Theatre in the dark : shadow, gloom and blackout in contemporary theatre /
This edited collection of essays explores how theater works in the dark, examining performances that blur the boundary between stage and auditorium by turning out the lights, and the significance of seeing and listening in darkness to some of this new century's most exciting and innovative thea...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2017.
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| Series: | Methuen drama engage.
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| Summary: | This edited collection of essays explores how theater works in the dark, examining performances that blur the boundary between stage and auditorium by turning out the lights, and the significance of seeing and listening in darkness to some of this new century's most exciting and innovative theater artists. Theatre in the Dark responds to the rising tide of experimentation in dark theater aesthetics, bringing together, for the first time, leading and emerging practitioners and researchers in a volume dedicated to theater in the dark. As well as examining the history of how theatre lowered the lights in order to see differently, the book also explores the work of a growing number of theatre makers experimenting with the aesthetic potential of darkness, including Sound & Fury, Lundahl & Seitl, Chris Goode, David Rosenberg and Glen Neath. The book is divided into three parts, Dark Aesthetics, Dark Phenomena and Dark Culture. Opening up a field of research that considers the aesthetics and phenomenology of dark theater performances, along with their contexts, Theatre in the Dark proposes and explores areas for discussion and debate that will appeal to researchers, practitioners and audiences alike. |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 283 pages ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781474251181 1474251188 |