Street Theatre and the Production of Postindustrial Space: Working Memories

Author:   David Calder
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
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9781526121592


Pages:   216
Publication Date:   26 March 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Deindustrialising communities have called upon street theatre companies to re-animate public space and commemorate industrial heritage. How have these companies converted derelict factories into spaces of theatrical production? How do they connect their work to the industrial work that once occurred there? How do those connections manifest in theatrical events, and how do such events give shape and meaning to ongoing redevelopment projects? This book develops an understanding of the relationship between theatre and redevelopment that goes beyond accusations of gentrification or celebrations of radical resistance. Ultimately, Calder argues that deindustrialisation and redevelopment depend on theatrical events and performative acts to make ongoing change intelligible and navigable. Working memories brings together some of current theatre scholarship's fundamental concerns while demonstrating the significance of those concerns to an interdisciplinary readership. -- .

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Author:   David Calder
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.399kg
ISBN:  

9781526121592


ISBN 10:   152612159
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   26 March 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Adult education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: Working memory 1. Theatre in ruins: street and theatre at the end of Fordism 2. Reincorporation: putting the countryside back to work 3. Excavation: the imaginary archaeology of redevelopment 4. Resurfacing: continuous theatre for a creative city 5. Recuperation: alternate pasts, sustainable futures Notes References Index -- .

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'Calder's chapters invite us to attend to both the destructive and the creative ways that street theatre restages the industrial past, while reminding us how our work today is haunted, whether we embrace it or not, by the work of yesterday.' Theatre Journal -- .


'Calder’s chapters invite us to attend to both the destructive and the creative ways that street theatre restages the industrial past, while reminding us how our work today is haunted, whether we embrace it or not, by the work of yesterday.' Theatre Journal -- .


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David Calder is Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Manchester -- .

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