Devising in Process examines the creative processes of eight theatre companies making devising-based performances.
Companies covered include:
- The People Show
- Station House Opera
- Shunt
- The Red Room
- Faulty Optic Theatre of Animation
- theatre O
- Gecko
- Third Angel
Authors were granted unusual access to the rehearsal room, enabling them to provide unique insights into how ideas evolve and develop, how strategies and methods are applied and how roles and relationships are structured. Covering a broad range of styles, the collection explores physical theatre, political theatre, puppetry, live art, new writing and performance with new technology.
Accessibly framed, the book includes a comprehensive introduction which highlights similarities and differences in approach, examines the impact of economic and cultural factors and explores how definitions of devised theatre are changing and developing. This eye-opening collection will be important reading for students and practitioners interested in exploring 21st century devising processes.
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.