Theatre in Co-Communities

Theatre in co-communities (applied theatre) has generally been developed as a practice that functions as a significant interface between theatre and society, providing communities with a sense of empowerment and articulation. This book focuses on the ways in which various traditionally marginalized groups, or co-communities, appropriate theatre for their own specific needs, which are often at odds with those of the powerful sponsoring organizations.

 

This book presents the author's own work as a theatre facilitator and researcher in order to illuminate the ways in which applied theatre intersects with issues such as power relations, articulation, gender, class, ethnicity, nationality, representation and identity.

 

Shulamith Lev-Aladgem is Senior Lecturer in the Theatre Department at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Head of Community Theatre Studies. She is a researcher, practitioner and actress whose main interests include play theory, performance studies and cultural studies and their relation to community theatre, educational drama and feminist theatre. She has published in a range of journals, including Theatre Research International, the Drama Review and NewTheatre Quarterly.