02914nam 2200613Ia 450 99655234580331620231101071823.01-5261-5089-11-5261-5090-510.7765/9781526150905(CKB)5490000000019527(BIP)076878625(DE-B1597)660842(DE-B1597)9781526150905(EXLCZ)99549000000001952720231101h20202020 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierScience in performance Theatre and the politics of engagement /Simon ParryManchester : Manchester University Press, [2020]©20201 online resource 8 black & white figures, 2 tablesTheatre: Theory - Practice - Performance0-7190-9920-X This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. This book is about science in theatre and performance. It explores how theatre and performance engage with emerging scientific themes from artificial intelligence to genetics and climate change.The book covers a wide range of performance forms from Broadway musicals to educational theatre, from Somali drama to grime videos. It features work by pioneering companies including Gob Squad, Headlong Theatre and Theatre of Debate as well as offering fresh analysis of global blockbusters such as Wicked and Urinetown. The book offers detailed description and analysis of theatre and performance practices as well as broader commentary on the politics of theatre as public engagement with science. Science in performance is essential reading for researchers, students and practitioners working between science and the arts within fields such as theatre and performance studies, science communication, interdisciplinary arts and health humanities.Science in the performing artsTheater and societyTheaterPolitical aspectsPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticismbisacsharts.cosmopolitics.engagement.interdisciplinary.knowledge.performance.politics.public.science.theatre.Science in the performing arts.Theater and society.TheaterPolitical aspects.PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism.792Parry Simon, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1436977DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996552345803316Science in performance3596800UNISA