Applied Theatre The Key Concepts
“Applied Theatre: The Key Concepts” by Kay Hepplewhite is a comprehensive exploration of the essential ideas that characterize the global phenomenon of applied theatre. Published by Routledge on October 24, 2024, this 128-page book is presented in English and offers an accessible overview of the theoretical foundations, origins, and practices of applied theatre. It includes eight real-life examples from various forms and settings, providing readers with a clear understanding of the subject.
The book is structured around key topic sections titled When, What, Who, Why, and Where, highlighting the responsive nature of applied theatre and its social context. It emphasizes the importance of beneficial outcomes for participants and connects diverse fields such as health, criminal justice, education, and migration. Readers will find explanations of labels and terms, as well as insights into applied theatre’s core values, motivations, and objectives, facilitating a coherent understanding of its distinguishing features. This edition is suitable for students, academics, artists, and practitioners interested in the intersection of social and creative practices.
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This accessible book outlines the key ideas that define the global phenomenon of applied theatre, examining not only its theoretical underpinning, its origins and practice, but also providing eight real-life examples drawn from a diversity of forms and settings.
The clearly arranged topic sections entitled When, What, Who, Why and Where emphasise the responsive nature of applied theatre, its social context and the importance of a beneficial outcome for participants, which can connect fields as disparate as health, criminal justice, education and migration. Labels and terms are explained, along with applied theatre’s core values, motivations and objectives, allowing the reader to build a coherent understanding of its distinguishing features.
Applied Theatre: The Key Concepts is aimed at students, academics, artists and practitioners of applied theatre as well as those with an interest in this vital blend of social and creative practice.
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