More show, less tell? : How do we talk about spoken word now that it is working on a theatre stage?

Clark, Sharon; Stacey, Ruth

Sharon Clark

Ruth Stacey

Lucy English
Editor

Jack McGowan
Editor

Online Publication Date	Apr 29, 2021
Publication Date	Apr 29, 2021
Deposit Date	Aug 3, 2023
Publisher	Routledge
Book Title	Spoken Word in the UK
Chapter Number	33
ISBN	9780367352523
Keywords	Spoken Word, Theatre, Performance
Public URL	https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/11001938
Publisher URL	https://www.routledge.com/Spoken-Word-in-the-UK/English-McGowan/p/book/9780367352530
Additional Information	Drawing together a wide range of authors including scholars, critics, and practitioners, each chapter gives a new perspective on performance poetics. The six sections of the book cover the essential elements of understanding the form and discuss how this key aspect of contemporary performance can be analysed stylistically, how its development fits into the context of performance in the UK, the ways in which its performers reach and engage with their audiences, and its place in the education system. Each chapter is a case study of one key aspect, example, or context of spoken word performance, combining to make the most wide-ranging account of this form of performance currently available.

The Stick House (2015)
Exhibition / Performance

The Biting Point (2011)
Exhibition / Performance

black.white (2002)
Exhibition / Performance

The Ice Road (2017)
Exhibition / Performance