Queer Performance and Contemporary Ireland

'Walsh offers an eloquent, beautifully parsed analysis of LGBTQ performance in Ireland, and the affective history and potential of the nation itself, seen through queer theatre. With a deft touch, Walsh develops deeply thought, persuasive, moving arguments about the vital social and performative projects of queer Irish artists.' Jill Dolan, Annan Professor of English, Princeton University, USA 'This important study captures Irish theatre at a moment of major transition, showing how queer performance practices are changing our understanding of how drama is made and received, both in Northern Ireland and the Republic. Methodologically rich and engagingly written, the book gives much needed attention to such figures as Panti Bliss, Amy Conroy, Neil Watkins and Wayne Jordan. It will be of great value to scholars of Irish theatre, and is a significant contribution to the study of queer performance internationally.' Patrick Lonergan, Professor of Drama and Theatre Studies, National University of Ireland, Galway

This book examines the surge of queer performance produced across Ireland since the first stirrings of the Celtic Tiger in the mid-1990s, up to the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in the Republic in 2015.This book examines the surge of queer performance produced across Ireland since the first stirrings of the Celtic Tiger in the mid-1990s, up to the passing of the Marriage Equality referendum in the Republic in 2015.