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It also invites debate about the environments in which applied theatre takes place. Written by an experienced academic in the field, this lively text is the ideal introductory text for students on Applied Theatre degree programmes and those taking Applied Theatre modules on Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies programmes.
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This core text offers insight into theatre-making that takes place in communities across the world. Offering an overview of the theory that underpins practice in applied drama, this thought-provoking text outlines practices in the context of contemporary political and theoretical concerns. It considers the role of artists who work in challenging settings, including prisons, schools, hostels for the homeless, care homes for the elderly and on the street. In so doing, the book poses critical questions about the aesthetics and ethics of applied theatre. It also invites debate about the environments in which applied theatre takes place.Written by an experienced academic in the field, this lively text is the ideal introductory text for students on Applied Theatre degree programmes and those taking Applied Theatre modules on Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies programmes. It is also essential reading for practitioners of applied theatre looking for a comprehensive insight into theatre-making and its impact in an increasingly globalized world.
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2nd edition. Updated version of this seminal text exploring the field of Applied Drama and how it has developed into the 21st century.
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Applied Drama offers an insight into theatre-making that takes place in communities across the world. It considers the role of artists who work in challenging settings, including prisons, schools, hostels for the homeless, care homes for the elderly and on the street. In this updated second edition, Helen Nicholson provides vivid new examples of practice, and addresses twenty-first century concerns about the environments in which applied theatre takes place. Ideal for students and practitioners, this lively study poses critical questions about the aesthetics and ethics of applied theatre. It invites debate about the social role of theatre, and explores how interventionist theatre might maintain its radicalism in an increasingly globalized world.
Author Biography
HELEN NICHOLSON is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Cardiff, Wales. She is the author of The Knights Hospitaller (2001), The Knights Templar: A New History (2001), Love, War and the Grail: Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights in Medieval Epic and Romance, 1150-1500 (2001), and a number of books and articles on the Military Orders and on the Crusades in the 12th, 13th, and 14th centuries. In 1997 she published a translation of an early 13th-century account of the Third Crusade: Chronicle of the Third Crusade: A Translation of the Itinerarium Peregrinorum et gesta regis Ric
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.- General Editors' Preface.- 1. An Introduction to Applied Drama, Theatre and Performance.- PART I: PARTICIPATION AND PRAXIS 2. The Practice of Citizenship.- 3. Pedagogies, Praxis and Performance.- PART II: NARRATIVES AND NARRATIVITY 4. Narrative and the Gift of Storytelling.- 5. Community Narratives: Space, Place and Time.- PART III: CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE 6. Creativity and Social Intervention.- 7. Human Rights in Performance.- PART IV: EPILOGUE 8. The Gift of Theatre.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.
Review
"An illuminating, thought-provoking and very enjoyable read, this book continues to be one of the strongest in the field." - Christina Marin, Emerson College, USA
Long Description
Applied Drama offers an insight into theatre-making that takes place in communities across the world. It considers the role of artists who work in challenging settings, including prisons, schools, hostels for the homeless, care homes for the elderly and on the street. In this updated second edition, Helen Nicholson provides vivid new examples of practice, and addresses twenty-first century concerns about the environments in which applied theatre takes place. Ideal for students and practitioners, this lively study poses critical questions about the aesthetics and ethics of applied theatre. It invites debate about the social role of theatre, and explores how interventionist theatre might maintain its radicalism in an increasingly globalized world.
Review Quote
"An illuminating, thought-provoking and very enjoyable read, this book continues to be one of the strongest in the field." - Christina Marin, Emerson College, USA
Feature
A coherent framework of chapters, progressing from questions about citizenship and pedagogy (discussed in part 1), to narrative (discussed in part 2), to theories of creativity and social justice (discussed in part 3)
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The new and updated second edition of this seminal text explores the field of Applied Drama and how it has developed into the 21st century
Details ISBN1137003952 Author Helen Nicholson Series Theatre And Performance Practices ISBN-10 1137003952 ISBN-13 9781137003959 Format Paperback Media Book Edition 2nd New edition Short Title APPLIED DRAMA SECOND EDITION N Edition Description Second Edition, Language English DEWEY 792.01 Subtitle The Gift of Theatre Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 224 p. Birth 1958 DOI 10.1057/9781137111296;10.1007/978-1-137-11129-6 Audience College/Higher Education Year 2015 Publication Date 2015-09-17 UK Release Date 2015-09-17 NZ Release Date 2015-09-17 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Pages 222 Imprint Methuen Drama Place of Publication London AU Release Date 2015-09-16 We've got this
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