Political Theatre & Performance

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Subject

Arguably, all performance is political as it in some way reflects its political and social contexts. However, the term political theatre has specific roots in early 20th-century Europe and the US.

Activism

Activism is the intervention of an individual or group, using varied tactics, to disrupt and challenge inequality, and create transformation in the social, political, cultural or economic realm.

Activism list — Activism

Activism is the intervention of an individual or group, using varied tactics, to disrupt and challenge inequality, and create transformation in the social, political, cultural or economic realm.

Applied Theatre

Applied theatre is an umbrella term that captures a diverse number of theatre practices that engage communities outside of professional and institutional settings, such as theatre in health contexts.

Applied Theatre subject list — Applied Theatre

Applied theatre is an umbrella term that captures a diverse number of theatre practices that engage communities outside of professional and institutional settings, such as theatre in health contexts.

Body Art

Body art is radical performance art that uses the artist’s own body to comment visually, sensually and viscerally on identity and to enact the body’s social meanings and expressive possibilities.

Body Art list — Body Art

Body art is radical performance art that uses the artist’s own body to comment visually, sensually and viscerally on identity and to enact the body’s social meanings and expressive possibilities.

Environmental Theatre

Environmental theatre, like site-specific work, aims to alter the conventional spatial practices of performance and to enhance the performance’s engagement with its space and site of production.

Environ subject list — Environmental Theatre

Environmental theatre, like site-specific work, aims to alter the conventional spatial practices of performance and to enhance the performance’s engagement with its space and site of production.

Feminism, Theatre & Performance

Throughout the 20th century, feminist performance has interrogated the ways women’s conventional representation is often derogatory, or exploitative, reproducing scenes of female disempowerment.

Feminist asset list view — Feminism, Theatre & Performance

Throughout the 20th century, feminist performance has interrogated the ways women’s conventional representation is often derogatory, or exploitative, reproducing scenes of female disempowerment.

Protests, Demonstrations & Parades

Not strictly theatre, these are mass group events or performances that generally take place in public spaces in order to influence public opinion by occupying or exploiting the power of those sites.

Protests list — Protests, Demonstrations & Parades

Not strictly theatre, these are mass group events or performances that generally take place in public spaces in order to influence public opinion by occupying or exploiting the power of those sites.

Street Theatre

Many performance traditions have involved parades and displays in streets, towns or village squares, and the majority of these performances have been constructed with this spatial context in mind.

Street Theatre subject list view — Street Theatre

Many performance traditions have involved parades and displays in streets, towns or village squares, and the majority of these performances have been constructed with this spatial context in mind.

Theatre of the Oppressed

Coined by Augusto Boal, this term has been adopted internationally to denote a way of creating theatre and conducting paratheatrical work to achieve his aims of social franchisement and agency.

Theatre Oppressed 2 list — Theatre of the Oppressed

Coined by Augusto Boal, this term has been adopted internationally to denote a way of creating theatre and conducting paratheatrical work to achieve his aims of social franchisement and agency.