Environmental Humanities

Exploring the role of theatre and fiction in defining character in architecture, Louise Pelletier examines how architecture developed to express political and social intent.

Historically informed, it traces how amateur theatre has impacted national repertoires, contributed to diverse creative economies, and responded to changing patterns of labour.

Presenting a rigorous critical investigation of the reinvigoration of the political in contemporary British theatre this text provides a fresh understanding of how theatre has engaged with precarity, affect, risk, intimacy, care and relationality in recent times.

Bonnie Marranca elaborates a new perspective on performance that links ecology and aesthetics.

This expanded edition offers a new generation of theater artists the gospel according to Richard Schechner, the guru whose principles and influence have influenced a quarter century of theater.

examines the business of theatre--from scenic design to program design, from artistic direction to janitorial services--for the environmental impact information into one easy-to-use reference.

Charting the rise of the immersive theatre phenomenon, Josephine Machon shares her wealth of expertise in the field of contemporary performance, inviting the reader to immerse themselves within this illustrated text.

The writer Flannery O'Connor, Maryat Lee (1923-1989) was a highly regarded playwright, first in New York City and later in Appalachia, where she created EcoTheater. In both cases she used non-professional performers and events and people from their own lives to create a fresh and enthralling sense of story.

This collection examines what is at stake when a theatrical space is created and when a performance takes place.

A collection of essays from a diverse group of scholars that explore critically the strengths, limitations, and processes of what can be termed environmental performances.

This book investigates the expanding parameters for site-specific performance to account for the form's increasing popularity in the twenty-first century.

Discover small fixes that will make your theatre productions greener. Learn how sustainability and safety intersect to help protect your workers and volunteers.

Explores how relationships between theatre, performance and the city affect social power dynamics, ideologies and people's sense of identity.