
Devising in Process
Red Globe Press
Published on 9. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-230-57367-3 (ISBN)
Description
Devising in Process brings together detailed case studies of the creative process of eight theatre companies making devising-based performances in styles ranging from physical theatre to puppetry to live art. Writers have been granted unusual access to the rehearsal room, enabling them to offer concrete insights into how ideas evolve and develop.
Reviews / Votes
"This accessible and concise collection of essays, edited by Alex Mermikides and Jackie Smart, presents valuable insights into the vibrancy of alternative British theatre. These insights derive in part from the fact that the book's contributors were embedded within their focus companies to observe their devising of specific performance projects. This unusual access to the unique, often long and idiosyncratic process of devising performance brings immediacy to an obscure and sometimes misunderstood subject." - Thomas Riccio, Theatre Journal, Volume 64, Number 2, May 2012 "Devising in Process contributes to a growing number of books on the process of theatre making that analyse approaches to contemporary performance and provide models of creative practice for students and theatre practitioners...Contributors to the volume were given access, to a greater or lesser extent, to the rehearsals of these companies, and this intimate engagement enables them to present perceptive insights into the devising strategies, processes, and methods deployed to develop innovative and challenging performances." - Lib Taylor, Contemporary Theatre Review, Volume 22, Issue 1, 2012More details
Edition
2010
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
266 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-57367-3 (9780230573673)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-10535-6
Schweitzer Classification
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Persons
ALEX MERMIKIDES is Senior Lecturer in Drama at Kingston University, UK, where she leads the MA Making Plays: Writing and Devising for the Stage and teaches on the BA Drama course, specialising in devising and writing for performance. She is a member of the Lightwork Theatre Company.
JACKIE SMART is Principal Lecturer in Drama at Kingston University, UK, where she teaches devising, acting and physical theatre at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has devised and directed many professional productions.
JACKIE SMART is Principal Lecturer in Drama at Kingston University, UK, where she teaches devising, acting and physical theatre at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She has devised and directed many professional productions.
Content
Introduction.- People Show in Rehearsal: People Show #118 The Birthday Tour; S. Behrndt.- Station House Opera; J. Kelly.- The Making of Faulty Optic's Dead Wedding: Inertia, Chaos and Adaptation; T. Moss.- Devising and Advocacy: The Red Room's Unstated; G. White.- The Distance Covered: Third Angel's 9 Billion Miles from Home; P. Stainer.- Delirium: in rehearsal with theatre O; H. Freshwater.- Clash and Consensus in Shunt's 'big shows' and the Lounge; A. Mermikides.- Sculpting the Territory: Gecko's The Arab and The Jew in Process; J. Smart.