Vernacular Theatre by Jonathan Petherbridge HARDBACK 9781835951897

Vernacular TheatreMaking Theatre with Community\nAuthor(s): Jonathan Petherbridge\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Intellect, United Kingdom\nImprint: Intellect Books\nISBN-13: 9781835951897, 978-1835951897\nSynopsis\nBetween 1989 and 2020, Jonathan Petherbridge worked as the artistic director of a community-based theatre company London Bubble. This longer than average tenure allowed him time to forge a close working relationship with the community and develop new ways to involve people of all ages in theatre-making. \n\nOut of a slew of projects emerged a particular methodology to make work that was researched, curated and performed by citizens between the ages of 8 and 80. The process that emerged was called Foraging a methodology carefully divided into five phases, which attempts to bring the best out of both voluntary and specialist artists making time and space for them to create theatre that has a striking beauty and an ingrained aesthetic of care. Vernacular Theatre describes .