This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change. The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos.
It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.
| ISBN: | 9780719099205 |
| Publication date: | 18th August 2020 |
| Author: | Simon Parry |
| Publisher: | Manchester University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | Theatre |
| Genres: |
Theatre studies Science: general issues |
This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change.
Science in Performance features in the following genres: Theatre studies, Science: general issues
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Science in Performance was written by Simon Parry and published by Manchester University Press
Science in Performance has 208 pages
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