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Stark Young's Ideas on Theatre Practice
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Criminal Justice in British Playwriting and Theatre Practice, 1979-2017
… through the art of playwriting/dramaturgy and theatre practice. It investigates how playwrights, and theatre companies have created and curated these narratives by employing a spectrum of techniques from the conventional to the immersive play, from forum theatre to cognitive behavioural therapy …
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Accessible theatre: the application of human ethology and innate neurobiological systems to full-masked devised theatre practice
… with the challenges of devising a full-masked theatre performance that is largely accessible to audiences of every age, social background and culture. The study is original and contributes to knowledge in two distinct ways; it is to this researcher’s knowledge the only such research that …
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Scenographic thinking is heterotopic. Possible scenography, heterotopia, and retracing an unruly archive: the intersection of design and scenography in expert theatre practice
… design methodologies, integrating embodied practice and process. It presents a conceptual framework of ‘heterotopias’, expanding Michel Foucault’s premise, to argue for ‘scenotopia’ as a new and original contribution to the Theatre and Performance lexicon, addressing the current gap in …
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Scenographic thinking is heterotopic. Possible scenography, heterotopia, and retracing an unruly archive: the intersection of design and scenography in the expert theatre practice of Fred Meller 2001-2018
… is heterotopic. Integrating embodied practice and process it presents a conceptual framework of ‘heterotopias’, expanding Michel Foucault’s premise, as a new and original contribution to the Theatre and Performance discipline, addressing the current gap in knowledge which exists at the …
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The changing situation of institutions and practitioners in British twentieth century theatre
… Within the broad subject of twentieth century theatre practice, the thesis looks at my published works in two main and distinct but related sub-areas, the institution and the individual. It deals with my investigation of the ideological currents and tensions within British theatre practice, …
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Workshop Theatre in South Africa in the 1980s : a critical examination with specific reference to power, orality and the carnivalesque
… study attempts to critically examine the form of theatre practice which in South Africa has become known as workshop theatre focussing on the period of the 1980s. It examines the history of the form; the process by which it is made; and the kinds of plays it produces. The examination is centered …
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Preserving the Spirit of African Storytelling in the Pittsburgh Cycle
… his Pittsburgh Cycle. This paper will link how theatre educators in the 21st century can capture the spirit of the African griots. The socially responsible theatre practice is a teaching method that theatre teachers can incorporate into their classroom that replicates the early objective of …
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Meaningful mouthpieces : the deconstruction of texts for theatrical (re)presentation
… is the translation of deconstruction theory into theatre practice. This is proposed as a way of challenging notions of truth and myths perceived as truth. In dealing with this challenge, notions of post-linearity were applied to text. The application of post-linearity resulted in a theatre collage …
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Generative dramaturgy : a strategy for refocusing directorial intent in the translation phase of play development
… phase. I specifically look at the South Africa theatre context which neither works in a culturally homogenous environment nor performs to a culturally homogenous audience, and where multicultural theatre is a familiar theatre practice.
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Materialist-feminist criticism and selected plays of Sarah Daniels, Liz Lochhead and Claire Dowie.
… plays written by women constitute an ideological theatre. It is based upon the premise that there is a relationship of feminist theatre practice to feminist theory, where theory is seen to have informed practice and practice has informed the theory. I argue that an ideological theatre can be …
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Grey zones: performances, perspectives, and possibilities in Kashmir
This doctoral project investigates the use of theatre practice to engage across the'victim'/'perpetrator' binary in the Kashmir valley; a binary that is framed in this project as a tripartite division between Civil Society, Militants/Ex-Militants, and the Indian Armed Forces. Using Primo Levi's …
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Immersive Theatre and Embracing the Live Moment in "Still Still Still"
… core elements of contemporary Canadian immersive theatre and apply these elements to a new Canadian play. This papers research spans the history of immersive theatre with a focus on English language Canadian theatre. The research was explored through multiple practical productions throughout my …
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Travails in limbo - an ethical and aesthetic investigation into new approaches in the presentation of Theatre for Young Audiences
… aesthetic approaches in the creation of feminist Theatre for Young Audiences (TYA), specifically for early adolescent girls, through two collaborative workshop processes designed to be ethical and respectful of the participants' contribution. The parallels between the research into a new aesthetic …
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Subalternity and the negotiation of a theatre identity : performing the postcolony alternative Zimbabwean theatre
The present study investigates the field of theatre practice that I have chosen to call alternative Zimbabwean theatre through a detailed study of four plays and reference to several others all first performed and written between 1980 and 1996. The study interrogates the interweaving and …
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Kwasukasukela : a practical exploration of Nguni oral storytelling traditions on contemporary physical forms of storytelling for theatre
… contemporary physical form of storytelling for theatre. In the introduction, the terms of the study: the Nguni storytelling tradition and contemporary physical forms of storytelling, are defined. The theoretical proposal is then laid out, followed by a performance historical context for the …
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Prison a/r/tography: the aesthetic of 'captive' masculinities
… activity. However, the discourses on prison theatre have been largely dominated by therapeutic and rehabilitative agendas, possibly at the expense of theatre practice - its aesthetic strategies, and aural and visual qualities. This research comes against such a background. The research …
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What does the Applied Theatre Director do? Directorial intervention in theatre-making for social change
This thesis critically interrogates the practice of artistic directors within applied theatre companies in the United Kingdom. ‘Applied theatre’ describes the process of theatre-making in which commitment to ethical, pedagogical, philosophical and social priorities are integral dimensions of …
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An exploration of the information literacy of Irish theatre actors.
… foundation upon which professional knowledge and practice are built. To date however, there have been no IL studies exploring the explicitly embodied work of actors. The aim of this research is to investigate the IL of Irish actors working in the theatre. The established rhetorical framework for …
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From narrative to spectacle: An examination of contemporary theatre performance
… of the world. It argues the parallel shifts in theatre practice and reception away from work which subordinates itself to textual narrative and towards theatre with foreground the non-textual theatrical elements is becoming more defined in Britain. Within there is a concern with the relationship …
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