How Do You Stage a Problem Like Kevin Spacey? Reflections on Performance and Consent, with Help from Ellie Moon and Adam Lazarus

Authors

Kim Solga, The University of Western OntarioFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

Fall 10-1-2019

Volume

180

Journal

Canadian Theatre Review

First Page

68

Last Page

72

URL with Digital Object Identifier

https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.180.012

Abstract

How can theatre and performance open avenues for a nuanced exploration of consent in the wake of #MeToo? What aesthetic, generic, and dramaturgical choices may best contribute to this kind of exploration? As audience members, do we need to be made properly uncomfortable in our seats in order to think deeply about consent at the theatre? What are the ethical boundaries of such discomfort? Kim Solga investigates these questions and more as she revisits her experiences seeing Ellie Moon’s Asking for It and Adam Lazarus’s Daughter shortly after the Weinstein allegations broke in late 2017.

Notes

This is an author-accepted manuscript. The final version, published by University of Toronto Press, is available at https://doi.org/10.3138/ctr.180.012

Publication Status

1