ABSTRACT
Interdisciplinary exchanges between geography and theatre studies constitute a growing field of enquiry. This chapter focuses on Asian American, British East Asian and Singaporean theatres and demonstrates that they are not solely framed by nationality, particularly those that may be conventionally described as 'ethnic minority' performance. The research and approach here therefore chimes with, and develops, contemporary work in theatre and performance studies that analyses the relationship between theatre and globalisation. Much of the work is framed in terms of diaspora, globalisation, and the tension between tradition and modernity, examining how theatre articulates notions of home, belonging and identity, but also addressing how contemporary cross-border flows are intensifying adaptations in traditional Asian theatre forms. Performing Asian Transnationalisms explores the multiplicity of transnational spaces, and of Asian theatrical entanglements with these spaces, as practitioners grapple with an intensely interconnected world.
