Commentators

Stephen Bottoms

Commentator

Stephen Bottoms is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at the University of Manchester. His books include Small Acts of Repair: Performance, Ecology and Goat Island.

Goats asset soldier
Goat Island I
by Stephen Bottoms
Stephen Bottoms considers the questions posed by Goat Island’s first performance piece, and its place within the group’s influential oeuvre.
Lastmaker
Goat Island II
by Stephen Bottoms
Stephen Bottoms considers the ambiguities and ephemerality of Goat Island’s final performance piece, a meditative reflection on ‘lastness’ inspired by the history of Istanbul’s Hagia Sofia.