Staging Money
Theatre and Immateriality following the 2008 Financial Crisis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4552041 |
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| Authors | Philip Watkinson (0009-0007-2648-0777, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 195-208 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theatre Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-2882 • E-ISSN: 1086-332X |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tj.2018.0027 |
| OpenAlex | W2816104354 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
This essay examines the use of money in contemporary theatre, and the recent trend of spectators being encouraged by practitioners to interact with physical currency during performances. It analyzes Clare Duffy's MONEY the game show (2013) as an indicative example, in which spectators play with 10,000 pound coins via a series of games modeled on the speculative financial practices of hedge-fund managers. Placing this work within the context of the events that led to the 2008 financial crisis, the increasing immateriality and digitization of money, along with recent government cuts to the arts budget in the United Kingdom, the essay explores theatre's potential as a space where spectators can experience these economic shifts and evaluate their societal impact
Art · Context (archaeology · Currency · Economics · Financial crisis · Government (linguistics · Keynesian economics · Monetary economics · Pound (networking · The arts · Visual arts · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Irish and British Studies · Theatre and Performance Studies
| Highly cited | No |
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