List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Prologue. A kind of storm: 1. An introduction to theatre and performance ecology
Part I. In the Present: Qualities of Theatre and Performance: Preamble
2. Performance contexts: theatre at the end of its tether
3. Performance archives: catching the Northern sublime
4. Performance limits: steps to a paradoxology
Part II. Of the Past: Histories of Theatre and Performance: Preamble
5. Economies of performance: theatre against democracy
6. Audiences of performance: declining participation
7. Spectacles of performance: excesses of power
Part III. For the Future: Ecologies of Theatre and Performance: Preamble
8. Performance and black holes: on eco-activism
9. Performance and energy: on free radicals
10. Performance and biospheres: on hermetic theatre
Epilogue: listen up for the cracks
Appendix. A chronology of chapter sources
Bibliography, multimedia, websites
Index.
