31 October 2005
THEATRE FOR A CHANGE
Essay questions
1. Discuss two of the following concepts and show how they have been important to theatre projects that seek to bring about social change: action; aesthetics; memory; participation; place; play; subjectivity; testimony; witness.
2. Write two separate first person accounts of a performance-based development project studied on this course. You may choose to write from the perspective of a participant, an audience member, a facilitator, a funder, a non-participant. Your accounts should reveal the contradictions and questions that the project raised and encountered.
3(a). Describe the criteria that practitioners have identified as being important to the creation of effective social development theatre projects.
3(b). Assess the factors that you identify as limiting the potential effectiveness of their work
4. Describe the way in which two theatre projects have responded to a particular crisis or problem and analyse the effectiveness of their intervention.
5. Theatre for a change?
6. ‘The past is present in places in a variety of ways’ [Doreen Massey]. Discuss this statement in respect of two performance-based development projects studied on this course.
The total word count of this assignment is 2,000 words, to be submitted in Week 8, at the beginning of class on Thursday 17 November 2005.
Select bibliography:
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A. Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development. New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, 2001
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A., Community, Culture and Globalisation. New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, 2002
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A. Culture, Creativity and Globalisation New York: The Rockefeller Foundation, 2003
Auslander, Philip, From Acting to Performance. London & New York: Routledge 1997
Babble, Frances, ed., Working without Boal: Digressions and Developments in the Theatre of the Oppressed: special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol.3 Part 1: Harwood Academic Publishers, International Publishers Distributor (Switzerland, Singapore, Japan), 1995
Barker, Howard, Arguments for a theatre. London: Calder, 1989
Benjamin. Walter, Understanding Brecht. London: Verso, 1983
Bernadi, C., Dragone, M. and Schinina, G. (eds) War Theatres and Actions for Peace: Community-Based Dramaturgy and the Conflict Scene / Teatri de Guerra e azioni di Pace: la Dramaturgia Communitaria e la Scena del Conflitto Milan, EuresisEdizioni
Blau, Herbert, To all appearances: ideology and performance. London: Routledge, 1992
Boal, Augusto, Theatre of the Oppressed. London: Pluto, 1979
Boal, Augusto, Games for Actors and Non-actors. London & New York, Routledge 1992
Boeren, Ad and Kees Escamp, (eds.), The Empowerment of Culture: Development Communication and Popular Media. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries, CESO Paperback No. 17, 1992
Brecht, Bertolt, Theatre Poems and Songs. London: Methuen, 1978
Brecht, Bertolt, Brecht on Theatre: Development of an Aesthetic, ed. John Willett. London: Methuen 1978
British Council, the, The Arts and Development. London: British Council Publications, 1995
Carlson, Marvin, Performance: a critical introduction. London & New Yor: Routledge 1996
Carlson, Marvin, Places of Performance: the Semiotics of Theatre Architecture. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1989
Cohen Cruz, Jan. Playing Boal. London & New York. Routledge, 1994
Cohen-Cruz, Jan (ed) Radical Street Performance: An international Anthology. London: Routledge, 1991
Delgado, M and Svich, C. Theatre in Crisis? Performance Manifestos for a New Century. Manchester: MUP 2002
Diamond, Elin, ed., Performance and Cultural Politics. London & New York: Routledge, 1996
Dokter, D. (ed) Arts Therapies, refugees and migrants: reaching across border. London: Jessica Kingsley
Epskamp, Kees P., Theatre in search of social change: the relative significance of different theatrical approaches. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.7.] 1989
Epskamp, Kees P., Learning by performing arts: from indigenous to endogenous cultural development. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.16.] 1992
Epskamp, Kees P., On Printed Matter and Beyond: Media, Orality and Literacy. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.23.] 1995
Kershaw, Baz, The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. London & New York: Routledge 1992
Kershaw, Baz, The Radical in Performance: between Brecht and Baudrillard, London & New York: Routledge 1999
Lefebvre, Henri, trans. Nicholson-Smith, Donald, The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991
Phelan, Peggy, Unmarked: The Politics of Performance. London & New York: Routledge, 1993
Phelan, Peggy & Lane, Jill, eds. The Ends of Performance. New York & London: New York University Press, 1998
Pile, Steve & Thrift, Nigel, Mapping the Subject: Geographies of Cultural Transformation. London: Routledge, 1995
Read, Alan, Theatre and Everyday Life. London: Routledge, 1993
Reinelt, Janelle, and Joseph Roach, eds. Critical Theory and Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992
Schechner, Richard, Performance Theory. London: Routledge, 1988
Taylor. Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Community London: Greenwood Press, 2003
Thompson, James Applied Theatre: Bewilderment And Beyond London: Peter Lang, 2003
Essay questions
1. Discuss two of the following concepts and show how they have been important to theatre projects that seek to bring about social change: action; aesthetics; memory; participation; place; play; subjectivity; testimony; witness.
