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Not Just a Mirror: Looking for the Political Theatre of Today

Editor: Florian Malzacher | Reference: P2797 | ISBN: 978-3895813788 | Type: Publication

The publication is comprised of eight essays, two interviews, and 15 case studies of political theatre makers, and investigates the performing arts as a political laboratory of the present. It explores how theatre, dance, and performance reveal their essential agnosticism, provoking the potential to actively change society rather than merely serving as a cover-up for the dysfunctions, fractures, and wounds of society.

Dreams and Deconstructions: Alternative Theatre in Britain

Editor: Sandy Craig | Reference: P2750 | ISBN: 090639919X | Type: Publication

An illustrated account of the development of alternative theatre in Britain over the 60s and 70s.

Other Theatres: The Development of Alternative and Experimental Theatre in Britain

Artist/Author: Andrew Davies | Reference: P2748 | ISBN: 0-333-32435-8 | Type: Publication

An introduction to the important tradition of alternative and experimental theatre in Britain as it has developed over 200 years.

Six Saints 2008-2013

Artist/Author: Ellen Friis | Reference: P2746 | ISBN: 87-991634-4-6 | Type: Publication

Catalogue of a series of performances investigating the time concepts of 6 famous Danish scientists from the renaissance to the present.

Grenzwerte im Spiel Die Aufführungspraxis der britischen Kompanie »Forced Entertainment«.

Artist/Author: Stefanie Husel | Reference: P2709 | ISBN: 978-3-8376-2745-9 | Type: Publication

This cross-disciplinary study draws on both Theatre Studies and Sociology to examine the performance situations of Forced Entertainment’s productions ‘Bloody Mess’ and ‘The World in Pictures’: What practices do participants employ to create  the `space` and ´characters` in a performance? In what ways do the spectators become the actual ´players` in a performance? The book contains numerous interviews with Tim Etchells, founding member and artistic director of Forced Entertainment. In German with some English texts.

Transeuropéennes: Theater and the Public Space

Editor: Ghislaine Glasson Deschaumes | Reference: P2619 | ISBN: 2-912002-09-5 | Type: Publication

Special issue on theatre and the public space. Bilingual edition in French and English.

Tree: Belief /Culture/Balance

Artist/Author: Ralph Lemon | Reference: P2553 | ISBN: 978-0819566997 | Type: Publication

A documentary album about the making of the second installation of the Geography Trilogy, Tree, commissioned by Yale Repertory Theatre in 2000 – an elaborate travelogue, documenting dance research selected events and collaborative creative processes.

PANDA documentation

Artist/Author: PANDA | Reference: D1919 | Type: DVD

Informative DVD on the activities of the agency that provides network and business development support to performing arts practitioners in Greater Manchester and across the North West of England.

Accion MAD 10

Artist/Author: Accion MAD Publication0 | Reference: D1871 | Type: DVD

Documentation of the performances and presentations at Accion / Action MAD 10 festival in Spain. Participants: Joan Casellas (Barcelona), Catie de Balmann (Francia), Guiuseppe Dominguez (Madrid), Marco Teubner (Alemania), Ana Matey (Madrid), Edu Hurtado (Bilbao), Revista Efímera (Madrid), Ornic’Art (Francia), Christopher Hewitt (Reino Unido), El Gato con Moscas (Madrid), Fiacha O’Donnell (Madrid), Federico Guardabrazo (Madrid), Beatriz Hoyos y Sara Laguna (Madrid), Darío Buñuel Fanconi (Madrid), Borja Gómez (Madrid), Zhou Bin (China), Rubén Barroso (Sevilla), Elvira Santamaría (México), Anti Festival (Kuopio, Finlandia), Gaetan Rusquet (Bélgica), Sandra Johnston (Irlanda del Norte), María Cosmes (Barcelona), Sierra Centro Arte (Huelva), Adina Bar On (Israel), Gwendoline Robin (Belgica), Domix Garrido (España), 10×10+1 Acción, Bartolomé Ferrando, Fabien Montmartin (Francia), Rosa Mesa (Canarias), Ana Oliva Higueras (Castellón), Isidoro Valcarcel Medina (Madrid), Llorens Barber (Valencia), Antti Laitinen (Finlandia), Rosa Galindo (Canarias), Concha Jerez y José Iges (Madrid)