey refers to “the seemingly natural relationship between women and devised theatre in the 1970s,” which, she suggests, arose “out of a climate which encouraged women to find a voice together through the collective, democratic process of devising.” In this chapter we revisit Oddey’s claim, analysing how the politics of gender intersect with the material practices of performance-making in the UK today and asking whether the notion that devising is a “natural” way for women to work creatively together, retains any credence.
UR - https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/978-1-137-55013-2
M3 - Chapter in Book
SN - 9781137603272
BT - Doing What Comes Naturally? Women and Devising in the UK Today
PB - Palgrave Macmillan Ltd.
CY - New York
ER -