Background
Kershaw, Barrie Baz Richard was born on December 10, 1942 in Ashton-u-Lyne, Lancashire, England. Son of Richard Mason and Catherine (Hart) Kershaw.
(Addresses fundamental questions about the social and poli...)
Addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation of post-war alternative and community theatre. A detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice.
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(The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questi...)
The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questions about the social and political purposes of performance through an investigation into post-war alternative and community theatre. It proposes a theory of performace as ideological transaction, cultural intervention and community action, which is used to illuminate the potential social and political effects of radical performance practice. It raises issues about the nature of alternative theatre as a movement and the aesthetics of its styles of production, especially in relation to progressive counter-cultural formations. It analyses in detail the work of key practitioners in socially engaged theatre during four decades, setting each in the context of social, political and cultural history and focusing particularly on how they used that context to enhance the potential efficacy of their productions. The book is thus a detailed analysis of oppositional theatre as radical cultural practice in its various efforts to subvert the status quo. Its purpose is to raise the profile of these approaches to performance by proposing, and demonstrating how they may have had a significant impact on social and political history.
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Theatre and performance educator
Kershaw, Barrie Baz Richard was born on December 10, 1942 in Ashton-u-Lyne, Lancashire, England. Son of Richard Mason and Catherine (Hart) Kershaw.
Bachelor with honors, University Manchester, England, 1969. Master of Arts, University Hawaii, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, University Exeter, England, 1991.
Engineering apprentice, various firms, Manchester, 1958-1963;
senior lecturer theatre arts, Rolle College Higher Education, Exmouth, England, 1972-1984;
principal lecturer drama, Polytechnic of Newcastle-u-Tyne, England, 1984-1988;
lecturer theatre studies, U. Lancaster, England, 1988-1995;
chair School Creative Arts, U. Lancaster, England, 1991-1993;
professor theatre performance, U. Lancaster, England, since 1995. Writer, director Drury Lane Arts Laboratory, London, 1968-1969. Artistic director various projects, Honolulu, 1969-1971, Medium Fair Charitable Trust, Exeter, 1975-1981.
Consultant, documentist Welfare State International, Ulverston, England, since 1982.
(The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questi...)
(The Politics of Performance^ addresses fundamental questi...)
(Addresses fundamental questions about the social and poli...)
Married Gillian Mary Hadley, March 21, 1981. Children: Eleanor Ciara Hadley, Logan Joseph Hadley.