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Kicking up a Storm : The Living Theatre Troupe in 1970s New Zealand.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rea, Ken, author.
- Series:
- Theatre Makers.
- Theatre Makers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- New Zealand drama.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (280 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Methuen Drama, 2026.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- This inspirational book, with its offering of first-hand accounts from members of the Living Theatre Troupe, gives a rare glimpse of kiwi culture, 'can do' spirit and ancient Maori traditions through the lens of one of New Zealand's most revolutionary companies.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Halftitle page
- Series page
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- About the author
- The arrival
- January 2023
- Part One Our world
- 1 The beginnings
- Auckland, July 1970
- 2 The counterculture
- Part Two What we did
- 3 Birth of the troupe
- Street theatre
- Jumping Sundays
- The Magic Candy
- Meet the Cast: 1970
- Psychedelic theatre
- Obscenity
- 4 Lifestyle
- Sentinel Road
- Meet the residents
- Everyday life
- Banquets
- Making a living
- Television
- Flying high
- Sex and sensuality
- 5 Tours and shows
- How we worked
- Progress in the Dark
- Futz
- 6 On the road
- The First Summer Tour: 1972 Stanley
- Theatre Action
- The Shadow of Lionel Terry
- Inspiring the next generation
- 7 Back on the road
- The Second Summer Tour: 1973
- 8 The turning point
- 1973
- Doctor Faustus
- 9 Our moment in the sun
- The third tour: 1973-74
- Omaio
- The last act
- Part Three What we've become
- 10 What we shared
- The reunion
- 11 Making sense of it
- What made us tick
- What we shared in common
- 12 The departure
- Postscript
- List of shows
- List of troupies
- Further reading
- Index.
- ISBN:
- 1-350-56972-0
- 1-350-56970-4
- 9781350569706
- OCLC:
- 1568045672
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