How do power dynamics, ideologies and identity play out in relations between theatre and the city? Evaluating material conditions such as architecture and performative practices such as urban activism, Harvie argues both contribute to understanding the complex economies and ecologies of theatre and performance in an increasingly urbanized world.

How can an understanding of theatre in the city help us make sense of urban social experience?

Theatre& the City explores how relationships between theatre, performance and the city affect social power dynamics, ideologies and people's sense of identity. The book evaluates both material conditions (such as architecture) and performative practices (such as urban activism) to argue that both these categories contribute to the complex economies and ecologies of theatre and performance in an increasingly urbanised world.

Foreword by Tim Etchells

Jen Harvie is at the cutting edge of research in this area, exploring both theatre and the city's material conditions and their performative potentials

Autorentext

JEN HARVIE is Professor of Contemporary Theatre and Performance at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She is co-editor of the Theatre& series, author of Staging the UK (2005), co-author of The Routledge Companion to Theatre and Performance (2006) and co-editor of Making Contemporary Theatre (2009).

Zusammenfassung
How can an understanding of theatre in the city help us make sense of urban social experience?

Inhalt
Series Editors' Preface
Foreword; Tim Etchells
Introduction
City& Texts
Cultural Materialism, Theatre& the City
City& Performativity: Performing the City
Conclusions: City, Theatre, Performance, Hybridity, Ambivalence& Cosmopolitanism
Further Reading
Index