Science in performance : Theatre and the politics of engagement / Simon Parry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parry, Simon, Author.

Contributor:

Parry, Simon, contributor.

Series:

Theatre: Theory - Practice - Performance

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Science in the performing arts.

Theater and society.

Theater--Political aspects.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 8 black & white figures, 2 tables

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. 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 forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos. It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.

Contents:

Front matter

Dedication

Contents

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Preface

1 Science in performance

2 Laughing at science in the theatre

3 Speculative theatricality

4 Theatre, education and the politics of life itself

5 Commoning sense

6 Performing cosmopolitics

References

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 https://www.degruyter.com/dg/page/open-access-policy

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Nov 2023)

ISBN:

1-5261-5089-1

1-5261-5090-5

OCLC:

1247858625