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The publication of a book about costume containing only five small black and white images signifies a watershed in the academic and critical discourse around performance costume . The paucity of illustrations complements the author's aim to carve out a thoughtful dialogue about costume on the stage beyond that which lingers on the spectacular or narrative aspects of costume . Aoife Monks'

Pausing for thought This issue of Studies in Costume and Performance is the second to be brought to press under the international spectre of COVID-19 in a period in which participation in and production of performance and film ground to a halt on an international scale. As editors of this issue, we are both fortunate enough to live in a part of the world that has avoided most of the devastating effect of the pandemic. As this issue goes to press, Australian audiences joyfully return to 100 per cent capacity in theatres and auditoriums after, like the rest of the world, these places of cultural production and reception remained dark and dormant for most of 2020. Whilst the