Meeting in the Theatre to Think towards Social and Political Change

Andy Smith

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Meeting in the Theatre to Think towards Social and Political Change

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Pages:: 214–228

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004430990_016

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In this chapter, Andy Smith outlines a practice that he refers to as ‘dematerialised theatre’. After examining historical influences and antecedents from the realm of conceptual art, he contextualises the practice as emerging in and from what Zygmunt Bauman described as an era of ‘liquid modernity’. Using the solo works all that is solid melts into air (2011) and commonwealth (2012) as illustrations, he then reflects on how the methodological approaches of the practice and the meeting between performance and audience they encourage have provided him with a sound foundation to explore and create work that thinks towards social and political change. The final half of the essay outlines five key characteristics of the practice in an attempt to foster forward movement and wider reflection.

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World Political Theatre and Performance

Theories, Histories, Practices

Series: Themes in Theatre, Volume: 11

Cover World Political Theatre and Performance

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004430990

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 10 Jun 2020

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