The State of This Place: Convictions, the Courthouse, and the Geography of Performance in Belfast

Abstract

It has become almost axiomatic in theatre history and criticism that space is a fundamental concern of theatre practice. It has become equal1y axiomatic in Irish theatre history and criticism that the nation has been a central preoccupation of Irish theatre practice, and of those critics investigating that practice. If these two axioms hold true broadly (and it is important not to diminish the differences within research investigating such concerns), it is also the case that they have not yet been tested against each other. To historicise the inscription of space in Irish theatre practice is to encounter the disciplinary limits of the geographic imaginary of theatre studies writ large, and the political imaginary of Irish theatre studies.

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