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From: ReadingList The Politics of Performance: Radical Theatre as cultural intervention Baz Kershaw 1992. The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. It proposes a theory of performace as ideological transaction, cultural intervention and community action, which is used to illuminate the potential social and political effects of radical performance practice. It raises issues about the nature of alternative theatre as a movement and the aesthetics of its styles of production, especially in relation to progressive counter-cultural formations. It analyses in detail the work of key practitioners in socially engaged theatre during four decades, setting each in the context of social, political and cultural history and focusing particularly on how they used that context to enhance the potential efficacy of their productions. The book is thus a detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice in its various efforts to subvert the status quo. Its purpose is to raise the profile of these approaches to performance by proposing, and demonstrating how they may have had a significant impact on social and political history. Routledge Play Video Open Document Paul Maunder

From: YouTube Community values and process Hayley Sherwood Hayley speaks about community values and process Winston Churchill Foundation Australia Play Video Open Document Michael McSweeney

From: YouTube Inclusive theatre Hayley Sherwood Inclusive theatre Winston Churchill Foundation Australia Play Video Open Document Michael McSweeney

From: YouTube Devising theatre with children Paul Brewster McGinley Describes initiatives Trusty Sidekick have taken into devising and developing immersive theatre experiences for children and also for neurodivergent audiences. Paul is from Trusty Sidekick Theatre Company. From Michael McSweeney's Winston Churchill Memorial Fellowship Study 2021 via recorded Zoom interviews. (c) Michael McSweeney Winston Churchill Foundation Australia Play Video Open Document Michael McSweeney

From: YouTube People in Community Theatre Hayley Sherwood How do we relate to each other in Community Theatre? Winston Churchill Foundation Australia Play Video Open Document Michael McSweeney

From: ReadingList Rebellious Mirrors: Community Based Theatre in Aotearoa/new Zealan Paul Maunder 2013. This unique account of community-based theatre - theatre created by professionals working with communities - challenges the mainstream history of New Zealand theatre. Rebellious Mirrors looks at the early production of theatre in Aotearoa/New Zealand, investigates the experimental period of the 1970s, which is seen as searching for an authentic role, portrays the beginnings of Maori theatre, and gives a comprehensive portrait of a field of work during the period 1990-2010: work that took place within the contradictory framework of neo-liberalism. ​ Play Video Open Document Paul Maunder

From: YouTube Intergenerational DIalogue Alexander Santiago-Jirau Intergenerational DIalogue Winston Churchill Foundation Australia Play Video Open Document Michael McSweeney

From: ReadingList Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue. Michael Rhode Michael Rohd is founding artistic director of Sojourn Theatre, a thirteen year old ensemble-based company and a 2005 recipient of Americans for the Arts’ Animating Democracy Exemplar Award. He devises and directs around the nation, received a 2010 Chicago Jeff Award for Best New Work, is on faculty at Northwestern University, and wrote the widely translated book Theatre for Community, Conflict, and Dialogue. His work with Sojourn, other theaters and in non-arts sector settings around the nation focuses on social practice and civic practice projects through collaboratively designed arts-based engagement and participation strategies. He leads the recently formed Center for Performance and Civic Practice. ​ Play Video Open Document ​