Theatre & Education provides an insight into the energy, passion and values that have inspired the most inventive theatre-makers who work with young people in educational settings. It argues that the aesthetic principles and educational ideals that inform theatre & education drive at the heart of why theatre matters.

Theatre& Education provides an insight into the energy, passion and values that have inspired the most inventive theatre-makers who work with young people in educational settings. It argues that the aesthetic principles and educational ideals that inform theatre& education drive at the heart of why theatre matters.

Provides a provocative and accessible way into this important topic
Part of the successful and innovative Theatre And series

Autorentext

Helen Nicholson, Edward Bond

Inhalt

Series Editors' Preface.- Foreword; Edward Bond.- Theatre and Childhood Memories.- Debating Theatre& Education.- The Theatre in Educational History.- Activism and Education.- Performance Methodologies and Political Controversies.- Transitions and Tensions.- Beyond Theatre-in-Education.- The Battle for Imagination.- The Process of Imagining.- The Social Imaginary of Place.- Interrogating Place, Representing Identity.- Theatre Education and Creative Industries.- Theatre, Innovation and Education.- Further Reading.- Index.