Contemporary British Musicals: 'Out of the Darkness'

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 Taylor 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 Osborne Interview

Conclusion