Drawing primarily on Judith Butlerâs, Jacques Derridaâs, Emmanuel Levinasâs and Jean-Luc Nancyâs reflections on precariousness/precarity, the Self and the Other, ethical responsibility/obligation, forgiveness, hos(ti)pitality and community, the essays in this volume examine the various ways in which contemporary British drama and theatre engage with âthe precariousâ. Crucially, what emerges from the discussion of a wide range of plays â including Jez Butterworthâs Jerusalem, Caryl Churchillâs Here We Go, Martin Crimpâs Fewer Emergencies and In the Republic of Happiness, Tim Crouchâs The Author, Forced Entertainmentâs Tomorrowâs Parties, David Greigâs The American Pilot and The Events, Dennis Kellyâs Love and Money, Mark Ravenhillâs Shoot/Get Treasure/Repeat, Philip Ridleyâs Mercury Fur, Robin Soansâs Talking to Terrorists, Simon Stephensâs Pornography, theTheatre Uncut project, debbie tucker greenâs dirty butterfly and Laura Wadeâs Posh â is the observation that contemporary (British) drama and theatre often realises its thematic and formal/structural potential to the full precisely by reflecting upon the category and the episteme of precariousness, and deliberately turning audience members into active participants in the process of negotiating ethical agency.