Tactical Performance The Theory and Practice of Serious Play [Hardcover]

'Lucid, sharp, funny, Bogad's Tactical Performanceis the book we've been waiting for on creative activism.' Diana Taylor, Director, Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, New York University, and author of Performance

'Tactical Performancerehearses theatre and social justice strategies at their best: historically connected, culturally informed, alive and nimble in their responses to the political moment. With the savvy of a participant/observer and the acuity of an historian and critic, Bogad provides a lively overview of important activist performances, asking us to reconsider their effects and their promise. A crystal-clear argument in a must-read book for all who care about performance and social change.' Jill Dolan, Dean of the College, Princeton University

'Beautifully written; a playful, potent mixture of history, how-to, and theory, informed by the authors many years of personal front-line experience.' The Yes Men (Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno)

'The love child of Lenny Bruce and Saul Alinsky, Bogad has worked, on the street and behind the scenes, at the nexus of some of the most compelling art-interventions of the past 15 years. He brings his truly original and bizarre performance-art sensibility both to his activism and to this ground-breaking book. Read it!' Guillermo G?mez-Pe?a, writer, performance artist and pedagogue

'Appalling bad taste and worse judgment make Bogads interventions memorable and frequently effective. Dont try this alone at home. These actions should be undertaken with friends, and preferably with very good friends.' Peter Sellars, theatre director

 

Tactical Performanceexplores creative protest in unique depth, looking at the possibilities for direct action and theatrical confrontation with some of the most powerful institutions in the world. It effectively cl“.