Critical Perspectives on Applied Theatre
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2016), xiv, 278 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 978-1-107-64228-7
Signature commbox: 10-Development-E 2016
"This collection offers fresh perspectives on the aesthetics, politics and histories of applied theatre. With contributions from leading scholars in the field, the book illuminates theatre in a diverse range of global contexts and regions. Divided into three sections - histories and cultural memories; place, community and environment; and poetics and participation - the chapters interweave cutting-edge theoretical insights with examples of innovative creative practice that traverse different places, spaces and times." (Publisher description)
1 Applied theatre: ecology of practice / Jenny Hughes and Helen Nicholson, 1
PART I. HISTORIES AND CULTURAL MEMORIES
2 Toward a historiography of the absent: on the late pasts of applied theatre and community performance / Baz Kershaw, 15
3 A pre-history of applied theatre: work, house, perform / Jenny Hughes, 40
4 Applied theatre and cultural memory in East and Southeast Asia / Wan-jung Wang, 61
5 Dear nise: method, madness and artistic occupation at a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro / Paul Heritage and Silvia Ramos, 82
PART II. PLACE, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT
6 Performing location: place and applied theatre / Sally Mackey, 107
7 Peacebuilding performances in the aftermath of war: lessons from Bougainville / Paul Dwyer, 127
8 Applied theatre and climate change in Bangladesh: indigenous theatrics for neoliberal theatricks / Syed Jamil Ahmed, 150
9 Applied theatre and disaster capitalism: resisting and rebuilding in Christchurch / Peter O'Connor, 172
PART III. POETICS AND PARTICIPATION
10 Applied theatre and participation in the 'new' South Africa: a possible politics / Mark Fleishman, 193
11 Staging labour rights / Soyini Madison, 212
12 The micro-political and the socio-structural in applied theatre with homeless youth / Kathleen Gallagher, 229
13 A good day out: applied theatre, relationality and participation / Helen Nicholson, 248
PART I. HISTORIES AND CULTURAL MEMORIES
2 Toward a historiography of the absent: on the late pasts of applied theatre and community performance / Baz Kershaw, 15
3 A pre-history of applied theatre: work, house, perform / Jenny Hughes, 40
4 Applied theatre and cultural memory in East and Southeast Asia / Wan-jung Wang, 61
5 Dear nise: method, madness and artistic occupation at a psychiatric hospital in Rio de Janeiro / Paul Heritage and Silvia Ramos, 82
PART II. PLACE, COMMUNITY AND ENVIRONMENT
6 Performing location: place and applied theatre / Sally Mackey, 107
7 Peacebuilding performances in the aftermath of war: lessons from Bougainville / Paul Dwyer, 127
8 Applied theatre and climate change in Bangladesh: indigenous theatrics for neoliberal theatricks / Syed Jamil Ahmed, 150
9 Applied theatre and disaster capitalism: resisting and rebuilding in Christchurch / Peter O'Connor, 172
PART III. POETICS AND PARTICIPATION
10 Applied theatre and participation in the 'new' South Africa: a possible politics / Mark Fleishman, 193
11 Staging labour rights / Soyini Madison, 212
12 The micro-political and the socio-structural in applied theatre with homeless youth / Kathleen Gallagher, 229
13 A good day out: applied theatre, relationality and participation / Helen Nicholson, 248
