We are delighted to share that our book, Redefining Theatre Communities – co-edited by Marco Galea and Szabolcs Musca – is now out in hardback and eBook from Intellect Publishing.
Redefining Theatre Communities explores the interplay between contemporary theatre and communities. It considers the aesthetic, social, and cultural aspects of community-conscious theatre-making. While doing so, the volume reflects on recent transformations in structural, textual, and theatrical conventions and traditions, and explores the changing modes of production and spectatorship in relation to theatre communities. The essays edited by Marco Galea and Szabolcs Musca present an array of emerging perspectives on the politics, ethics, and practices of community representation on the contemporary international theatre landscape. An international, interdisciplinary collection featuring work by theatre scholars, theatre-makers, and artistic directors from across Europe and beyond, Redefining Theatre Communities will appeal to those interested in the diverse forms of socially engaged theatre and performance.
Content:
Introduction
Marco Galea and Szabolcs Musca
PART I: Theatre Communities: Traces, Places and Belonging
Communal Solidarity and Amateur Theatre in Post-Revolutionary Russia: Theoretical Approaches
Stefan Aquilina
Theatre in Malta: Which Spaces Does the Community Occupy?
Vicki Ann Cremona and Ruben Paul Borg
Performance, Dislocation and Spirituality: Adrift Together
Zoe Zontou
PART II: Performing Communal Identities: Ethics, Politics and Affect
The Politics of Spectatorship: Community, Ethics and Affect in Contemporary British Rewritings of Ancient Tragedies
Maria Elena Capitani
Living and Working in Tepantor: Understanding Political Theatre and the Community
Pujya Ghosh
Bodies Without Organs and Organs Without Bodies: The Maltese Experience of Creating National Theatres
Marco Galea
PART III: ‘Glocal’ Representations of Theatre Communities
Local and Global Stages: Translating Communities in Hybrid Cultural Spaces
Szabolcs Musca
The Economic Communities of the Edinburgh August Festivals: An Exclusive ‘Global Sense of Place’ and an Inclusive ‘Local Sense of Space’
Evi Stamatiou
Strategies of Empowerment: Postmigrant Theatre at the Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
Hasibe Kalkan
PART IV: Creative Encounters: Changing Ecologies
Community and Ownership: Uncovering New Voices at the Royal Court Theatre
Mark O’Thomas in conversation with Vicky Featherstone
UrbanDig Project: Theatre for Neighbourhoods
Zoe Zontou in conversation with George Sachinis
Community Theatre as Political Theatre: Towards a New Political Theatre Practice
Marius Bogdan Tudor and Ionuț Sociu in conversation with David Schwartz
PART V: Emerging Practices: Connecting Through the Digital and the Verbatim
New Technologies for a New Audience? Using Transmedia Storytelling towards a New Experience Design Form
Ágnes Bakk
Manipulation of Reality Through an Interactive Game: Remote X as an Example of New Modes of Spectatorship
Nad’a Satkova
Feeding Back: Verbatim Theatre and/as Communal Practice
Bettina Auerswald
Conclusion
Marco Galea and Szabolcs Musca
Notes on Contributors