2. Write two separate first person accounts of a performance-based development project studied on this course. You may choose to write from the perspective of a participant, an audience member, a facilitator, a funder, a non-participant. Your accounts should reveal the contradictions and questions that the project raised and encountered.
3(a). Describe the criteria that practitioners have identified as being important to the creation of effective social development theatre projects.
3(b). Assess the factors that you identify as limiting the potential effectiveness of their work
4. Describe the way in which two theatre projects have responded to a particular crisis or problem and analyse the effectiveness of their intervention.
5. Theatre for a change?
6. ‘The past is present in places in a variety of ways’ [Doreen Massey]. Discuss this statement in respect of two performance-based development projects studied on this course.
The total word count of this assignment is 2,000 words, to be submitted in Week 8, at the beginning of class on Thursday 17 November 2005.
Select bibliography:
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A. Creative Community: The Art of Cultural Development. New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, 2001
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A., Community, Culture and Globalisation. New York, The Rockefeller Foundation, 2002
Adams, D. and Goldberg, A. Culture, Creativity and Globalisation New York: The Rockefeller Foundation, 2003
Auslander, Philip, From Acting to Performance. London & New York: Routledge 1997
Babble, Frances, ed., Working without Boal: Digressions and Developments in the Theatre of the Oppressed: special issue of Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol.3 Part 1: Harwood Academic Publishers, International Publishers Distributor (Switzerland, Singapore, Japan), 1995
Barker, Howard, Arguments for a theatre. London: Calder, 1989
Benjamin. Walter, Understanding Brecht. London: Verso, 1983
Bernadi, C., Dragone, M. and Schinina, G. (eds) War Theatres and Actions for Peace: Community-Based Dramaturgy and the Conflict Scene / Teatri de Guerra e azioni di Pace: la Dramaturgia Communitaria e la Scena del Conflitto Milan, EuresisEdizioni
Blau, Herbert, To all appearances: ideology and performance. London: Routledge, 1992
Boal, Augusto, Theatre of the Oppressed. London: Pluto, 1979
Boal, Augusto, Games for Actors and Non-actors. London & New York, Routledge 1992
Boeren, Ad and Kees Escamp, (eds.), The Empowerment of Culture: Development Communication and Popular Media. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries, CESO Paperback No. 17, 1992
Brecht, Bertolt, Theatre Poems and Songs. London: Methuen, 1978
Brecht, Bertolt, Brecht on Theatre: Development of an Aesthetic, ed. John Willett. London: Methuen 1978
British Council, the, The Arts and Development. London: British Council Publications, 1995
Carlson, Marvin, Performance: a critical introduction. London & New Yor: Routledge 1996
Carlson, Marvin, Places of Performance: the Semiotics of Theatre Architecture. Ithaca: Cornell University Press 1989
Cohen Cruz, Jan. Playing Boal. London & New York. Routledge, 1994
Cohen-Cruz, Jan (ed) Radical Street Performance: An international Anthology. London: Routledge, 1991
Delgado, M and Svich, C. Theatre in Crisis? Performance Manifestos for a New Century. Manchester: MUP 2002
Diamond, Elin, ed., Performance and Cultural Politics. London & New York: Routledge, 1996
Dokter, D. (ed) Arts Therapies, refugees and migrants: reaching across border. London: Jessica Kingsley
Epskamp, Kees P., Theatre in search of social change: the relative significance of different theatrical approaches. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.7.] 1989
Epskamp, Kees P., Learning by performing arts: from indigenous to endogenous cultural development. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.16.] 1992
Epskamp, Kees P., On Printed Matter and Beyond: Media, Orality and Literacy. The Hague: Centre for the Study of Education in Developing Countries [CESO Paperback no.23.] 1995
Kershaw, Baz, The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as Cultural Intervention. London & New York: Routledge 1992
Kershaw, Baz, The Radical in Performance: between Brecht and Baudrillard, London & New York: Routledge 1999
Lefebvre, Henri, trans. Nicholson-Smith, Donald, The Production of Space. Oxford: Blackwell, 1991
Phelan, Peggy, Unmarked: The Politics of Performance. London & New York: Routledge, 1993
Phelan, Peggy & Lane, Jill, eds. The Ends of Performance. New York & London: New York University Press, 1998
Pile, Steve & Thrift, Nigel, Mapping the Subject: Geographies of Cultural Transformation. London: Routledge, 1995
Read, Alan, Theatre and Everyday Life. London: Routledge, 1993
Reinelt, Janelle, and Joseph Roach, eds. Critical Theory and Performance. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1992
Schechner, Richard, Performance Theory. London: Routledge, 1988
Taylor. Applied Theatre: Creating Transformative Encounters in the Community London: Greenwood Press, 2003
Thompson, James Applied Theatre: Bewilderment And Beyond London: Peter Lang, 2003
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