The Applied Theatre Reader is the first book to bring together new case studies of practice by leading practitioners and academics in the field and beyond, with classic source texts from writers such as Noam Chomsky, bell hooks, Mikhail Bakhtin, Augusto Boal and Chantal Mouffe.
This new edition brings the field fully up to date with the breadth of applied theatre practice in the twenty-first century, adding essays on playback theatre, digital technology, work with indigenous practitioners, inter-generational practice, school projects and contributors from South America, Australia and New Zealand. The Reader divides the field into key themes, inviting critical interrogation of issues in applied theatre whilst also acknowledging the multi-disciplinary nature of its subject, crossing fields like theatre in educational settings, prison theatre, community performance, theatre in conflict resolution, interventionist theatre and theatre for development.
A new lexicon of Applied Theatre and further reading for every part will equip readers with the ideal tools for studying this broad and varied field. This collection of critical thought and practice is essential to those studying or participating in the performing arts as a means for positive change.
PART I
- Nicola Abraham
- Nicola Abraham and Tim Prentki
- Tim Prentki
- Mikhail Bakhtin
- Marc Silberman, Steve Giles and Tom Kuhn (eds.)
- Sonia Norris and Julie Salverson
- Adrian Jackson
- Andy Watson
- Michael Balfour and Julie Dunn
- Colette Conroy and Sarah Dickenson
- Nicola Abraham
- Stuart Hall
- Chantal Mouffe
- bell hooks
- Joe Winston and Chenchen Zeng
- Katharine Low, Phana Dube, Gerard Bester and Ben Gunn
- Anna Herrmann and Caoimhe McAvinchey with contributions from Lucy Edkins, Jennifer Joseph, TerriAnn Oudjar, Jade Small, Deborah Pearson and Stacey Gregg
- Gareth White
- Marianne Nødtvedt Knudsen and Bjørn Rasmussen
- Brendon Burns
- Nicola Abraham
- Augusto Boal
- Antonio Gramsci
- Majid Rahnema
- Sara Ahmed
- Ananda Breed, Kurtis Dennison, Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, and Kirrily Pells
- Marina Henriques Coutinho
- Adelina Ong
- Sue Mayo
- Tim Prentki
- Noam Chomsky
- Zakes Mda
- Dorothy Heathcote
- Paul Sutton
- Jonathan Fox
- Tim Prentki
- Henry Giroux
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
- Jan Cohen-Cruz
- Salvo Pitruzzella
- Catherine McNamara
- Nicola Abraham
- Ira Shor
- Renato Constantino
- Michael Etherton
- Molly Mullen and Michelle Johansson, with Ashlee Niuia, Bayley Johansson, Billy Revell-Sīo, Carmel-Maria Savaiinaea, Faananafu Tofilau, Leonard Folau, Maria Ahmad and Viola Johansson
- Nicola Abraham and Cristian Almarza
- Syed Jamil Ahmed
- Tim Prentki
APPLIED THEATRE: AN INTRODUCTION
LEXICON
PART II
Poetics of Representation
INTRODUCTION TO POETICS OF REPRESENTATION
RABELAIS AND HIS WORLD
BRECHT ON THEATRE
LAUGHING AND YELLING IN THE TROUBLE: SPACES OF CONSENSUAL COURAGE
PROVOKING INTERVENTION
‘LIFT YOUR MASK’: GEESE THEATRE COMPANY IN PERFORMANCE
GEOGRAPHIES OF HOPE: EXPLORING DEPARTURES IN APPLIED THEATRE WORK WITH PEOPLE LIVING WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA
CULTURALLY PRODUCING AND NEGOTIATING WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE HISTORIES THROUGH APPLIED PERFORMANCE
PART III
Ethics of Representation
INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS OF REPRESENTATION
THE WORK OF REPRESENTATION
ON THE POLITICAL
CHOOSING THE MARGIN AS A SPACE OF RADICAL OPENNESS
DRAMA FOR MORAL EDUCATION IN MAINLAND CHINA: TENSIONS AND POSSIBILITIES
‘I NEVER KNEW I HAD SO MANY HEALTH RIGHTS’ – DEVELOPING A HEALTH MANIFESTO WITH YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN HILLBROW
INSIDE BITCH: CLEAN BREAK AND THE ETHICS OF REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
THE ETHICS OF AESTHETIC RISK
TRANSITION AND CHALLENGE – ETHICAL CONCERNS IN PRISON THEATRE
THEARE FOR DEMOCRACY
PART IV
Participation and Inclusion
INTRODUCTION TO PARTICIPATION AND INCLUSION
THEATRE OF THE OPPRESSED
SELECTIONS FROM THE PRISON NOTEBOOKS
PARTICIPATION
ON ARRIVAL
MOBILE ARTS FOR PEACE (MAP): CURRICULUM FOR MUSIC, DANCE AND DRAMA IN RWANDA
LEST ALL THINGS BE HELD UNALTERABLE: BRECHT’S MESSAGE TO ‘ZOMBIE DEMOCRACIES’
BEING IMPERFECT: BREAKIN’ AWAY FROM RELATING COMPETITIVELY IN SINGAPORE
THE GRATITUDE ENQUIRY: INVESTIGATING RECIPROCITY IN THREE COMMUNITY PROJECTS
PART V
Intervention
INTRODUCTION TO INTERVENTION
PROFIT OVER PEOPLE
WHEN PEOPLE PLAY PEOPLE
FROM THE PARTICULAR TO THE UNIVERSAL
ACT SMART: USING C&T'S PROSPERO TECHNOLOGY TO SHAPE EFFICACIOUS THEATRE PRACTICES IN THE DIGITAL CENTURY
UNEXPECTED RESILIENCE OF THE PARTICIPANT PERFORMANCE MODEL FOR PLAYBACK THEATRE
PART VI
Border Crossing
INTRODUCTION TO BORDER CROSSING
BORDER CROSSINGS
DECOLONISING THE MIND
HOME, AWAY AND BACK AGAIN
BRECHT IN SICILY: A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THEATRE AND DRAMA THERAPY
THE TRANSACTING PROJECT
PART VII
Change
INTRODUCTION TO CHANGE
PROBLEM-POSING SITUATED AND MULTICULTURAL LEARNING
SYNTHETIC CULTURE AND DEVELOPMENT
CHILD RIGHTS THEATRE FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH DISADVANTAGED AND EXCLUDED CHILDREN IN SOUTH ASIA AND AFRICA
OPENING DOORS, NOT FILLING BOXES: POLICY KINESIS AND YOUTH PERFORMANCE WITH THE BLACK FRIARS THEATRE COMPANY, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
EDUCASWITCH: PREVENTING BULLYING AND ADVOCATING SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL LITERACY IN SCHOOLS FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN CHILE
PLANTING DREAM-SEEDS IN THE WIND WHEN THE POINT IS TO CHANGE
PART VIII
Applied Theatre and Globalisation
APPLIED THEATRE IN GLOBAL MELTDOWN
Recommended Further Reading by Part
Biography
Tim Prentki is Emeritus Professor of Theatre for Development at the University of Winchester, UK.
Nicola Abraham is a Lecturer in Applied Theatre Practices at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK.
