The Playful Revolution: Theatre and Liberation in Asia (Drama and Performance Studies)

"The Playful Revolution is an entertaining journal.... exemplary... " -- Illusions"The Playful Revolution breaks new ground by documenting developmental theatre in Asia in its current socio-political and economic ethos... " -- New Theatre Quarterly"[T]his book is the account of a personal journey through Asia, a written documentary of a quest to find political theatre that really works and that possesses a vitality and passion that the contemporary Western theatre seems to have lost." -- from the bookIn this groundbreaking book, van Erven reports on the liberation theatre movements throughout Asia, which include a diverse collection of creative artists whose politics range from liberal to revolutionary but who all share a common goal of using grass-roots theatre as an agent of liberation. "The Playful Revolution is an entertaining journal.... exemplary..." -- Illusions "The Playful Revolution breaks new groundby documenting developmental theatre in Asia in its current socio-political andeconomic ethos... " -- New Theatre Quarterly " T]hisbook is the account of a personal journey through Asia, a written documentary of aquest to find political theatre that really works and that possesses a vitality andpassion that the contemporary Western theatre seems to have lost." -- from thebook In this groundbreaking book, van Erven reports on theliberation theatre movements throughout Asia, which include a diverse collection ofcreative artists whose politics range from liberal to revolutionary but who allshare a common goal of using grass-roots theatre as an agent ofliberation. I. Revolution, Freedom, And Theatre -- Ii. Building Stages Of People Power: The Philippines Educational Theater Association -- Iii. Inside The Philippine Theatre Of Liberation Network -- Iv. Resistance Theatre In South Korea: Above And Underground -- V. The Factionalized Indian Theatre Of Liberation -- Vi. Killed In Action: Safdar Hashmi's Street Theatre In Delhi -- Vii. Of Stages And Mosques: The Irresistible Rise Of Pakistan's Political Theatre -- Viii. Beyond The Shadows Of Wayang: Theatre Of Liberation In Indonesia -- Ix. Theatre Of Liberation Experiments In Thailand -- X. Conclusion. Eugène Van Erven. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Reports on the liberation theatre movements in the Philippines, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Thailand. This work describes a diverse collection of creative artists whose politics range from liberal to revolutionary, but who all share a common goal of using grass-roots theatre as an agent of liberation. Reports on the liberation theatre movements in the Philippines, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Thailand. This title describes a diverse collection of creative artists whose politics range from liberal to revolutionary but who all share a common goal of using grass-roots theatre as an agent of liberation.