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The Applied Theatre Reader

Edited by Tim Prentki, Sheila Preston

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…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-42887-3 (Routledge)

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Young People, New Theatre

A Practical Guide to an Intercultural Process

By Noël Greig

Young People, New Theatre is a ‘how-to’ book; exploring and explaining the process of collaborating creatively with groups of young people across cultural divides.

Organized into…

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2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-45251-9 (Routledge)

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The Community Performance Reader

Edited by Petra Kuppers, Gwen Robertson

Community Performance: A Reader is the first book to provide comprehensive teaching materials for this significant part of the theatre studies curriculum. It brings together…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39231-0 (Routledge)

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Community Performance: An Introduction

By Petra Kuppers

Community Performance: An Introduction is a comprehensive and accessible practice-based primer for students and practitioners of community arts, dance and theatre. It is both a…

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2007 | Paperback: 978-0-415-39229-7 (Routledge)

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The Aesthetics of the Oppressed

By Augusto Boal

Augusto Boal's workshops and theatre exercises are renowned throughout the world for their life-changing effects. At last this major director, practitioner, and author of many…

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2006 | Paperback: 978-0-415-37177-3 (Routledge)

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A Boal Companion

Dialogues on Theatre and Cultural Politics

Edited by Jan Cohen-Cruz, Mady Schutzman

This carefully constructed and thorough collection of theoretical engagements with Augusto Boal’s work is the first to look ’beyond Boal’ and critically assesses the Theatre…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-32294-2 (Routledge)

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Electoral Guerrilla Theatre

Radical Ridicule and Social Movements

By L.M. Bogad

Across the globe, in liberal democracies where the right to vote is framed as both civil right and civic duty, disillusioned creative activists run for…

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2005 | Paperback: 978-0-415-33225-5 (Routledge)

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Augusto Boal

By Frances Babbage

The work of Augusto Boal has had a tremendous impact on contemporary theatre. This volume looks at the scope of Boal's career - from his…

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2004 | Paperback: 978-0-415-27326-8 (Routledge)

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Community Theatre

Global Perspectives

By Eugene van Erven

Community theatre is an important device for communities to collectively share stories, to participate in political dialogue, and to break down the increasing exclusion of…

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2003 | Video cassette: 978-0-415-19032-9 (Routledge)

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Eugene van Erven, who is one of the world's foremost experts on Asian political theatre, has now put together the first comparative study of the…

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2003 | Video cassette: 978-0-415-19033-6 (Routledge)

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Forthcoming Titles:

Jana Sanskriti: Forum Theatre and Democracy in India
By Sanjoy Ganguly
To be published April 28th 2010

Engaging Performance: Theatre as call and response
By Jan Cohen-Cruz
To be published July 29th 2010

Feminist Visions and Queer Futures in Postcolonial Drama: Community, Kinship and Citizenship
By Kanika Batra
To be published October 1st 2010

Supporting Roles
By Shannon Jackson
To be published October 15th 2010

Polish Ensemble Theatres
By Grzegorz Ziolkowski
To be published January 30th 2011

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