ABSTRACT
Interculturalism and postmodernism intersect at the point of ahistorical, acultural synthesis that can be perceived to be neocolonial, particularly as practised in the United States. As Bill Ashcroft, Gareth Griffiths, and Helen Tiffin point out, 'The term, "post-colonial" is resonant with all the ambiguity and complexity of the many different cultural experiences it implicates'. There are at least two types of former colonies among the remains of the British Empire. The British Empire was largest modern empire, and its vestiges exist in a reconfigured organisation of former commonwealth states which oversees political alliances and trade discussions among the former colonies. Theatre's three-dimensional live context further complicates representations of the colonised subject so that interpreting post-colonial drama requires a careful analysis of multiple sign systems. This text takes up issues to provide ways of re-acting to the imperial hegemonies that continue to be manifest throughout the world. The chapter also presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in this book.
