Zavros, D (2021) Encounters with ‘the same’ (but different): London Road and the politics of territories and repetitions in verbatim musical theatre. Studies in Musical Theatre, 15 (3). pp. 219-235. ISSN 1750-3159

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Abstract

Using Deleuze and Guattari’s notion of the ‘refrain’, the article investigates London Road as an example of a ‘minor’ practice in musical theatre, which engages with a tracing and play with ‘territories’ as well as several acts of deterritorialization and reterritorialization. These processes are examined both at the level of content (and the thematic considerations of ‘inclusion’ and ‘exclusion’ in the building of a community) and form. The performance introduces new relationships and functions between the components/means at the musical’s disposal and invites a different type of audience engagement (or ‘encounter’) by destabilizing fixed forms and categories like song/speech, lyric/book, diegetic/non-diegetic, audience/actors, auditorium/stage and ultimately reality/representation. This case study exemplifies how the hybrid form of the ‘verbatim musical’ has the potential to mutually deterritorialize both of the genres it brings in dialogue and allows for a new type of engagement with the politics of the musical in the twenty-first century.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	© Zavros 2021. The definitive, peer reviewed and edited version of this article is published in Studies in Musical Theatre, 15, 3, p219-235, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1386/smt_00076_1
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1904 Performing Arts and Creative Writing
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN2000 Dramatic representation. The Theater
Divisions:	Screen School
Publisher:	Intellect
SWORD Depositor:	A Symplectic
Date Deposited:	19 Dec 2022 12:56
Last Modified:	19 Dec 2022 13:00
DOI or ID number:	10.1386/smt_00076_1
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18208

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