Chapter 1 Introduction: Risky Aesthetics, Critical Vulnerabilities, and Edgeplay: Tactical Performances of the Unknown

Chapter 2 Theatre in the Age of Uncertainty: Memory, Technology, and Risk in Simon McBurney’s The Encounter and Robert Lepage’s 887

Chapter 3 Putting Prejudices on the Spot and in the Spotlight: The Risks of Politically Motivated Public Space Performance Practices

Chapter 4 The Drama Spiral: A Decision-Making Model for Safe, Ethical, and Flexible Practice when Incorporating Personal Stories in Applied Theatre and Performance

Chapter 5 Dance with a Stranger: Torque Show’s Intimacy (2014) and the Experience of Vulnerability in Performance and Spectatorship

Chapter 6 Risking Intimacy: Strategies of Vulnerability in Vertical City’s All Good Things and Trace

Chapter 8 At the Risk of Being Sincere: Participation and Delegation in South African Contemporary Live Art

Chapter 9 Upon Awakening : Addiction, Performance, and Aesthetics of Authenticity

Chapter 10 Risk in Theatrical Performances in the City: Creating Impact and Identities