ESSAYS

Dramaturgy Without a Dramaturge

A meditation on the practice of dramaturgy in relation to contemporary performance: its logical paradoxes, problematics and ethical dynamics. The essay discusses what principles might underpin dramaturgy and the ordering of sense, in the wake of the death of the author and in the grip of the sensual realities of collaborative making and reading. Along the way the essay takes in questions of physical improvisation in performed relations (through a discussion of Boris Charmatz) and the workings of narrative in performances of long duration.