Introduction

Clare Finburgh, Carl Lavery

1-29

From mise en scène of texte to performance of "textual material"

David Bradby

33-44

The spirit of a place

place in contemporary French theatre

Michel Corvin

45-55

The landscaped narratives of Phillipe Minyana and Noëlle Renaude

Céline Hersant

56-67

The politics of dramaturgy in France

Clare Finburgh

68-79

An unlikely scene

French theatre in the new liberal economy

Jean-Pierre Han

80-89

The construction and production of performance

Robert Cantarella

90-98

Performing presence, affirming difference

deleuze and the minor theatres of Georges Lavaudant and Carmelo Bene

Laura Cull

99-110

Théâtre du grabuge

ethics, politics and community

Bérénice Hamidi-Kim

111-121

Amateurism and the "DIY" aesthetic

grand magasin and Phillipe Quesne

Chloé Déchery

122-133

From Orlan to Bernhardt

recycling French feminism, theatre and performance

Elaine Aston

137-148

Performance and poetry

crossed destinies

Eric Vautrin

149-161

Breaking down the walls

interventionist performance strategies in French Street theatre

Susan Haedicke

162-173

Montage and détournement in contemporary French moving image performance

Carl Lavery

174-187

Xavier Le Roy

the dissenting choreography of one Frenchman less

Bojana Cvejic

188-199

A theological turn?

French postmodern dance and Herman Diephuis's D'après J.-C.

Nigel Stewart

200-212

Watching people in the light

Jérôme Bel and the classical theatre

Augusto Corrieri

213-223

Après toutes ces elles/after all this else

"new" French feminisms translated to the British scene

Géraldine Harris

224-235