Theatre Making

Iphigenia Taxopoulou, Mitos 21 This green guide covers all areas of organisational change, from adopting an environmental mission statement and “greening” the office to running energy saving building audits It is an easy-to-use guide, suitable for both those are beginning their sustainability journey as well as those who are some way ahead in their green theatre projects This is as much about reducing the sector’s measurable impacts on the environment, as it is about using the theatre’s enormous potential to shift existing cultural norms and contribute to a change of paradigm

UK June 2023 • US June 2023 • 240 pages • 10 bw illus PB 9781350215702 • £2499 / $3495 • HB 9781350215719 • £7500 / $10000 ePub 9781350215733 • £2249 / $3159 ePdf 9781350215726 • £2249 / $3159 Methuen Drama

Theatre Across Borders

Abhishek Majumdar Drawing on his extensive experience working across the globe, playwright Abhishek Majumdar considers why we make theatre and how we see it in different parts of the world Via a far-reaching and provocative collection of essays, Majumdar explores how different cultures conceive theatre; the ways in which theatre across the world mirrors its socio-political and philosophical climate; how, for thousands of years, theatre has been a tool to both disrupt and to heal; and how, even within the many differences, there are universals from which we can all learn

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 240 pages PB 9781350195288 • £2299 / $3095 • HB 9781350195295 • £7000 / $9500 ePub 9781350195264 • £2069 / $2884 ePdf 9781350195271 • £2069 / $2884 Series: Theatre Makers • Methuen Drama Acts of Rebellion, Activism, and Solidarity

Edited by DeRon S. Williams, Loyola University Chicago, USA, Khalid Y. Long, University of Georgia, USA & Martine Kei Green-Rogers, DePaul University, USA How are Black artists, activists, and pedagogues wielding acts of rebellion and solidarity to precipitate change? This collection critiques and celebrates Black theatrical events to provide a fresh understanding of why Black art continues to matter It features a wide variety of contributions which explore the nuances and varied forms of Black performance in the 21st century in North America and beyond. The book helps fill a major critical gap in our understanding of the relationship between contemporary Black identity, performance, and activism

UK May 2023 • US May 2023 • 272 pages PB 9781350252912 • £1999 / $2695 • HB 9781350252929 • £6500 / $9000 ePub 9781350252943 • £1799 / $2472 ePdf 9781350252936 • £1799 / $2472 Series: Methuen Drama Agitations: Text, Politics and Performances • Methuen Drama

Theatre Spaces 1920-2020

Finding the Fun in Functionalism

Iain Mackintosh This hands-on account of the creation of theatre spaces spanning a century is part memoir, part impassioned call to rethink the design of our theatre spaces and the future of live theatre As the originator of theatre designs as diverse as the Cottesloe in 1977, Glyndebourne in 1994 and the Orange Tree Theatre in 1991, Iain Mackintosh discovered why shows worked in some theatres and not in others This informs this account of the creation of many of the most well-known theatre spaces in Britain, the USA, Australia, Norway and more

UK April 2023 • US April 2023 • 256 pages • 64 colour and 18 bw illus PB 9781350056244 • £2999 / $4095 • HB 9781350056251 • £9500 / $13000 ePub 9781350056268 • £2699 / $3708 ePdf 9781350056275 • £2699 / $3708 Methuen Drama