Grace Reid and I worked with playwright/director Ian Leung for our climate change theatre project, where we examined the production, performance and reception of Leung´s play U: The Comedy of Global Warming. In this blog post, Leung... more
Grace Reid and I worked with playwright/director Ian Leung for our climate change theatre project, where we examined the production, performance and reception of Leung´s play U: The Comedy of Global Warming. In this blog post, Leung reflects on his responses to the findings outlined in our journal article "Laughing in the face of climate change? Satire as a device for engaging audiences in public debate", which was published by Science Communication in 2014 (vol 36, issue 4).
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An examination of the challenges involved in developing and facilitating student-led post-show discussions
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There is a parcity of scholarship dealing with LGBTQ issues in theatre for young audiences (TYA). My thesis attempts to rectify this oversight by assessing the small but evolving body of work on this subject. Using methodology provided by... more
There is a parcity of scholarship dealing with LGBTQ issues in theatre for young audiences (TYA). My thesis attempts to rectify this oversight by assessing the small but evolving body of work on this subject. Using methodology provided by queer theorists such as Michel Foucault, Eve Sedgwick, and Alexander Doty, I outline the criteria necessary for a TYA play which productively engages in queer discourses. With the support of neurological advances in the study of mirror-neurons and the psychological field looking at self-development, TYA becomes the foremost art form which allows young people to exercise empathy, emphasizing the important of the existence of these narratives. I deconstruct “troubled youth” plays such as Laurie Brooks’ The Wrestling Season where coming out leads to negative consequences, and move into an analysis of three new plays for young audiences with progressive LGBTQ characters and narratives. These plays are Catherine Wheels’ White a play for under-5’s where color invades a completely white world in a metaphor for diversity, Emily Freeman’s And Then Came Tango for elementary school audiences about a controversial same-sex penguin couple at The Central Park Zoo, and Gabriel Jason Dean’s The Transition of Doodle Pequeño for middle –schoolers about a boy and his imaginary goat who meet Reno, a boy who likes to wear dresses. In the subsequent practical component of my argument, I examine the process behind an on campus production and tour of Dean’s play which I directed, outlining the ways in which these theoretical claims apply to theatrical practice. This thesis serves as a call to action for theatre-makers to influence young peoples’ lives by acknowledging the importance of including queer narratives and characters in theatre for young audiences.
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Das Manifest des De-naturalistischen Theaters von Enrico Bernard illustriert von Dario Fo
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Über das theaterpädagogische Programm der Kulturwerkstatt Káva
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In this article, we propose new structural approaches to facilitating applied theatre practice, specifically in theatre forms developed to address oppression. The intention of these activities is to highlight the power of choice in a... more
In this article, we propose new structural approaches to facilitating applied theatre practice, specifically in theatre forms developed to address oppression. The intention of these activities is to highlight the power of choice in a given oppressive situation to help participants find practical ways of addressing such issues. One way the practice can do this is by inviting participants to reveal their personal oppressions. Without careful preparation, participants can find themselves participating in emotionally-charged situations. We argue that applied theatre practitioners can adapt the concept of informed consent to ensure participants have a clear understanding of the work. Informed consent is the practice of clearly stating and agreeing upon the work of therapy before entering into it. In this article, we present a practical model for theatre practitioners to add informed consent to their practice so as to enhance the process for both participants and practitioners.
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Manual de taller de dramatització-teatre per a secundària. Les èpoques de la història del teatre des dels orígens fins a l'actualitat convertides en temes com si foren un projecte de treball. A més analitzem què ha aportat cada època a la... more
Manual de taller de dramatització-teatre per a secundària. Les èpoques de la història del teatre des dels orígens fins a l'actualitat convertides en temes com si foren un projecte de treball. A més analitzem què ha aportat cada època a la història del llenguatge teatral.

