Description:
'In Comes I' explores performance and land, biography and locality, memory and place. The book reflects on performances past and present, taking the form of a series of excursions into the agricultural landscape of eastern England, and drawing from archaeology, geomorphology, folklore, and local and family history.
Brief description:
Mike Pearson was Leverhulme Research Fellow and Professor of Performance Studies at Aberystwyth University. He was co-author with Michal Shanks of Theatre/ Archaeology (2001) and author of 'In Comes I' Performance, Memory and Landscape (2006); Site-Specific Performance (UEP, 2010); Mickery Theater: An Imperfect Archaeology(2011) and Marking Time: Performance, Archaeology and the City (UEP, 2013)
He made theatre professionally for over forty years, notably with Brith Gof (1981-97) and Pearson/Brookes (1997-present). With Mike Brookes, he co-conceived and co-directed The Persians (2010) and Coriolanus for National Theatre Wales, the latter in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company as a contribution to the World Shakespeare Festival/London 2012.
Review Quotes:
You make this work essential reading for anyone seriously interested in everything good that performance study can do at its best..... A collector's piece and that rare work, truly world class, that is always cognisant of class and the world.
--Alan Read "Contemporary Theatre Review"