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Vernacular theatre
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- Book Synopsis
- Between 1989 and 2020, Jonathan Petherbridge worked as the artistic director of a community-based theatre company - London Bubble. This longer than average tenure allowed him time to forge a close working relationship with the community and develop new ways to involve people of all ages in theatre-making. Out of a slew of projects emerged a particular methodology to make work that was researched, curated and performed by citizens between the ages of 8 and 80. The process that emerged was called Foraging - a methodology carefully divided into five phases, which attempts to bring the best out of both voluntary and specialist artists - making time and space for them to create theatre that has a striking beauty and an ingrained aesthetic of care. Vernacular Theatre describes the result - the aesthetic. The case studies - based on work with citizens of London and Hiroshima - examine how this theatre has valued key moments of communal history, contemporary issues and everyday institutions. The book suggests reasons and techniques for others to make similar work. Concluding with a reflection on the pre-classical chorus of Greek theatre where original work was produced to celebrate events with and for the community, this book proposes a new genre - a social and intergenerational art form that invites people to gather and share their life experience, concerns and creativity.
- About The Author
- Jonathan Petherbridge has been making theatre within community for over forty years and has seen the context change radically - and his practice has changed with it. He has run building-based theatres, pioneered outdoor promenade theatre and developed methodologies to work with different age groups and collectively, across generations.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781835951897
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Intellect Books, (24 November 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 182
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 244 x 170 mm
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