Katie Mitchell

Katie Mitchell: Beautiful Illogical Acts offers the first comprehensive study of Britain's most internationally recognised, influential and controversial theatre director. It examines Mitchell's innovations in fourth-wall realism, opera and Live Cinema across major British and European institutions.

Benjamin Fowler is a lecturer in Drama, Theatre, and Performance at the University of Sussex, UK.

PART I Staging classics in the British mainstream (1989-2011); Foundations I; 1 Out of place: Mitchell and early modern drama; 2 Flesh and blood: Mitchell, Chekhov, and immersive realism; 3 Come and see: Mitchell, Euripides, and ethical witnessing; PART II The pivot to Live Cinema (2006-2008); Foundations II; 4 Moments of being: Live Cinema and the novel; PART III Adventures in Europe and avowing feminism (2008-2018); Foundations III; 5 Watch me vanish: Mitchell's alternative feminist (German) canon; 6 Birch and Crimp: Mitchell's collaborations with living writers; Conclusion; Appendix: Mitchell's production chronology