Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace - Travelling Theatre

Aotearoa New Zealand primarily focus on examples of New Zealand theatrical work toured and performed internationally under the accelerated globalised conditions over the last thirty years.

List of contents

List of illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction

Chapter 1: National Travels in an International World: Overseas Performances 1940–1990

Chapter 2: A Kiwi Hedda Gabler: Downstage on the Festival Stage

Chapter 3: Performing Mana: Taking Māori Theatre to the Globe
Chapter 4: Skin Tight’s World Flight: The Production of New Zealand Plays by International Companies

Chapter 5: Beyond Biculturalism: Touring Pasifika and Transnational Theatre

Chapter 6: Exporting Culture: Indian Ink Theatre Company

Chapter 7: Selling the Nation at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Chapter 8: Making Meaning: Responses to Aotearoa New Zealand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019

Chapter 9: Cultural Apocalypse: The Generation of Z: Apocalypse in London

Conclusion: Departure, Arrival, Return

Appendix: Aotearoa New Zealand Theatre Productions Performed Overseas

About the author

James Wenley is a theatre academic, practitioner and critic with a passion for promoting the theatre of Aotearoa New Zealand. He was awarded a PhD from the University of Auckland and is curently a lecturer in theatre programme of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. James directs and produces for his company Theatre of Love. He is the editor and founder of TheatreScenes.co.nz, was a theatre critic for Metro Magazine and won the People’s Choice Award for Best Critic at the 2015 Auckland Theatre Awards. His writing has been published in the Journal of New Zealand Literature, The Pantograph Punch and Playmarket Annual.

Summary

Aotearoa New Zealand primarily focus on examples of New Zealand theatrical work toured and performed internationally under the accelerated globalised conditions over the last thirty years.

Product details

• Authors: James Wenley
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2022
• EAN: 9780367553098
• ISBN: 978-0-367-55309-8
• No. of pages: 236
• Series: Routledge Advances in Theatre & Performance Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Art > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Popular Culture, DRAMA / General, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Social History, PERFORMING ARTS / General, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / General, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / History & Criticism, DRAMA / Australian & Oceanian, PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Playwriting, Theatre Studies, New Zealand, Performance Art, New Zealand / Aotearoa