Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia Busby Selina
Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia Busby Selina Applied Theatre is a widely accepted term to describe a set of practices that encompass community, social and participatory theatre making. However,…
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Applied Theatre: A Pedagogy of Utopia Busby Selina
Applied Theatre is a widely accepted term to describe a set of practices that encompass community, social and participatory theatre making. However, this proliferation is not unproblematic. It is an area of performance practice that is flourishing across global contexts and communities.
In doing so, it provides a timely analysis of some of the concepts that inform applied theatre and outlines a new way of thinking about making theatre with differing groups of participants.The book problematizes some key concepts including safe spaces, voice, ethical practice and resistance. A Pedagogy of Utopia offers a critical consideration of long-term applied and participatory theatre projects. Selina Busby analyses applied theatre projects in India, the USA and the UK, in youth theatres, homeless shelters, prisons and with those living in informal housing settlements to consider her