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David Barnett (University of York): Re-Thinking Theatricality
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TFTV/011 (Large Rehearsal Room), School of Arts and Creative Technologies East, Campus East, University of York (Map)
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Rethinking Theatricality
Theatricality is a notoriously slippery term. This presentation surveys existing approaches, finds them lacking and proposes a new one, based on the materiality of making theatre. It then explores the implications of this new understanding for the bleed between the stage and the world beyond it and considers how playtexts might harbour overt and covert examples of theatricality. It concludes by examining the politics of theatricality, comparing the artifice of the theatre with the constructedness of society.
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Meeting ID: 967 9721 8269
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About the speaker
David Barnett
David Barnett is Professor of Theatre at the University of York. He has authored monographs on Heiner Müller (Routledge, 2016; Peter Lang, 1998), The Berliner Ensemble (CUP, 2015), Brecht’s theatre practice (Bloomsbury, 2014), and Fassbinder’s theatre (CUP, 2005). He has written several articles and essays on political and postdramatic theatre.
Venue details
Wheelchair accessible