Do it yourself : making political theatre / Common/Wealth ; Evie Manning and Rhiannon White, with Jenny Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manning, Evie, author.

White, Rhiannon, author.

Hughers, Jenny, author.

Contributor:

Common Wealth (Theater company)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Community theater--Political aspects.

Community theater.

Working class--Social conditions.

Working class.

Working class--Political activity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 339 pages) : color illustrations

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A unique guide to creating political theatre, produced by one of the UK's most exciting companies.Do It Yourself is a vital resource for anyone interested in exploring theatre culture grounded in and produced by working-class communities. Designed for artists, activists and community organisers, the book offers a step-by-step guide to creating political theatre that is relevant, impactful and rooted in the lives of everyday people. Common/Wealth have spent fifteen years working at the cutting edge of political theatre. In Do It Yourself, they share their experimental and activist approach to performance-making, based on DIY principles and the belief that ground-breaking theatre can be made with anyone, anywhere, in ways that truly resonate with the communities it serves. Do It Yourself introduces Common/Wealth's artistic and political ethos, provides unique insights into their most significant performances and offers practical exercises for creating your own work. But this is not just a manual. It is a celebration of culture as a collective endeavour, one that can challenge the status quo and inspire change.

Contents:

Front Matter / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Contents / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

List of Contributors / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Foreword / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Why we wrote this book / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Common/Wealth Manifesto / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

In Common / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Part I introduction / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

What is Common/Wealth? / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Building a movement / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Sites, ghosts, transformations / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Making / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Part II introduction / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Questions to ask yourself at the start of making / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to start a process / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Stages of devising a process / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to lead a warm-up / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Ways to work with the political body / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to make radical art / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Transform the space / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Body mapping / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Working with modes of address / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Making up games / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Simultaneous cards / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Tasks as prompts for devising / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Writing prompts / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Emotional score / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to work from a political starting point / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to work artistically in a site / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to find a site / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to interview people / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to work from people's experiences / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to work in a neighbourhood / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to take care / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to evaluate / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Notes on directing / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Writing political theatre (1) / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Writing political theatre (2) / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to design and build a DIY set / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to light people like rock stars / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Composing and sound design / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

A brief guide to making site-specific theatre / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to produce (in a neighbourhood) / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to produce (outside of theatre buildings) / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to work with young people / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to get funding / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to tour / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

How to write a press release / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Ten posh rules / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Works / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Part III introduction / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Timeline / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Works

Shows / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Initiatives / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Afterword / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Index / Evie Manning, Rhiannon White, Jenny Hughes

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 06, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Do it yourself

ISBN:

9781526192950

1526192950

9781526192967

1526192969

OCLC:

1531949149

Publisher Number:

CIPO000262307

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license