Reading, K (2021) 'Navigating new approaches for grassroot community theatre in a (post-) Covid world.' Alicante Journal of English Studies / Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, 35. pp. 163-180.
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Abstract
The cultural revolution of 1968 paved the way for many artists to reconsider how and where theatre was made. Community theatre gained currency and one company who became prominent during this cultural shift was Welfare State, later Welfare State International. They were one of the theatre companies who focused not only on a community theatre aesthetic but a grassroot one. I examine the radicality of community theatre and consider the efficacy of the historical approaches to engaging with communities in a (Post-)Covid world. I acknowledge and explore the shifting understanding of communities and assert that a deeper engagement is needed to foster collectivity (Tannahill 2016; Fişek 2019; Weston 2020; Bartley 2021). To reconsider the role that theatre may play in the future, I focus on a grassroot approach to community-led work and posit that location will be a key component to how theatre is made as we emerge from a pandemic
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Note: | Part of a special issue titled 'Theatre and Performance Studies in English'. |
| Keywords: | community theatre, grassroots, collectivity, locality |
| Divisions: | Bath School of Music and Performing Arts |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Mar 2022 10:24 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Mar 2022 10:26 |
| ISSN: | 0214-4808 |
| URI / Page ID: | https://researchspace.bathspa.ac.uk/id/eprint/14675 |
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