Performing (for) Survival - Theatre, Crisis, Extremity

This book investigates trans-historical and international instances of performance that arise directly out of situations of crisis and extremity to ask what performance is for in such contexts. It explores how people living in oppressive, dangerous or deprived conditions use performance to survive, to express dissent or a desire for change.

Christine Matzke, University of Bayreuth, Germany Alice Mukaka, University of East London, UK Ananda Breed, University of East London, UK Cariad Astles, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK Samer Al-Saber, Davidson College, North Carolina, USA Amanda Stuart Fisher, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK Macelle Mahala, University of the Pacific, USA Katie Beswick, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Tom Wakeford, Coventry University, UK Graham Jeffery, University of the West of Scotland, UK Kerrie Schaefer, University of Exeter, UK Neill Patton, Independent producer and community development worker, UK Aylwyn Walsh, University of Lincoln, UK Sophie Nield, Royal Holloway College, University of London, UK