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‘We’re People Who Do Shows’: Back to Back Theatre – Performance, Politics, Visibility

This book gathers key perspectives on Back to Back Theatre including interviews, documentation and scripts selected by the company and here made available to the reader for the first time. Accompanying this are scholarly essays and artistic reflections on some of the company’s most important and influential shows, including SOFT, small metal objects, FOOD COURT, and GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD REICH. Providing insights from both inside and outside of Back to Back’s creative processes, this book offers a composite set of reflections on creativity, performance, politics, visibility and humanity.

Grehan, Helena and Peter Eckersall (eds.). ‘We’re People Who Do Shows’: Back to Back Theatre – Performance, Politics, Visibility. Aberystwyth: Performance Research Books, 2013.