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Popular theatre in political culture : Britain and Canada in focus / Tim Prentki and Jan Selman.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Prentki, Tim.
Contributor:
Selman, Jan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Theater and society--Canada.
Theater and society.
Theater and society--Great Britain.
Theater--Canada--History--20th century.
Theater.
Theater--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Theater--Political aspects.
Popular culture--Canada--History--20th century.
Popular culture.
Popular culture--Great Britain--History--20th century.
Physical Description:
203 p.
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Oxford ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2000.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
The first comparative study on the history and practice of popular theatre in Britain and overseas. The fragmentation of social groups in the face of the global mass media has begun to threaten the survival of popular theatre companies. This study traces the development of various types of community theatre, from the '70s to the present day. Integrating a comparative history of popular theatre with the contributions of current, active popular theatre makers, this book will appeal both to the theatrical practitioner and to the academic.
Contents:
Front cover
Preliminaries
Contents
Preface
The Lawnmowers
1 Defining Popular Theatre: What is it?
Where has it come from?
The South will Rise Again
Defining the Territory
A conversation with two practitioners
Ways of Looking at Popular Theatre
Risking friendship in a play about landmines
2 Intentions
Agents of Change 2
Schools of thought about Community Work
Methodologies and Involvement Strategies
Some Thoughts about Techniques
Popular Theatre,Cultural Awareness and Solidarity: Canada to Nicaragua
The Interplay of Intention and Popular Theatre Choices
3 Contexts
The Development of Popular Theatre in Britain
We are One Tribe:the theatre company Blah Blah Blah and Eileen Pennington
The Development of Popular Theatre in Canada
From Theatre to Community: Dilemmas of an Estonian theatre community in Vancouver
4 Forms of Theatre What Theatre Can Do (and What it Can 't)
The Psyche Project
Presentational Theatre
Participatory Theatre
In a Fix -Theatre in Health Education in Schools
Participatory Process
The Practice of Justice
5 Popular Theatre Process
Producing the Process:Processing the Product
The Creators
Becoming One With the Mud - 'Running Through The Devil 's Club ':A Theatrical Exploration in Healing
Transformative Fictions
The Nature of Popular Theatre Process
Participation
Theatre for Living
Tightropes of Facilitation
Shrinkwrapped
Inventing a Process
Questioning Some Assumptions about Process
Negotiating Critical Awareness and Ownership:community drama within a self-advocacy group for adults with learning difficulties
Community In(ter)vention
Women's Theatre and Creativity Centre
Owning (up to)the Process
Popular Theatre Process is not a Technique
6 Dialogue on Issues
Funding
Impact Assessment.
Networking/Partnerships
Bibliography
Endnotes
Back cover.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-203).
ISBN:
9786610477289
9781280477287
1280477288
9781841508597
1841508594
OCLC:
437175868

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