Theatre studies
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Performing Restoration Shakespeare Open
Performing Restoration Shakespeare embraces the performative and musical qualities of Restoration Shakespeare (1660–1714), drawing on the expertise of theatre historians, musicologists, literary critics, and - importantly - theatre and mus…
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The Mobile Theatre Movement in India: a Success Story in Assam Open
Taking mobile theatre in Assam as an example, Ina Ross questions in this article how professional, contemporary theatre can be successful in India, where it is considered to be a niche culture and economically precarious. She examines what…
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Decolonising Theatre and Performance Studies Open
What does the demand to ‘decolonise the university’ imply for the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies? Based on questions and insights derived from the author’s own pedagogical practices and experiences at the University of Amste…
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Notes toward The Philosophy of Theatre Open
This article draws from the contemporary French thinker François Laruelle to perform a ‘non-philosophical’ analysis of recent literature from the analytic or Anglo-American philosophy of theatre. Much of this literature, I argue, suffers f…
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Performance and Value: The Work of Theatre in Karl Marx's Critique of Political Economy Open
That theatre is a place of work seems beyond debate. But what kind of workplace is it? And under what conditions does theatre conform to a capitalist production process? At first glance these questions may seem obviously, even inextricably…
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Performing location: place and applied theatre Open
As the twenty-first century moves towards its third decade, applied theatre is being shaped by contemporary economic and environmental concerns and is contributing to new conceptual paradigms that influence the ways in which socially engag…
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“Knowledge and taste go together”: Postdramatic Theatre, Écriture Féminine, and Feminist Politics Open
This article contributes to the emerging field of feminist approaches to postdramatic theatre. Through documenting and discussing my practice-as-research performance Rings, I suggest that there is an analogous relationship between postdram…
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The Cambridge Companion to British Theatre of the First World War Open
This is the first comprehensive guide to British theatre's engagement with the First World War over the last century, from 1900 to the Armistice Day centenary in 2018. Considering theatre as both an industry and literary-cultural artform, …
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The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography Open
The Methuen Drama Handbook of Theatre History and Historiography is an authoritative guide to contemporary debates and practices in this field. The book covers the key themes and methods that are current in theatre history research, with a…
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A Spotlight on Research-Based Theatre Open
“Tell me about your research.” How does one begin to convey the importance of our life’s work—our research? Enter stage right, Research-based Theatre, an innovative, arts-based methodology that takes research data and brings it to life, by…
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Children's theatre: A brief pedagogical approach Open
There are several theories as to what constitutes children's theatre. This diversity exists because the term is used as a literal description of theatre that involves children in one way or the other – theatre for children, theatre with ch…
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Between Drama and Postdrama Open
The article analyses the transformations of the genre of drama in the context of the postdramatic theatre. Contrary to the affirmations of Hans-Thies Lehmann, the main theoretician of the postdramatic theatre, a text of a drama is not alwa…
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Bourdieusian Concepts and the Field of Theatre Criticism Open
Pierre Bourdieu’s concepts of field sociology began their life in humanities, particularly in literature and art studies after publication of his seminal Les règles de l’art: genèse et structure du champ littéraire in 1992. Regretfully, Bo…
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Political Theatre in Europe: East to West, 2007–2014 Open
What political theatre may be in contemporary times and in what sense it is ‘political’ are the core issues of this article. Maria Shevtsova discusses examples from within a restricted period, 2007 to 2014, but from a wide area that begins…
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The Theatre of the Occult Revival: Alternative Spiritual Performance from 1875 to the Present Open
Introduction 1. The Occult Revival and Its Theatrical Impulses 2. Katherine Tingley and the Theatre of the Universal Brotherhood and Theosophical Society 3. The Anthroposophical Theatre of Rudolf and Marie Steiner 4. Aleister Crowley's The…
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Our Puppets, Our Selves: Puppetry's Changing Paradigms Open
Taking up the topic of puppetry, Orenstein forges connections between Craig’s vision of the übermarionette and the rise of “New Puppetry” today. She examines the use of puppets to explore similarities and differences between the technologi…
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Digital Tools in Contemporary Theatre Practice Open
The relevance of this article is substantiated by the fact that contemporary theatrical art is on a complex and active path of experimentation, competing with the basic principles of classical theatrical staging. It is therefore necessary …
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Postdramatik: Dramaturgi Teater Indonesia Kontemporer Open
Postdramatic: The Dramaturgy of Contemporary Indonesian Theater. The research attempts to explain a new possibility in theatre practice in Indonesia, which was initially formed through the power of words in the form of dialogue depicted in…
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Grief Machines: Transhumanist Theatre, Digital Performance, Pandemic Time Open
This essay examines some of the ways in which mediatized theatre has grieved for live performance during the coronavirus pandemic, with the mourning of live arts, shared physical experience, and human life intertwined. Focusing on Dead Cen…
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Post-performance: Pandemic Breach Experiments, Big Theatre Data, and the Ends of Theory Open
All became data during the pandemic. Lockdowns made manifest what had developed for some time: that theatre has become inextricably entangled with digital cultures, the performing arts being increasingly encountered as a growing stock of m…
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Locating sensory labyrinth theatre within immersive theatres' history Open
Immersive theatres have emerged since the turn of the millennium as a popular form of performance. Intricate and elaborate, they interweave playfulness into the relationship between performer, audience, and performance space. Discussion of…
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Active Experiencing in Postdramatic Performance: Affective Memory and Quarantine Theatre's <i>Wallflower</i> Open
Postdramatic approaches to performance and Stanislavsky's methodology seemingly occupy divergent performance traditions. Nonetheless, both traditions often require performers to mine their own lives (albeit to different ends) and operate i…
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Science in performance Open
This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change. The book covers a wide range of performance …
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Art-based methods: Theatre Teaches and Business Theatre Open
The paper aims to investigate the use of arts in teaching, specifically the art of theater, to provide the new skills searched from the job market. Our work compares the two experiences of the Theatre Teaches performed at University of Bre…
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Broadway Theatre Fans: communities of narrators and translators Open
Theatre fans form vital audience communities that contribute much to the theatrical event. There has been ample discourse about media fans, yet there is a dearth of research into the vibrant theatre fan audience communities that abound on …
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How Theatre Encourages Well-being – and Can Engage a Wider Audience Open
A recent study of single-ticket buyers and subscribers at a major regional theatre – Actors Theatre of Louisville, Kentucky – focused on measuring quantitatively the psychological benefits of engaging with theatre and gathering qualitative…
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Theatre in the Age of Digital Technologies Open
The paper studies the functioning of modern theater in regard to the use of digital technologies. New digital technologies affect the development of theater as an art form, with unique forms of performances, new theatrical specialties, spe…
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Applied drama and forum theatre in the classroom: An arts-based research in social integration Open
Applied theatre and drama in the school are able to reveal aspects of social life on dramatic, narrative, reflective, symbolic, and aesthetic levels (revealing the necessity of human conditions), thus eliciting a reaction from the audience…
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Human beings in a theatre made for them: the child�s voice in contemporary theatre for young audiences Open
This article explores the challenges of including the child�s voice in an artform dedicated to children, Theatre for Young Audiences. In 2020, The International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People, ASSITEJ, launched a mani…
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Decolonising theatre and ensemble training in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu Theatre Open
This article discusses the work of Māori theatre company Te Rākau Hua o Te Wao Tapu, and its approach to decolonising theatre in Aotearoa/New Zealand through its Theatre Marae programme. First, I locate the establishment of Te Rākau and Th…