Programme Notes

Case studies for locating experimental theatre

 

'...a thrilling glimpse of practices that helped usher in the new, and a useful springboard for future strategies… The contributors’ passion and inclusiveness springs from every page so although aimed at professionals, this will make a fascinating read for anyone.'

Mary Paterson, Writing From Live Art.

 

We would like to draw your attention, and invite response, to Lyn Gardner's Guardian blog about Programme Notes and the issues it raises at: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/theatre/2007/07/mainstream_theatre_must_get_mo.html

 

Edited and published by the Live Art Development Agency, Programme Notes is a new publication about furthering dialogues and collaborations between the theatrical mainstream and artists from the independent sector.

There has perhaps never been a better time to progress the place and profile of independent theatre makers in the UK, or for our theatre venues to take a fresh look at what they can do, and how they can do it. Programme Notes has been created as a resource to contribute to these debates and stimulate interest by reflecting models of exciting and innovative relationships at work in different places in the UK.

In a collection of case studies, interviews, and essays Programme Notes explores the ways in which contemporary theatre is changing through new relationship between mainstream venues and experimental practices. With contributions by Lyn Gardner, Tim Etchells, Neil Bartlett, Stella Hall, John McGrath, Alan Rivett, Mark Borkowski, Rose Fenton, Brian Logan, Lucy Neal, Keith Khan, Simon Casson, Louise Jeffreys, Judith Knight, and Toni Racklin, Programme Notes is concerned with how theatres might shift their programmes and, in doing so, their audiences.

Programme Notes is a handbook for artists and commentators, and indeed anyone interested in the nature of theatre in the UK today. But it is especially a resource for theatre programmers, artistic directors and venue managers, with the aim of sharing knowledge and stimulating thinking around a broader range of new and emergent theatrical practices.

Published by the Live Art Development Agency
ISBN: 0-9546040-4-0
Financially assisted by Arts Council England.

Programme Notes is available to buy through Unbound at www.thisisUnbound.co.uk