Contemporary Theatres in Europe A Critical Companion [Hardcover]

Through specific examples, case studies and essays by specialist writers, academics, and a new generation of theatre researchers, this collection of specially commissioned essays looks at current theatre practices across Europe.

From Th?atre du Soleilto Soc?etas Raffaello Sanzio, the authors reconsider the possibilities of theatre practice, its relation to history and location and its place in Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century.

Contemporary Theatres in Europeexamines a wide range of topics including:

• mainstream European theatre
• experimental performance
• music theatre
• theatre for children
• dance theatre.

Tailor-made for students, offering clear examples of different ways of thinking and writing about performance, this is a richly detailed introduction which brings key themes to life for all students of European theatre.

List of illustrations  Notes on contributors  Acknowledgements  Foreword Janelle Reinelt  Introduction Joe Kelleher and Nicholas Ridout  1. Human Stuff: Presence, Proximity and Pretend Joe Kelleher  2. Investigating the Entrails: Post-Operatic Music Theatre in Europe Nick Till  3. Encountering Memory: Acco Theatre Centers Arbeit macht frei MiToitland Europa Heike Roms  4. On the Border as Theatrical Space: Appearance, Dis-location and the Production of the Refugee Sophie Nield  5. Foreign Bodies: Performing Physical and Psychological Harm at the Mladi Levi Festival, August 2003 Sarah Gorman  6. Dying Bodies, Living Corpses: Transition, Nationalism and Resistance in Croatian Theatre Marin Bla~evic  7. Desire Amongst tlƒ