‘The “Trouble” with Gender’ makes the case for a gender-aware theatre practice which has tended to he overlooked by other fields of study concerned with theories of gender. In particular the article takes issue with the ‘trouble’ which Judith Butler’s idea of the ‘choosing subject’ and her consequent rejection of performance causes theatre scholars and practitioners. By way of a counterargument, the article explores the possibilities of a body-thinking approach to theatre practice, looking at the ways in which this may highlight or expose the citational practice (a la Butler) which keeps ‘gender norms' in place and may work to challenge and to disturb systems of gender representation.