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9781474267045

Devising Theatre with Stan’s Cafe

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  • ISBN13:

    9781474267045

  • ISBN10:

    1474267041

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2017-09-21
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Methuen Drama

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Summary

Since it was founded in 1991, British theatre company Stan's Cafe has garnered an international reputation for artistic innovation, and prolific, eclectic performance projects. Their work has toured nationally and internationally, with 2003's Of All The People In All The World having been performed in over fifty cities around the world. Embracing site-specific, immersive, durational, non-text-based as well as scripted work, Stan's Cafe's portfolio defies simple categorization. Running through all their work however is a collaborative devising process that champions experimentation and improvisation. Devising Theatre with Stan's Cafe reveals and reflects on their theatre-making process, providing an illuminating and accessible account of their work and the approaches, techniques and philosophies which underpin and inspire it. Co-authored by artistic director James Yarker and Dr Mark Crossley (De Montfort University, UK), the book is both a personal record of their work and the perfect companion to anyone looking to make their own original theatre or performance work.

Structured around key elements of their artistic process, Devising Theatre with Stan's Cafe records and explores the company's distinctive approach to such areas as: ideas creation and devising; dramaturgy and the rehearsal process; the place and types of text in their work; mise en scene; space, location and time; the nature of ensemble practice and types of performance; editing and refining the performance, and the role of the audience within the performance. Every chapter is augmented by interviews with company members, practical exercises and brief summaries of the concepts and practitioners covered.

For theatre students, fans and theatre-makers, Devising Theatre with Stan's Cafe is an inspiring account and practical guide to contemporary performance practice.

Author Biography

Dr. Mark Crossley is a Senior Lecturer in Performing Arts at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. He specializes in contemporary intermedial practice and the relationship between professional theatre practice and arts pedagogy. He has written many articles on this subject that have been published in the UK as well as internationally.

James Yarker co-founded the theatre company Stan's Cafe in Birmingham, UK, in 1991. Since that time he has conceived and directed all of the company's major productions.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
1. Setting the scene
2. The company in context
3. Getting an Idea
4. Dramaturgy and rehearsal
5. Text in contemporary practice
6. Mise en scène
7. Space and Time
8. Performing: The nature of contemporary ensemble practice
9. Direction
10. Editing
11. Audience and spectatorship
12. Finale
Appendices
Index

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