Richard Jordan Richard Jordan i(A119368 works by)
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1 Digital Alchemy : The Posthuman Drama of Adam J.A. Cass's I Love You, Bro Richard Jordan , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australasian Drama Studies , December no. 65 2014; (p. 37-52) 'The definition of a 'digital performance' remains contested. Steve Dixon has defined the field as 'performance works where computer technologies play a key role rather than a subsidiary one in content, techniques, aesthetics, or delivery forms'. The inclusion of the word 'or' is crucial here. Under this definition, a theatre performance about computer technologies would still earn the definition of 'digital performance', whether those technologies were used on stage or not. Yet for Dixon and others, this has not proved to be the case. The trend in theatre scholarship exploring digital themes has overwhelmingly tended towards the final three categories of Dixon's definition: an emphasis on 'techniques, aesthetics, or delivery forms' to evoke a digital mise-en-scene. Implicit here is a wider emphasis on 'liveness' over 'content' in contemporary theatre scholarship, which Hans-Thies Lehmann observed as rift between 'theatre' and 'drama'. While digital 'theatre' has been the main focus of scholarly inquiry to date, this article aims to redress this imbalance, by presenting a critique of the Australian one-man play I Love You, Bro by Adam J.A. Cass (2007) via the 'drama' of the performance text itself. In so doing, I make the case for an alternative method of classifying digital performance - one in which a digital mise-en-scene may be evoked via the playwright's construction of identity within a technoscientific narrative. To anchor this approach, I employ the theoretical construct of the 'posthuman' - a figure that represents a compelling nexus for contemporary anxieties about the digital age.' (Publication summary)
1 2 y separately published work icon Machina Richard Jordan , 2014 Brisbane : Playlab , 2014 7282294 2014 single work drama science fiction

'One month ago, David Sergeant made the ultimate commitment to social media, choosing to forever separate mind and body by uploading his consciousness into social networking site Machina. An experimental and irreversible new process known as ‘going inside’, the user discards their need for a physical body and attains a kind of digital immortality in the cloud.

'Now, as David’s family, friends and ex-lovers struggle to come to terms with his physical absence, questions are being asked about why this promising young man committed the equivalent of social suicide. Did he go willingly? Or was he pushed? David’s mother is determined to find out, even if it means reaching out to her son from the other side...'

Source: La Boite website (http://www.laboite.com.au/cms/page.asp?ID=131). (Sighted: 29/4/2014)
1 6 y separately published work icon 25 Down Richard Jordan , 2008 Brisbane : Playlab , 2009 Z1644182 2008 single work drama

'James is 25, fresh out of art school and utterly lost. His best friend Emma is stuck in a dead-end job, might be pregnant, and thinks she's in love with James. The trouble is James is gay. Then again, there's always the married man with the comb-over at Emma's work. Simon and Gary also think they might be in love, despite the fact that Gary is old enough to be Simon's dad. Everyone obsesses about passing life's use-by date as they drift through the coffee shops, bars and apartments of Brisbane. Richard Jordan's award-winning new play is a heartfelt slice of sex in our very own city.' Source: www.qldtheatreco.com.au/ (Sighted 10/11/02008).
1 'The Space Between' : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage Richard Jordan , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: The Space Between : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage 2005; (p. 1-44; 107-126)
1 1 Like, Dead : A Play in Two Acts Richard Jordan , 2005 single work drama humour young adult
— Appears in: The Space Between : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage 2005; (p. 45-106)
1 y separately published work icon The Space Between : Representing 'Youth' on the Contemporary Australian Stage Richard Jordan , Kelvin Grove : 2005 Z1844104 2005 single work thesis 'Young characters throughout the history of Australian theatre have traditionally been represented as tragic, transient, and dangerous; discourses which have defined and limited their construction. 'Youth' itself is a concept which has been invented and perpetuated within Western Art and Media for much of the twentieth century and beyond, creating an exclusive 'space' for young people: a space between childhood and a standard human being. This thesis seeks to explore the implications of this space, as well as contextualise a new creative work - the stage play like, dead - within the canon of Australian theatre texts which portray young characters. like, dead will be shown to be a work which reappropriates clichéd youthful discourses through the use of irony, humour, and a sense of postmodern 'performativity' among its characters. In so doing it will demonstrate an alternative approach to representing young people on the Australian stage, by enhancing the constructedness of traditional images of 'youth' and pursuing the creation of young characters which are not solely defined by the term.'
1 Like Dead Richard Jordan , 2005 single work drama humour young adult 'A wannabe diva, a closet gay, a Token Asian, and an absolute tosser. Oh, and a dead guy. Welcome to the 20th birthday party of Mark Chadwick - recently deceased. In fact, so recently that his "intimate gathering of close friends and acquaintances" don't quite know what to do with him, and what's worse, his party's an absolute fizzer. Still, one mustn't let a little thing like death get in the way of a good time... like, dead is a darkly surreal comedy with the works: "Music! Glitz! Glamour!... Streamers!" and everything in between. Throw in a dead cat, an 80s revival dance sequence and a healthy dose of cannibalism, and get ready for one of the strangest parties you will ever attend. With a heady mix of humour laced with pathos, like, dead explores concepts of image, sex, race and identity within the most death-defying culture of them all - youth. What does it mean to be immortal? To be Australian? To be alive?' Source: www.ozscript.org/ (Sighted 10/11/2008).
1 II. From the Left Brain to the Right i "7 + 13 + 153", Richard Jordan , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Most Provoking Thing 2004; (p. 50)
1 Conversation Richard Jordan , 2004 sequence poetry
— Appears in: A Most Provoking Thing 2004; (p. 50)
1 Gasping at the Wind i "I have wanted to tell you", Richard Jordan , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: A Most Provoking Thing 2004; (p. 49)
1 Into the Nile Richard Jordan , 2002 single work drama
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