World political theatre and performance : theories, histories, practices / edited by Mireia Aragay, Paola Botham, José Ramón Prado-Pérez.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aragay, Mireia, editor.

Botham, Paola, editor.

Prado-Pérez, José Ramón, editor.

Series:

Themes in Theatre ; 11.

Themes in theatre: collective approaches to theatre and performance ; Volume 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater--History.

Theater.

Theater--Production and direction.

Theater--Political aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, Massachusetts : Brill Rodopi, [2020]

Summary:

World Political Theatre and Performance: Theories, Histories, Practices is the second collection of essays to emerge from the Political Performances Working Group at the International Federation for Theatre Research. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from multiple locations, the book analyses a range of examples – historical and contemporary – of counter-hegemonic theatre and performance. Part 1 offers a diachronic view of the relationship between activism and performance; Part 2 focuses on the changing nature of what constitutes ‘political theatre’ today. Case studies from Finland to India and from Chile to China are framed by section introductions that underline both commonalities and tensions, while the general introduction reflects on what a radical practice can look like in the face of global neoliberalism. Contributors: Julia Boll, Paola Botham, Marco Galea, Aneta Głowacka, Pujya Ghosh, Camila González Ortiz, Bérénice Hamidi-Kim, Fatine Bahar Karlıdağ, Madli Pesti, José Ramon Prado-Pérez, Trish Reid, Mikko-Olavi Seppälä, Andy Smith, Evi Stamatiou, Wei Zheyu.

Contents:

Contents

Notes on Contributors

General Introduction Trish Reid Activist Theatres/Performances Past and Present

Activist Theatres/Performances, Past and Present: An Introduction José Ramón Prado-Pérez

Political Activism or Handling Trauma? The Civil War Staged in Workers’ Theatres in 1920s Finland Mikko-Olavi Seppälä

From Revolution to Dissent: a Case Study of the Changing Role of Theatre and Activism in Bengal Pujya Ghosh

Who Gets to Represent the Past and Why Should They Bother? Maltese Political Theatre in the 1980s Marco Galea

A Film-Set Activism: Political Dimensions of a Labor Day Performance Fatine Bahar Karlıdağ

Making the Audience Cry: Witnessing Violence and the Ethics of Compelled Empathy Julia Boll

Stepping Forward: an Exploration of Devised Theatre’s Democratic Designs in an Actor-Training Setting Evi Stamatiou Contemporary (Debates on) Political Theatre

Contemporary (Debates on) Political Theatre: An Introduction Paola Botham

The Politics of Theatre in France Today Bérénice Hamidi-Kim

Returning to the ‘Plebeian’ Roots of Comedy: Contemporary Political Theatre in Poland Aneta Głowacka

Theatre NO99’s Savisaar: an Estonian Political Musical for the Twenty-First Century Madli Pesti

Theatre and Democracy in Chile: La Re-sentida’s La imaginación del futuro, or the Failure of Utopias Camila González Ortiz

The Touring Grass Stage: Staging the Site-Specific Dilemma of Glocalization in Hypermodern China Wei Zheyu

Meeting in the Theatre to Think towards Social and Political Change Andy Smith

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-43099-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004430990 DOI