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Devised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary Practice is the first collection to focus exclusively on devised theatre throughout the island of Ireland by bringing together a range of perspectives from both academics and practitioners. It situates the histories and contemporary practice of devised performance in the Irish theatre, responding to a decisive shift in the working approach of several prominent emerging companies including ANU Productions, Brokentalkers, THEATREclub, and THISISPOPBABY. This collection takes a historical approach that demonstrates how this contemporary surge of work builds on a physical and dance theatre movement in Irish theatre that began to coalesce in the 1990s through the work of companies like Barabbas, Macnas, Blue Raincoat, and Pan Pan which was in turn influenced by earlier community arts practice on the island of Ireland beginning in the late 1970s. Devised Performance in Irish Theatre makes visible a uniquely Irish body of work that will also further international understandings of devised performance as collaborative process and working methodology.Product Identifiers
PublisherPeter Lang International Academic Publishers
ISBN-139781788747912
eBay Product ID (ePID)20046651926
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Book TitleDevised Performance in Irish Theatre: Histories and Contemporary Practice
AuthorSiobhan O'gorman, Charlotte Mcivor
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature, Television
Publication Year2018
Dimensions
Item Height225mm
Item Width150mm
Additional Product Features
Series TitleCarysfort Press Ltd.
EditorCharlotte Mcivor, Siobhan O'gorman
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom