Redefining Theatre Communities

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International Perspectives on Community-Conscious Theatre-Making

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Redefining Theatre Communities examines the relationship between contemporary theatre and its communities, focusing on the aesthetic, social, and cultural dimensions of community-conscious theatre-making. It reflects on recent changes in theatrical conventions and explores evolving modes of production and spectatorship. Featuring essays by international theatre scholars, makers, and directors, the volume addresses the politics, ethics, and practices of community representation in the contemporary theatre landscape.
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Ideal for scholars, theatre practitioners, and those interested in socially engaged performance and the evolving dynamics between theatre and communities.

Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities. It considers the aesthetic, social and cultural aspects of community-conscious theatre-making. It also reflects on transformations in structural, textual and theatrical conventions, and explores changing modes of production and spectatorship. 15 b/w illus.

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An examination of the relationship between contemporary theatre and its communities.

Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities. It considers the aesthetic, social, and cultural aspects of community-conscious theatre-making. While doing so, the volume reflects on recent transformations in structural, textual, and theatrical conventions and traditions, and explores the changing modes of production and spectatorship in relation to theatre communities.

The essays in this collection present an array of emerging perspectives on the politics, ethics, and practices of community representation in the contemporary international theatre landscape. An international, interdisciplinary collection featuring work by theatre scholars, theatre-makers, and artistic directors from across Europe and beyond, Redefining Theatre Communities will appeal to those interested in the diverse forms of socially engaged theatre and performance.

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'Editors Marco Galea and Szabolcs Musca have gathered together an impressively expansive and international body of essays [...] It opens out a range of readings of community in relation to theatre and performs a valuable contribution to thinking about the complexities of theatre in relation to the communities within which it exists. It also encourages the reader to think about the communities that theatre, and creativity more generally, can build.' – Alison Jeffers, New Theatre Quarterly

'The book, written by academics and practitioners, aims to facilitate the relationship between theatre and communities by creating a "community-conscious theatre." Its international scope, including regions such as Malta and Romania, broadens its reach and impact. The focus on theatre-making from within communities rather than for them is highlighted as a strong method.'

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789388626

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 November 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Edition: New edition

Illustration: 15 Halftones, black and white

Contributors:

Edited by Marco Galea
Edited by Szabolcs Musca

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 236

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Dr Szabolcs Musca is research fellow at the Centre for Theatre Research (CET) at the University of Lisbon (Portugal), founding director of New Tides Platform (UK) and project lead of Migrant Dramaturgies Network, currently leading an international research project on theatre and migration in Europe.

Dr Marco Galea is a senior lecturer in theatre studies at the University of Malta. He has written mainly on nineteenth- and twentieth-century theatre in Malta and on postcolonial theatre and literature.