ABSTRACT
The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and academics in the field and beyond, with classic source texts from writers such as Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, Augusto Boal and Chantal Mouffe.
This new edition brings the field fully up to date with the breadth of applied theatre practice in the twenty-first century, adding essays on playback theatre, digital technology, work with indigenous practitioners, inter-generational practice, school projects and contributors from South America, Australia and New Zealand. The Reader divides the field into key themes, inviting critical interrogation of issues in applied theatre whilst also acknowledging the multi-disciplinary nature of its subject, crossing fields like theatre in educational settings, prison theatre, community performance, theatre in conflict resolution, interventionist theatre and theatre for development.
A new lexicon of Applied Theatre and further reading for every part will equip readers with the ideal tools for studying this broad and varied field. This collection of critical thought and practice is essential to those studying or participating in the performing arts as a means for positive change.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |16 pages
Part I
part II|52 pages
Poetics of representation
chapter 9|7 pages
Geographies of hope
part III|60 pages
Ethics of representation
chapter 17|8 pages
Inside Bitch
part IV|52 pages
Participation and inclusion
part V|38 pages
Intervention
chapter 34|9 pages
Act smart
part VI|42 pages
Border crossings
chapter 41|9 pages
The TransActing project
part VII|40 pages
Change
chapter 46|8 pages
Opening doors, not filling boxes
chapter 47|7 pages
EducaSwitch
part VIII|8 pages
Applied theatre and globalisation