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A whole
other world.
The archive of Shakes’ earlier work, credited as Steve Jackson or Steven Jackson.
Past dates & reflections → Every catalogue entry →
On screen. On stage.
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Cannibal! The Musical
Play official trailerFeature-film debut · 1993
Cannibal! The Musical
Sheriff Adams
Credited as Sheriff of Lake City
Shakes’ debut feature-film appearance, credited under the name Steve Jackson, in Trey Parker’s first feature with Matt Stone—before South Park. Shakes also sings in the film.
Filmed in 1993; released by Troma in 1996. The soundtrack is listed under Trey Parker. Check current UK streaming options.
More film photographs and credits
Jungle Strike
Live-action game performance · 1995
Jungle Strike
NSA Man
Gremlin Interactive · PC CD-ROM version
Shakes performs in the filmed cutscenes for the PC CD-ROM edition of Jungle Strike, the sequel to Desert Strike. The cast credit names Steve Jackson as NSA Man.
Part of the 1990s wave of games that brought live actors into the story through full-motion video.
The intro includes other performers; a reel of Shakes’ scenes is still being prepared. This credit relates to the filmed PC scenes. PC CD-ROM edition in the Computing History collection.
Dreams’ Winter
Experimental theatre · 1994
Dreams’ Winter
Guest performer
Forced Entertainment · Manchester Central Library
Shakes was a guest performer in Dreams’ Winter, Forced Entertainment’s first major site-specific performance. Directed by Tim Etchells, the work unfolded among the books and readers’ tables of Manchester Central Library.
The company’s archive lists Steve Jackson among the guest performers.
Published writing · 2007
Point Blank.
Writer in the Point Blank trilogy, credited as Steve Jackson.
Point Blank: Nothing to Declare, Operation Wonderland, and Roses and Morphine. Edited by Liz Tomlin. Intellect, 2007.
Operation Wonderland
Co-written by Liz Tomlin and Steve Jackson.
Fantasy and Delusion
The Dramaturgy of Point Blank’s Nothing to Declare — an essay by Steve Jackson, included in the same volume.
Book, contents & writer credits ↗
The trilogy’s published credits
- Nothing to Declare — Liz Tomlin
- Operation Wonderland — Liz Tomlin and Steve Jackson
- Roses and Morphine — Liz Tomlin
Credits follow the publisher’s contents. ISBN 9781841501697.
Thinking through theatre.
Published writing and an acknowledged contribution to theatre research.
Innocent tourists? · co-written article
Innocent tourists? Neo-colonialist narratives in contemporary performance
Liz Tomlin and Steven Jackson · 2006
Contemporary Theatre Review, 16(1), pp. 23–30.
The university record confirms the joint credit. Full text may require library access.
Accessibility · co-written book chapter
Accessibility
Liz Tomlin and Steven Jackson · 2002
In Keith Arrowsmith (ed.), The Methuen Amateur Theatre Handbook, pp. 186–196. Methuen.
Publication & author record ↗ISBN 9780413755704. This is a book chapter; the linked record does not provide the full text.
Fantasy and Delusion · essay by Steve Jackson
Fantasy and Delusion: The Dramaturgy of Point Blank’s Nothing to Declare
Steve Jackson · in the Point Blank volume, 2007.
Open Point Blank credits →TDR · acknowledged intellectual contribution
Transgressing Boundaries: Postmodern Performance and the Tourist Trap
Liz Tomlin · TDR, 43(2), 1999, pp. 136–149.
The essay discusses Forced Entertainment’s Nights in this City, the Sheffield coach-tour performance.
In endnote 1, Tomlin thanks Steve Jackson for his substantial contributions to this debate
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Shakes’ contribution is acknowledged in the article; its author credit is Liz Tomlin.