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Title

Applied theatre : development / Tim Prentki ; series editors Michael Balfour and Sheila Preston.

Author

Prentki, Tim

Publication

London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015.

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Additional Authors

• Balfour, Michael, 1966-
• Preston, Sheila, 1968-

Description

x, 291 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Summary

"At once both guide book and provocation, this is an indispensable companion for students and practitioners of applied theatre. It addresses all key aspects: principles, origins, politics and aesthetics in a concise and accessible style designed to appeal both to those who have recently discovered this sub-discipline and to experienced practitioners and academics.Part 1 is divided into two chapters. The first introduces the sub-discipline of Theatre for Development, covering its origins, principles and history, and providing an overview of theatre for development in Western contexts as well as in Africa, Asia, the Indian Subcontinent and Latin America. The second focuses upon theoretical and philosophical issues confronting the discipline and its relationship to contemporary politics, as well as considering its future role.Part 2 consists of seven chapters contributed by leading figures and current practitioners from around the world and covering a diverse range of themes, methodologies and aesthetic approaches. One chapter offers a series of case studies concerned with sexual health education and HIV prevention, drawn from practitioners working in Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Southern Africa, and China. Other chapters include studies of intercultural theatre in the Peruvian Amazon; a programme of applied theatre conducted in schools in Canterbury, New Zealand, following the 2010 earthquake; an attempt to reinvigorate a community theatre group in South Brazil; and an exchange between a Guatemalan arts collective and a Dutch youth theatre company, besides others"--

Series Statement

Applied theatre

Alternative Title

Development

Subjects

• PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism
• Community theater
• Theater and society

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Part 1. A Conceptual Framework for Theatre for Development: 1. History and Origins of Theatre for Development, 2. Fool's Play or Juggling with Neoliberalism -- Part 2. Case Studies: 3. Capacity Building Theatre (and Vice Versa): John O'Toole, Au Yi-Man, Andrea Baldwin, Helen Cahill and Kennedy Chinyowa; 4. Isolation in Community Theatre: Marcia Pompeo Nogueira and Dimitri Camorlinga; 5. The Game of Identities: Intercultural Theatre in the Peruvian Amazon: Rodrigo Benza; 6. Imizamo Yethu: 'our efforts' to Engage through Theatre: Veronica Baxter; 7. Theatre in Crisis: Moments of Beauty in Applied Theatre: Peter O'Connor; 8. Exploring Theatre as Pedagogy for 'Developing Citizens' in an English Primary School: Alison Lloyd Williams; 9. The Ludic Box: Playful Alternatives from Guatemala for the World: Doryan Bedoya and Eugene van Erven -- Afterword: What Next for Theatre for Development?

Call Number

Sc D 15-848

ISBN

• 9781472511959 (hardback)
• 1472511956 (hardback)
• 9781472509864 (pbk.)
• 1472509862 (pbk.)
• 9781472505187 (ePDF) (canceled/invalid)
• 1472505182 (ePDF) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781472508287 (ePub) (canceled/invalid)
• 1472508289 (ePub) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2014037308

OCLC

875520522

Author

Prentki, Tim, author.

Title

Applied theatre : development / Tim Prentki ; series editors Michael Balfour and Sheila Preston.

Publisher

London, UK ; New York : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Applied theatre

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Balfour, Michael, 1966-

Preston, Sheila, 1968-

Research Call Number

Sc D 15-848