Street Theatre and the Production of Postindustrial Space

Working Memories

David Calder

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Manchester University Press
26 March 2019

Theatre direction & production; Street theatre

Series: Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance

Deindustrialising communities have called upon street theatre companies to re-animate public space and commemorate industrial heritage. How have these companies converted derelict factories into spaces of theatrical production? How do they connect their work to the industrial work that once occurred there? How do those connections manifest in theatrical events, and how do such events give shape and meaning to ongoing redevelopment projects? This book develops an understanding of the relationship between theatre and redevelopment that goes beyond accusations of gentrification or celebrations of radical resistance. Ultimately, Calder argues that deindustrialisation and redevelopment depend on theatrical events and performative acts to make ongoing change intelligible and navigable. Working memories brings together some of current theatre scholarship's fundamental concerns while demonstrating the significance of those concerns to an interdisciplinary readership. -- .

By: David Calder
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 14mm
Weight: 399g
ISBN: 9781526121592
ISBN 10: 152612159X
Series: Theatre: Theory – Practice – Performance
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 26 March 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Adult education , Undergraduate , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Working memory 1. Theatre in ruins: street and theatre at the end of Fordism 2. Reincorporation: putting the countryside back to work 3. Excavation: the imaginary archaeology of redevelopment 4. Resurfacing: continuous theatre for a creative city 5. Recuperation: alternate pasts, sustainable futures Notes References Index -- .

David Calder is Lecturer in Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Manchester -- .

Reviews for Street Theatre and the Production of Postindustrial Space: Working Memories

'Calder’s chapters invite us to attend to both the destructive and the creative ways that street theatre restages the industrial past, while reminding us how our work today is haunted, whether we embrace it or not, by the work of yesterday.' Theatre Journal -- .