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Theatre & War (Hardback)

by Nandita Dinesh

Vernon Press

Hardcover/Performing Arts 254 pages English Sep 24, 2018

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In Theatre & War: Notes from the Field (2016, 2018), Dinesh writes about making theatre in zones of conflict. She analyzes practice; she describes various projects that she has undertaken 'on the ground'; she theorizes strategies that might be useful to other practitioner-researchers who are involved in similar work. In this sequel of sorts, Dinesh chooses to return to the same themes: of theatre, of war. But this time, she intentionally crafts her notes from afar. From somewhere outside the field. From somewhere outside the practice. And yet, a somewhere that is consumed by the field. And the practice. Through writing that seeks to 'do', through writing that seeks to 'perform', Dinesh use different voices in this book. Voices that come from more traditional archival sources, which are then re-conceptualized as drama. Voices that come from sources that occupy the space between archived and lived experience, which are then shaped into creative vignettes. Voices that come from Dinesh's repertoire - her own lived experiences - that are then crafted as flash fiction about past/ present/ future collaborators. By weaving together variously positioned experiences and voices through creative (re)interpretations, Theatre & War: Notes from Afar is a book that could be read; it is also a book that could be performed.
Author:
Nandita Dinesh
Publisher:
Vernon Press
Publication Date:
Sep 24, 2018
Number of pages:
254 pages
Language:
English
Binding:
Hardcover/Performing Arts
ISBN-10:
162273453X
ISBN-13:
9781622734535