{"product_id":"theatre-across-borders-abhishek-majumdar-9781350195288","title":"Theatre Across Borders","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIs there a fundamental connection between New York's Elevator Repair Service's 9-hour production of \u003c\/i\u003eThe Great Gatsby \u003ci\u003eand a Kathakali performance?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow can we come to appreciate the slowness of Kabuki theatre as much as the pace of the Whatsapp theatre of post-Arab Spring Turkey? \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan we go beyond our own culture's contemporary definition of a 'good play' and think about the theatre in a deep and pluralistic manner?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on his extensive experience working with theatre artists, students and thinkers across the globe - up to and including an hour-long audience with the Dalai Lama - playwright Abhishek Majumdar considers why we make theatre and how we see it in different parts of the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis own work has taken him from theatre in Japan to dance companies in the Phillippines, writers in Lebanon and Palestine, theatre groups in Burkina Faso, war-torn areas like Kashmir and North Eastern India, and to China and Tibet, Argentina and Mexico. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eVia a far-reaching and provocative collection of essays that is informed by this wealth of experience, Majumdar explores: \u003cbr\u003e- how different cultures conceive theatre and how the norm of one place is the experiment of another;\u003cbr\u003e- the ways in which theatre across the world mirrors its socio political and philosophical climate;\u003cbr\u003e- how, for thousands of years, theatre has been a tool to both disrupt and to heal;\u003cbr\u003e- and how, even within the many differences, there are universals from which we can all learn and how theatre does cross borders \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf interest to theatre makers everywhere - be they writers, actors, directors or designers - this book offers an oversight, as well as interrogation, into the place of theatre in the world today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abhishek Majumdar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350195286\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350195288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Methuen Drama\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Abhishek Majumdar","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076678414591,"sku":"9781350195288","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1550c4a6-7105-4956-a8da-bb8b4f77901b.jpg?v=1685466236","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/theatre-across-borders-abhishek-majumdar-9781350195288","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}