f Getting Affective

This issue focuses on the issues of affectivity and emotionality in contemporary theatre and on their (performative) theorisations. It draws from theorisations and/or case studies to develop diverse discussions about the mentioned aspects of the performing arts that also result from the modes of production themselves; in addition, it raises issues regarding emotions in the theatre, both in the past and today, and reflects on the manner in which theatre art is determined and driven by passions. It also addresses the phenomenon of the actor's fear of passion (convulsions, stress and the resulting burnout of artists…), the question of the (absence of) courage of theatre creators and theoreticians, which also includes a reflection on the history of stage fright, different trainings of actors' emotions, their objectives and methods; it reflects on passions from the aspect of theatre excess, the passion for prohibition and the question of conventions, on the authenticity of emotions in (contemporary) theatre and performance - doing all this in order to unfold the notion of passion as an issue of the political.