Theatre, Youth, and Culture A Critical and Historical Exploration [Hardcover]

There is a complex relationship between performance, youth, and the shifting material circumstances (social, cultural, economic, ideological, and political) under which theatre for children and youth is generated and perceived. This book explores different aspect of theatre for young audiences using examples from theatrical events globally.Framing Children's Theatre: Historiography, Material Context, and Cultural Perception Theory and TYA: Marginalization and Cultural Production Taboos in TYA The Representation of "Troubled Youth" in US Theatre for Young Adults: Gay and Lesbian TYA Theatre as Therapy in Volatile Regions Theatre for the Very Young

Theatre, Youth, and Culture is an address to the fields of theatre for youth, theatre education, and drama education as a whole. van de Water calls us to consider how we participate in the marginalization of our work and how the history of our field sets us up to do so. Her language is open and honest, and she poses questions without prescribing answers. Readers looking for a 'how-to' book will be disappointed; she does not draw out a map for writing new dramas or new plays that break the

boundaries we currently face. Rather, she has articulated difficult questions about our marginalization, untangled its multiple contributing variables, and called all of us who work in this field to make better theatre, now with a few of our blindspots lifted. - Youth Theatre Journal

A broadly-based book that covers many of what [Manon van de Water] feels to be the conceptual and theoretical lacunae of theatre, youth, and culture. Her book is a welcome addition to the scant base of theoretical knowledge in this area, and it provokes many interesting discussions, as well as highlighting many areas that require further thought and research. - Youth Drama Ireland

Manon van de Water's Theatre, Youth, Culture offers a clear, concise, and accessible introductionlÓ.