Participatory Theatre and the Urban Everyday in South Africa

Name: Participatory Theatre and the Urban Everyday in South Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Participatory Theatre and the Urban Everyday in South AfricaPlace and Play in Johannesburg\nAuthor(s): Alexandra Halligey\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032082165, 978-1032082165\nSynopsis\nThis book explores theatre and performance as participatory research practices for exploring the everyday of the city.\n\nTaking an inner-city suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa as its central case study, the book considers how theatre and performance might be both useful practical tools in considering the everyday city, as well as conceptual lenses for understanding it. The author establishes an understanding of space as ever evolving and formed through the ongoing relationship between things, human and non-human, and considers how theatre and performance offer useful paradigms for learning about and working with city spaces. As ephemeral, embodied, material artistic practices, theatre and performance mirror the nature o.