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Toward a future theatre : conversations during a pandemic / Caridad Svitch.

Author/creator Svitch, Caridad author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info London, UK ; New York, NY : Methuen Drama, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2022.
Copyright Notice ©2022
Descriptionvi, 245 pages ; 22 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Theatre makers
Theatre makers. ^A1279158
Contents R/evolution -- Local and hyperlocal -- Virtuality -- Resistance and faith -- Communion.
Abstract "Featuring conversations with theatre-makers in the US and UK during the first eight months of Covid-19 lockdown, this collection reveals the innovations in digital theatre as artists, companies and theatres had to adjust to the restrictions and formulate new ways of working and reaching audiences. Besides documenting in their own words the work that was generated, the book captures the artists' dreams for a new post-Covid reality in which theatre is reimagined and issues of racial and economic injustice are addressed. With conversations grouped under 5 broad areas, a host of theatre-makers candidly discuss the present and the future of theatre: * R/evolution: How should theatre evolve rather than re-set? What kind of field could this be, if the arts sector is to survive in the US and UK and if white supremacist, classist, ableist and patriarchal structures are dismantled and acts of regeneration and reformation occur? * What does theatre look like at the local and hyper-local level and when working with young people and communities at risk? * The challenges of creating work in the digital realm and/or exploring socially distanced performance in new ways. * How may theatre address social inequalities and be a place for acts of political and artistic resistance? How has the pandemic galvanised their commitments to communities, arts advocacy, use of languages on the stage and page, and considerations of the living archive? * Acts of communion with audiences, readers, fellow artists, students, and within ensembles and collectives. How do we find new ways to gather and make when liveness and the shared experience are challenged?"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Svitch, Caridad. Toward a future theatre London ; New York : Methuen Drama, 2021 9781350241077
Genre/formInterviews.
LCCN 2021020336
ISBN9781350241060 hardcover
ISBN1350241067 hardcover
ISBN9781350241053 paperback
ISBN1350241059 paperback
ISBNelectronic book
ISBNelectronic publication
Standard identifier# 40030910638

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