Theatre, education and performance : the map and the story / Helen Nicholson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nicholson, Helen, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater and society.

Drama in education.

Theater and society--Great Britain.

Drama in education--Great Britain.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"Theater education has often provided theatre-makers with radical new ways to encourage social participation and aesthetic engagement. This timely new book raises questions about how twentieth century practices have been revised in the twenty-first century, and how theatre-makers are finding new ways to engage young people in contemporary issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note:

Mapping Stories

PART I: Looking Back: Histories and Landscapes

Spaces to Imagine: Theatre and Social Reform

Spaces to Play: Childhood, Theatre and Educational Utopias

Places to Learn: Activity and Activism

PART II: Moving On: Theatre Education in the Twenty-first Century

Traces and Places

Globalisation and Regeneration: Re-branding Creativity

Dramatising Home: Places of Safety and Risk

'This Island's Mine': National Identity and Questions of Belonging

International Spaces: Global Citizenship and Cultural Exchange

Changing Worlds: Performing Science, Theatre and Public Engagement

Cool Spaces: Learning in Theatre and Beyond Theatres.

Bibliography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230574236

0230574238

9780230574229

023057422X

OCLC:

682891259

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