Love Me Tender: Kim Noble and the Politics of Tenderness

Date: Thursday 30 April 2020
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Categories: Films and theatre
Venue: Gilmorehill Halls, University of Glasgow G12 8QQ
Speaker: Anna Harpin, University of Warwick

Offering a counter argument to regular interpretations of Kim Noble’s work as reckless glimpses into the mind of a mad man, Anna Harpin presents the dynamics of intimacy, exposure, and care that are at play in his theatre work. Rejecting a pathologising and anti-intellectual gaze, Harpin explores the relationship between tenderness and cruelty excavating questions about what it means to be person, to have a life, and to live with difficult feelings.