ABSTRACT
This chapter is written from the point of view of a practitioner of work in theatre/theatre studies, rather than being someone who is essentially an adult educationalist or theorist; my interest in this area has been fuelled by work and research done in community theatre -so if I display ignorance of some of the vital debates in adult and community education in what I say, I hope you will forgive me a little. For the purposes of this discussion, I have queried whether community education in a general sense or the Community Education service should be analysed. The following chapter, then, expresses my reservations about any identification of community education as a concept with the community education service.