Aquest manual és un projecte col·lectiu coordinat per Antoni Navarro en col·laboració amb Tomás Motos, Francisco Tejedo i Xema Palanca. També està traduït al castellà per l'editorial Bromera i ens agradaria traduir-lo a altres llengües.
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This article formulates a view of aesthetics, consistent with recent developments in the Kantian tradition, which allows for aesthetics as a means to learning. Criteria are offered for successful use of aesthetics in the use of drama to... more
This article formulates a view of aesthetics, consistent with recent developments in the Kantian tradition, which allows for aesthetics as a means to learning. Criteria are offered for successful use of aesthetics in the use of drama to teach languages. These statements are illustrated with reference to three case studies of students using drama to teach English in Hong Kong.
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This book chapter discusses the experience of two Hong Kong secondary teachers, analyzing their views of theatre in terms of the anthropological distinction between guilt and shame cultures, and the notion of collective responsibility.
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A filmed conversation for the British Society of Gerontology with co-researcher and Passages member Clare McManus, exploring findings from Bridie Moore's AHRC funded practice as research into the performance of age and ageing. 
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We develop the following narrative as a series of field notes by a sociologist (Amrita) learning how to use creative means to re-study her work, and a creative artist (Ditte) using the dual lens of an artist and a researcher. We focus on... more
We develop the following narrative as a series of field notes by a sociologist (Amrita) learning how to use creative means to re-study her work, and a creative artist (Ditte) using the dual lens of an artist and a researcher. We focus on two moments in the
making of our performance Made in India: Godh Bharai (ritual Hindu baby shower) organized by the surrogates for Amrita, and an embroidery project with the surrogates.On the one hand,
both moments allowed us to interact with the surrogate mothers outside of their role as “disciplined motherworkers,” living under strict medical surveillance in surrogacy hostels (Pande, 2010). On the other, these experiences could be shared with audiences around the world – people who would otherwise never get to
“interact” with the mother-workers in India. We explore both moments as community theatre, albeit involving two distinct communities – that of the surrogates and that of audiences.
The ultimate ambition of the interactive performance Made in India: Notes from a Baby Farm is to bridge the two communities so that they can interrogate how they see themselves, how they see others, and how they see themselves in relation to others.
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Dieses Praxisbuch stellt einerseits eine umfassende Orientierungshilfe für die Welt des Theaters der Unterdrückten dar, andererseits gibt Birgit Fritz konkrete und sehr praxisnahe Hilfsmittel an die Hand, um beispielsweise einen... more
Dieses Praxisbuch stellt einerseits eine umfassende Orientierungshilfe für die Welt des Theaters der Unterdrückten dar, andererseits gibt Birgit Fritz konkrete und sehr praxisnahe Hilfsmittel an die Hand, um beispielsweise einen Basisworkshop für prozessorientierte Theaterarbeit zu gestalten oder um Forumtheater-Stücke zu entwickeln.
Birgit Fritz geht ausführlich auf die Arbeitsprinzipien der emanzipatorischen Theaterarbeit und des somatischen Lernens ein, stellt zahlreiche Beispiele für das Leben und die Arbeit von Theatergruppen vor und zeigt faszinierende Möglichkeiten auf, wie das Theater für sozialen Wandel erfolgreich mit gesellschaftlichem und politischem Engagement verbunden werden kann, um so mit künstlerischen Mitteln eine generationenübergreifende, energetisch-friedliche und demokratische gesellschaftliche Entwicklung zu bewirken und zu fördern.

"Dieses Buch, das von einer erfahrenen Theaterpraktikerin und Trainerin geschrieben wurde, bietet einige Einblicke in diese Arbeit und unterlegt die ihr zu Grunde liegenden Prinzipien durch einen kurzen Essay von Julian Boal, dem Sohn von Augusto, über die Definitionen von Unterdrückung und durch ein Interview mit Sanjoy Ganguly, dem künstlerischen Leiter der größten und ältesten in Indien tätigen Theater der Unterdrückten-Gruppe, der diese Form des Theaters als eine Politik der Beziehungen sieht, die zu einer Art praktischer Demokratie führt, durch die den Beteiligten das Wort erteilt wird, im Prozess ihre eigene Realität und die Kontexte, in denen sie leben, zu gestalten."
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GANGULY, Sanjoy Forumtheater und Demokratie in Indien herausgegeben und übersetzt von Birgit Fritz Indische Theaterarbeit zwischen Marx und Vivekananda: Das Theater der Unterdrückten wurzelt im Lateinamerika der 1960er und 70er Jahre. Es... more
GANGULY, Sanjoy
Forumtheater und Demokratie in Indien
herausgegeben und übersetzt von Birgit Fritz

Indische Theaterarbeit zwischen Marx und Vivekananda: Das Theater der Unterdrückten wurzelt im Lateinamerika der 1960er und 70er Jahre. Es hat nicht nur vergangene Diktaturen erfolgreich überlebt, sondern meistert nun auch den Sprung ins 21. Jahrhundert. Das friedensfördernde, demokratisierende »Menschenrechtstheater« wird aktuell auf allen Kontinenten und in vielen Ländern, von Singapur bis nach Kolumbien, praktiziert.
Die indische Theaterbewegung Jana Sanskriti und ihr Gründer Sanjoy Ganguly stellen dabei laut Augusto Boal (dem Begründer der Methode), die wichtigsten außer­brasilianischen Exponenten dar. Mit einer direkten und informellen, jedoch sehr reflektierenden Art beschäftigt sich dieses Buch mit Fragen der Macht und Hierarchie, Bildungsmodellen und Demokratie, sowie dem Verstehen und der Umsetzung einer performativen Ästhetik eines »Theater als Politik«, in einer Zeit in der viele das Vertrauen in die Politik verloren haben.
Zwischen Marx und Vivekananda: Indische Theaterarbeit überbrückt Philosophien, Jahrhunderte und Kontinente.
Mit einleitenden Texten von Gerald Faschingeder, Birgit Fritz und dem englischen Herausgeber Ralph Yarrow.
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This handbook not only provides a very wide-ranging introduction and orientation to the world of the Theatre of the Oppressed, but Birgit Fritz also presents concrete and practical assistance for structuring basic workshops in... more
This handbook not only provides a very wide-ranging introduction and orientation to the world of the Theatre of the Oppressed, but Birgit Fritz also presents concrete and practical assistance for structuring basic workshops in process-oriented theatre work and in developing Forum Theatre plays.
Birgit Fritz explores the working principles of emancipatory theatre work and somatic learning in depth. She gives numerous examples of the work and life of theatre groups and reveals fascinating possibilities of how Theatre for social change can be successfully linked with social and political commitment, so that artistic process can bring about cross-generational collaboration, develop social democracy and operate as an active force for peace.
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