Performance Matters: Gavin Butt, Lois Keidan and Adrian Heathfield in Conversation

A conversation between the directors of Performance Matters, a creative research project based in London which explored the cultural values of contemporary performance and Live Art in the UK and internationally. This extended exchange addresses the changing status of performance in early twenty-first century institutions, and reflects on the questions, challenges, forms and processes of Performance Matters research. The conversation offers a way of contextualising the project’s activities and of understanding its contributions to contemporary performance practice and research.