Contemporary Theatres in Europe A Critical Companion

'This is a remarkably good book - not only are the essays and the Editors' comments incisive and stimulating, but the idea of the book as an intervention into contemporary scholarly discourse is also provocative at the metatheatrical-metapedagogical level.' From Janelle Reinelt's Foreword Europe at the turn of the twenty-first century is a place where the practice of theatre still matters. Theatre remains a place and a practice in which pressing questions of political and personal identity, desire, imagination and dissent can be explored. Contemporary Theatres in Europe: A Critical Companion offers a series of essays about some of the most interesting theatre currently being made in Europe. It also presents a range of different approaches to the challenge of writing about the experience of theatre and performance. The book includes essays on some of the most celebrated European theatre companies of the last twenty years (Thé'tre du Soleil, Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio), as well as considerations of work that is still only to be found in the more secluded parts of the European theatrical landscape. It also includes essays on music theatre, dance and dance theatre and theatre for children: theatrical practices which are often marginalised in critical writing but which are clearly still central to the work of theatre makers in Europe. This book offers the student, the scholar and the theatre-goer an informed and vivid critical introduction to contemporary theatre in Europe and an open invitation to the reader to extend their theatrical imaginations. Joe Kelleher teaches drama, theatre and performance studies at Roehampton University. Nicholas Ridout is Lecturer in Performance at Queen Mary University of London.Kelleher, Joe is the author of 'Contemporary Theatres in Europe A Critical Companion', published 2006 under ISBN 9780415329392 and ISBN 0415329396.