Applied Drama: The Gift of Theatre

Theatre and Performance Practices

by Helen Nicholson

Helen Nicholson examines the ways in which drama and theatre have been applied to different community and educational contexts. She provides an overview of the theoretical concepts underpinning practice in applied drama and theatre and examines a range of practices in the light of contemporary theoretical and political concerns. Applied drama has a radical democratic history, and this book explores how practitioners confront questions of community, creativity and citizenship in theatre which is orientated towards social change.

Genres: Theatre

204 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

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Reviews

[Arun Singh · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are insights about how theatre / drama can be applied on a broader level to different cultures so that the quality of life can be enhances or how drama can touch certain aspects of people to bring a change in their lives.

There are theories and aspects which are told through which usefulness and limitations of applied drama to a larger scale i.e. global scale is acknowledged.

[Leona · Rating 1 out of 5]

Hellishly boring. How it was accepted for publishing is beyond me. Terrible. Avoid.

[Dani · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something tells me I'll be revisiting this one a lot during my dissertation writing.