Tony Fisher is Reader in Theatre and Philosophy at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK, where he is the director of studies for the research degrees programme and course leader on MA/MFA Writing for Stage and Broadcast Media. He has published a number of essays on performance, theatre and politics and philosophy.

Eve Katsouraki is Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performance Studies at the University of East London, UK. She is co-editor of the peer reviewed journal Performance Philosophy, Core-Convenor for Performance Philosophy Network International, and Co-Director for the Centre for Performing Arts Development at UEL. Her research concerns the intersections of philosophy and performance, especially in relation to modernism, animals and political performance. She is currently working on a monograph on philosophy, modernism and the theatre director.

Provides an accessible and interdisciplinary analysis of timely contemporary issues surrounding performance and antagonism

Offers fresh and nuanced insights on the nature of agonism in theatre

Outlines the case for the reconsideration of agonisitic theatre through the inclusion of a diverse range of top international scholars in the field

1.Introduction; Tony Fisher.- 2. Tragedy's Philosophy; Simon Critchley.- 3. Tragedy; Olga Taxidou.- 4. Parterre; Broderick D.V. Chow.- 5. 'An Actor, but in Life'; Peter M Boenisch.- 6. Is this What Democracy Looks Like?; Theron Schmidt.- 7. Performing Protest; Pollyanna Ruiz.- 8. 'A Life Not Worth Living'; Eve Katsouraki.- 9. Collective Horizons; Gigi Argyropoulou.- 10. On the Performance of 'Dissensual Speech'; Tony Fisher.- 11. Remote Spectating; Fred Dalmasso.- 12. Antagonising the Limits of Critique; Rachel Cockburn.- 13. The Political Dimension of Dance; Goran Petrovi¿-Lotina.- 14. The Art of Unsolicited Participation; Sruti Bala.- 15. Epilogue; Eve Katsouraki.- Bibliography.