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Episode 31: Ordinary Violence and The Last Of Us videogames
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In a departure from my usual subjects, this episode analyses two video games - "The Last of Us" and "The Last of Us 2", both by Naughty Dog. The analysis discusses post-apocalyptic literature, 'ordinary violence' and revenge tragedy. Contains spoilers of both games.Sam Haddow
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Episode 30: A Brief History of Emergencies
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This episode of Stage Blether offers a brief history of the phenomenon of the 'emergency'. It is recorded at the beginning of UK responses to the global pandemic caused by the Covid 19 virus, and also speaks to the peculiarities of the states of emergency and emergency measures that are being implemented in response to this pandemic.…
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Episode 29: Precarious Spectatorship
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This episode discusses my forthcoming book "Precarious Spectatorship: Theatre and image in an age of emergencies" (Manchester University Press, 2019). Many of the ideas in this book were first trialled on the Stage Blether podcast, so my heartfelt thanks to anybody and everybody who has listened over the last few years.Topics discussed include Isla…
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Episode 28: Oedipus in the age of Post Truth
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This episode reviews Robert Icke's Dutch Language production of "Oedipus" at the Kings Theatre in Edinburgh, part of the Edinburgh International Festival. The general conversation is about the ways in which this production relocates Oedipus in a world of post-truth, and the ways in which Sophocles' text still presents challenges to contemporary aud…
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Episode 3: Haunted Houses
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Episode 3: Haunted Houses by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 10: Wonder by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 8: The Name of Terrorism
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Episode 8: The Name of Terrorism by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 7: Fighting with Images
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Episode 7: Fighting with Images by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 9 Impossible Communities
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Episode 9 Impossible Communities by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 12: Terrorism Part 2: Death and the Machine
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Episode 12: Terrorism Part 2: Death and the Machine by Sam HaddowSam Haddow
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Episode 27: Children out of time
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This episode reviews the production "Wendy and Peter Pan" at the Lyceum in Edinburgh, talking about theories of childhood, temporalities and grief.Sam Haddow
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Episode 26: La Maladie de la Mort
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This is a strange episode, documenting my immediate response to Alice Birch's adaptation of Margeurite Duras' play "La Maladie de la Mort", playing as part of the International Festival at the Edinburgh Fringe. This play upset me more than any theatre that I have seen for a long time, and I wanted to document this response without finesse. Don't ex…
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Episode 25: I Don't Belong Here
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This episode offers reviews of Chris Thorpe's "Status", ThisEgg's "dress" and Dante or Die's "User Not Found", all part of the Edinburgh Fringe 2018. There are also discussions of theatrical spectatorship, the MeToo movement and Derrida, amongst other things.Sam Haddow
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Episode 24: Inventing the Shipwreck
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This episode offers reviews of Penelope Skinner's play "Angry Alan", Knaive Theatre's "War With Newts" and Darkfield's "Flight", all showing at the Edinburgh fringe 2018. There is also a discussion of Paul Virilio's theories on speed, and the ways in which the problems of acceleration manifest in the three shows analysed here.…
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Episode 23: On Weakness
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Why is weakness important? This episode reviews two Edinburgh Fringe shows - Beadledom's "Omega" and Chris Thorpe and Rachel Bagshaw's "The Shape of the Pain", under the topic of 'weakness' and 'story'. There are discussions of Simon Critchley, St Paul and Giorgio Agamben thrown in for good measure.Sam Haddow
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Episode 21: A Monster Calls
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This episode examines Patrick Ness' book "A Monster Calls", and J. A. Bayona's film adaptation, in the context of Jacques Derrida's "Work of Mourning".**Spoiler alert: please do not listen if you are interested in reading the book or watching the film, and have not already done so.**Sam Haddow
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Series 2, Episode 1: Amateur (Half) Hour
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Series 2 starts with a discussion of the 'amateur' in performance. How do we engage with amateur performances, and performers, in ways that do justice to their work without unfairly critiquing it? This episode includes a discussion of Bernard Stiegler, and a recent commemoration of the 1947 partitioning of India and Pakistan. References to the US e…
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