1st Edition

Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace Travelling Theatre

By James Wenley Copyright 2021
236 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace offers a case study of how the theatre of Aotearoa has toured, represented and marketed itself on the global stage. How has New Zealand work attempted to stand out, differentiate itself, and get seen by audiences internationally? This book examines the journeys of a dynamic range of culturally and theatrically innovative works created by... Read more

List of illustrations

Acknowledgements


Introduction

Chapter 1: National Travels in an International World: Overseas Performances 1940–1990

Chapter 2: A Kiwi Hedda Gabler: Downstage on the Festival Stage

Chapter 3: Performing Mana: Taking Māori Theatre to the Globe

Chapter 4: Skin Tight’s World Flight: The Production of New Zealand Plays by International Companies

Chapter 5: Beyond Biculturalism: Touring Pasifika and Transnational Theatre

Chapter 6: Exporting Culture: Indian Ink Theatre Company

Chapter 7: Selling the Nation at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Chapter 8: Making Meaning: Responses to Aotearoa New Zealand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019

Chapter 9: Cultural Apocalypse: The Generation of Z: Apocalypse in London

Conclusion: Departure, Arrival, Return

Appendix: Aotearoa New Zealand Theatre Productions Performed Overseas

Biography

James Wenley is a theatre academic, practitioner and critic with a passion for promoting the theatre of Aotearoa New Zealand. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Auckland and is curently a lecturer in theatre programme of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. James directs and produces for his company Theatre of Love. He is the editor and founder of TheatreScenes.co.nz, was a theatre critic for Metro Magazine and won the People’s Choice Award for Best Critic at the 2015 Auckland Theatre Awards. His writing has been published in the Journal of New Zealand Literature, The Pantograph Punch and Playmarket Annual.