British Theatre Companies 1995–2014: Welfare State International, CAST, Portable Theatre Company, The People Show, and The Pip Simmons Theatre Group

This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to 2014. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the most important companies. Volume Three, 1995-2014, charts the expansion of the sector in the era of Lottery funding and traces the resistant influences of earlier movements in the emergence of new companies and an independent theatre ecology that seeks to reconfigure the mainstream. Leading academics provide case studies of six of the most important companies, including: \* Mind the Gap, by Dave Calvert (University of Huddersfield, UK) \* Blast Theory, by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (University of Hull, UK) \* Suspect Culture, by Clare Wallace (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) \* Punchdrunk, by Josephine Machon (Middlesex University, UK) \* Kneehigh, by Duška Radosavljevic (University of Kent, UK) • Stans Cafe, by Marissia Fragkou (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to 2014. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the most important companies. Volume Three, 1995-2014, charts the expansion of the sector in the era of Lottery funding and traces the resistant influences of earlier movements in the emergence of new companies and an independent theatre ecology that seeks to reconfigure the mainstream. Leading academics provide case studies of six of the most important companies, including: * Mind the Gap, by Dave Calvert (University of Huddersfield, UK) * Blast Theory, by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (University of Hull, UK) * Suspect Culture, by Clare Wallace (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) * Punchdrunk, by Josephine Machon (Middlesex University, UK) * Kneehigh, by Du#x8A;¡ka Radosavljevic (University of Kent, UK) * Stans Cafe, by Marissia Fragkou (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to 2014. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the most important companies. Volume Three, 1995-2014, charts the expansion of the sector in the era of Lottery funding and traces the resistant influences of earlier movements in the emergence of new companies and an independent theatre ecology that seeks to reconfigure the mainstream. Leading academics provide case studies of six of the most important companies, including: * Mind the Gap, by Dave Calvert (University of Huddersfield, UK) * Blast Theory, by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (University of Hull, UK) * Suspect Culture, by Clare Wallace (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) * Punchdrunk, by Josephine Machon (Middlesex University, UK) * Kneehigh, by Duska Radosavljevic (University of Kent, UK) * Stan's Cafe, by Marissia Fragkou (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK) FC Half Title In the same series from Bloomsbury Methuen Drama Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgements Series Editors’ Preface Preface to Volume Three Chapter 1 Historical and Cultural Background by Liz Tomlin Part One: Politics, Society and Culture Part Two: Arts Councils, Funding and Policy Chapter 2 British Theatre Companies: 1995–2014 by Liz Tomlin Part One: Influences on the Ecology of the Independent Theatre Sector Part Two: Politics, Access and Inclusion Part Three: Devised Performance and New Writing Chapter 3 by Dave Calvert Mind the Gap Chapter 4 by Duška Radosavljević Kneehigh Theatre Chapter 5 by Clare Wallace Suspect Culture Chapter 6 by Marissia Fragkou Stan’s Cafe Chapter 7 by Maria Chatzichristodoulou Blast Theory Chapter 8 by Josephine Machon Punchdrunk Notes Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index "This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to the present. It charts the movement of much of this work from the fringe to the mainstream of British theatre culture. Each volume provides an overview of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the major companies."--Publisher This series provides a survey of the political and cultural context, an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period, and detailed case studies of six of the most important companies. This volume charts the expansion of the sector in the era of National Lottery funding and traces the resistant influences of earlier movements in the emergence of new companies and an independent theatre ecology that seeks to reconfigure the mainstream