Lists of Illustrations Acknowledgements Notes on Text Introduction (Personal and Political) Kinship in Crisis Familial Performance Structure of the Book Theoretical Frameworks Chapter 1: Ruptures of the Real - Authenticity and Real People in Performance Introduction: Real Relationships Beyond 'Non-Professional': Naming the Real Performer The Return to Authenticity Metamodernism and Familial Performance Acting Techniques and Authenticity The Closure of Representation and The Theatre of Cruelty The Real - A Theoretical Framework Conclusion: Familial Theatre as Transformative Practice Chapter 2: Familial Theatre and Children Introduction: Parental Performance The Gesture of the Child Infant Presence in Performance: Tragedia Endogonidia The Maternal/Parental Encounter Case Studies Liz Clarke: I Tattooed my Baby, and I am Bitter about Glitter Zoo Indigo: Under the Covers Conclusion · Familial Performance as 'Doing Motherhood' Interview Grace Surman and Gary Winters with their daughter Hope Winters Chapter 3: Parental Performance and Metamodern Micro-Narratives Introduction: Embodied Micro-Narratives in Metamodern Theatre Embodied Family: Kinesthetic Empathy in Familial Performance Affective Labour and Parental Performance Case Studies Ursula Martinez: A Family Outing (1998) She She Pop: Testament (2010), Rite of Spring (2014) Zoo Indigo: Blueprint (2012) Conclusion Familial Micro-Narratives Interview ELOINA on HIGH STEAKS (2023) Chapter 4: Love, Event and Queer Kinship Introduction: The Event of Love Love as Theatrical Event Case Study 1 Bryony Kimmings: Fake it Till You Make it (2015) · Queer Love and Kinship Case Studies Rosana Cade and Ivor MacAskill: The Making of Pinocchio (2022) Krishna Istha: First Trimester (2023) Conclusion · The Event of Love as Transformative Force Interview Demi Nandhra on Life is No Laughing Matter (2019) Chapter 5: Virtual Family and Familial Others - Theatre in the Pandemic · Introduction: The Familial in Crisis The (Inter)Face of the Other: Lockdown and Ethical Responsibility Pandemic Performance of Family Case Studies Tracy Breathnach: Motherswitch (2020) Tina Hofman: Ananas Is Always Ananas But Pineapple in English (2021) Gob Squad: Show Me a Good Time (2021) Conclusion · Healing Through Encounter - Performing Pandemic Trauma · Interview Daniel Oliver and Frauke Requardt on Dadderrs - the Lockown Telly Show (2020) Afterword Familial Performance and Radical Empathy Born Slippy - Fluidity of the Familial Closure References Index Copyright Page.