None of Us is Yet a Robot: Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

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Emma Frankland (Author)

None of Us is Yet a Robot

Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

Emma Frankland (Author)

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Oberon Books Ltd
25 June 2019

Series: Oberon Books

‘Draws on a vital history of trans performance – an emerging canon that may no longer be ignored.’ – Morgan M Page, from her foreword

Seven turbulent years. Five radical performances. One landmark publication.

None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland’s gender transition against a shifting social and political landscape, while grappling with the systematic erasure of trans history.

Richly illustrated with images from the performances and designed in close collaboration with the author, the book is a new experience in itself as well as a vital document of Emma's groundbreaking work in theatre.

Featuring introductions from foremost theatre practitioners, including Maddy Costa and Travis Alabanza, this collection of work is an evocative exploration of a trans experience in twenty-first century Britain.

By: Emma Frankland (Author)
Imprint: Oberon Books Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781786826459
ISBN 10: 1786826453
Series: Oberon Books
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 25 June 2019
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Emma Frankland is an award-winning theatre-maker and performer. She has created a diverse collection of work and was featured in the British Council Showcase at the 2013 Edinburgh Festival with an anarchic adaptation of Don Quijote. The show won the Wildfire Critic’s Choice award at the 2014 Ignite festival and has toured the UK and internationally, appearing in Rio de Janeiro at Festival del Tempo. Emma is an associate artist with Coney, as well as a regular collaborator with Chris Goode and Company and award-winning podcast Welcome to Night Vale. She is an established dramaturge for other artists and companies including Milk Presents and Rachael Clerke. Emma is a two-time Fringe First award winner and Total Theatre Award nominee. None of Us is Yet a Robot have presented work in Paris (Trans Time) Sao Paulo (Mix Brazil/ SSEX BBOX) Jakarta (British Council) and across the UK (Buzzcut, BAC, Forest Fringe, CPT, Brighton Dome.)

Reviews for None of Us is Yet a Robot: Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

'A wonderful, warm contemplation on change.' Lyn Gardner, The Guardian -- Lyn Gardner * The Guardian * `[Rituals for Change] is a private, beautiful, evocative piece of theatre. Tender, brave, and brilliant... It is storytelling at its simplest and bravest.' British Theatre Guide * British Theatre Guide * `Emma Frankland's euphoric Rituals for Change is a near-perfect twinning of content and form. A hymn to mutability, an earthy, messy sacrament to constant evolution and alteration, it charts her gender transition in a series of gnomic, interlocking actions.' * * * * * The Stage * The Stage *