Recent shifts in the theatrical landscape have had corresponding implications for dramaturgy. The way we think about theatre and performance today has changed our approaches to theatre making and composition. Emerging new aesthetics and new areas of dramaturgical work such as live art; devised and physical theatre; experimental performance; and dance demand new approaches and sensibilities. New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice is the first book to explore new dramaturgy in depth; and considers how our thinking about dramaturgy and the role of the dramaturg has been transformed. Edited by Katalin Trencseacute;nyi and Bernadette Cochrane; New Dramaturgy: International Perspectives on Theory and Practice provides an unrivalled resource for practitioners; scholars; and students.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. important counterpoint to mainstream urban theoryBy Chris UWith greater numbers of people moving to urban areas it is essential that these spaces are designed to accommodate people (both in terms of pragmatic concerns; but also in terms of sentimental; emotional or other not strictly rational concerns).It is undoubtedly quite difficult to write seriously about the subject of play; to write rationally about something irrational. Due to the nature of the subject; and the thesis of the book running so counter to the dominant; "pragmatic" urban design theories; much of this book may seem to describe events and activities in counter intuitive ways - - leading some to dismiss the arguments without much thought.The book is a bold and visionary attempt at addressing one of the most fundamental aspects of human experience (play); incorporating that into the fastest growing mode of living (cities).1 of 9 people found the following review helpful. The Ludicrous CityBy CustomerThis book is pretentious nonsense. It is written from a left post-modernist position and as such has nothing of any validity to say. The author seems to think that he alone understands the potential of public space; which is arrogant beyond belief. A great many other authors have written on this subject; most of them to much greater effect than this. If you are keen on neo-Marxist social theory or convoluted writing littered with trendy theory; then maybe you should read this. I feel sorry for the poor students who will be forced to do so.
