5-4-1 interview with James Thompson

James Thompson is a Professor of Applied Theatre at the University of Manchester, UK. In 2022, James published the book Care Aesthetics: For Artful care and careful art with Routledge, and in it, he unpacks the complex question of what it means to know beautiful care when you see or experience it. He has published and taught widely about the aesthetics and ethics of care.

You can find his Google Scholar site here

Here are James’s five things:

1. Lynton Kwesi Johnson supporting Siouxsie and the Banshees when I was about 16.

2. Augusto Boal (2008). Theatre of Oppressed. London: Pluto Press Link

3. Heritage, Paul (2002) Stolen Kisses. In, Delgado, MM & Svich, C (eds). Theatre in Crisis? Performance Manifestoes for a New Century. Manchester, UK: Manchester University Press Link

4. Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht (2004). Production of Presence: what meaning cannot convey. Redwood City, CA: Stanford University Press Link

5. DIY Theatre company performance Link