{"product_id":"theatre-across-borders-by-abhishek-majumdar-9781350195288","title":"Theatre Across Borders","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs there a fundamental connection between New York's Elevator Repair Service's 9-hour production of\u003c\/i\u003e The Great Gatsby \u003ci\u003eand a Kathakali performance?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can we come to appreciate the slowness of Kabuki theatre as much as the pace of the Whatsapp theatre of post-Arab Spring Turkey?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan we go beyond our own culture's contemporary definition of a 'good play' and think about theatre in a deep and pluralistic manner?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing on his extensive experience working with theatre artists, students, and thinkers across the globe—up to and including an hour-long audience with the Dalai Lama—playwright Abhishek Majumdar considers why we make theatre and how we see it in different parts of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHis own work has taken him from theatre in Japan to dance companies in the Philippines, writers in Lebanon and Palestine, theatre groups in Burkina Faso, war-torn areas like Kashmir and North Eastern India, and to China and Tibet, Argentina, and Mexico.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eVia a far-reaching and provocative collection of essays that is informed by this wealth of experience, Majumdar explores:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ehow different cultures conceive theatre and how the norm of one place is the experiment of another;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ethe ways in which theatre across the world mirrors its socio-political and philosophical climate;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003ehow, for thousands of years, theatre has been a tool to both disrupt and to heal;\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003cli\u003eand how, even within the many differences, there are universals from which we can all learn and how theatre does cross borders.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOf interest to theatre makers everywhere—be they writers, actors, directors, or designers—this book offers an oversight, as well as an interrogation, into the place of theatre in the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599111536876,"sku":"9781350195288","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/e138a71bca81c44c382d0178063909e5.jpg?v=1778024490","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/theatre-across-borders-by-abhishek-majumdar-9781350195288","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}