My research currently investigates the relationship between the working classes have with concepts of "high-art". The questions I aim to answer is how to break down forms of contemporary art and theatre practice to make it more accessible and digestible for working-class audiences. I am wanting to develop the previous work of Joan Littlewood and John McGrath to craft a new "Socialist Theatre" creating an art form that is ultimately a new 'Good Night Out'... enjoyable and familiar yet thought-provoking and inquisitive work.

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This research stems from my personal experience of being a working-class artist and discovering several forms of art and theatre that felt alienating to someone from my background. Despite enjoying the forms presented to me and finding my own way to access the work, I feel that the artistic style of the post-dramatic, in particular, that of the work of Muller, Grotowski and Kantor, is sometimes reserved for theatregoers who are in the "know".  I am particularly interested in Hauntology and the culture that haunts us.