None of Us is Yet a Robot

Five Performances on Gender Identity and the Politics of Transition

Emma Frankland author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Published:25th Jun '19

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Through a series of five performances, None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland’s gender transition against the shifting social and political landscape of twenty-first century Britain.

Through a series of five performances, None of Us is Yet a Robot charts artist and performer Emma Frankland’s gender transition against the shifting social and political landscape of twenty-first century Britain.

‘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.

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 *
[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 *
A wonderful, warm contemplation on change. -- Lyn Gardner * The Guardian *

ISBN: 9781786826459

Dimensions: 216mm x 138mm x 14mm

Weight: 520g

224 pages