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This is the first book to explore the rich range of research and development (R&D) practices in contemporary British theatremaking. Featuring chapters by internationally recognised researchers, as well as interviews with innovative theatremakers, this book analyses the work of some of the most exciting theatre companies in Britain. This collection draws on conversations with Selina Thompson, Rosie Elnile, Third Angel and many others, offering hints and tips for your own creative practice. The book argues passionately for the funding of R&D, recognising its enormous significance to British theatre-making processes.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Jenny Sealey Introduction 1. Warped virtuosity and wobbly visuals: skills-learning in R&D: Karen Quigley 2. Interview with Selina Thompson 3. R&D in public: Scratch at Battersea Arts Centre: Mark Love-Smith 4. Interview with Gilly Roche 5. R&D at the National Theatre Studio: London Road: Tom Cantrell 6. Interview with Lillian Henley 7. Percolating and plummeting: Artist perspectives on R&D: Deborah Pearson 8. Interview with Rosemary Jenkinson 9. Questions, materiality, and negotiation: the role of the designer in R&D: Katherine Graham 10. Interview with Rosie Elnile 11. Developing a dramaturgical praxis through repetitive R&D: Rebecca Benzie, Harry Kingscott, and Nora J. Williams 12. Interview with Alex Kelly and Rachael Walton 13. Movement direction as R&D: Ayse Tashkiran 14. Interview with Georgina Lamb Afterword: Duška Radosavljevic

About the Author :
Tom Cantrell is a Professor of Theatre and Head of the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York, UK. He has published widely on acting processes, including Acting in Documentary Theatre (Palgrave 2013), Acting in British Television (Palgrave 2017) and Exploring Television Acting (Bloomsbury 2018), co-written with Christopher Hogg. Katherine Graham is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York, UK, where her research focuses on the agency of materials in performance. She has also worked extensively as a lighting designer for theatre and dance and has published work about light in Theatre and Performance Design Journal, Studies in Theatre and Performance, and Contemporary Theatre Review. She is co-editor, with Kelli Zezulka and Scott Palmer, of Contemporary Performance Lighting: Experience, Creativity, Meaning (Bloomsbury 2023). Mark Love-Smith is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York, UK. He has research interests in devised and physical theatre, community theatre, and the interplay of writing, directing and devising. His latest publication is the Routledge Performance Practitioners book on Frantic Assembly, co-written with Professor Mark Evans. Karen Quigley is a Senior Lecturer in Theatre at the University of York, UK. Her first monograph, Performing the Unstageable: Success, Imagination, Failure was published by Bloomsbury in 2020. She has also published research on a range of subjects including site-specific performance, solo spectatorship, embodied voice, British television comedy and theatre-fiction.

Review :
This book is a revelation, enabling the reader to go up-stream and see the sources of shows from the first inklings in the minds of their makers. By mixing trenchant argument and analysis with insightful first-person interviews with key theatre folk, it builds to a compelling case for the need for R&D and a rallying cry for it to be funded.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781350300378
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Methuen Drama
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1350300373
  • Publisher Date: 29 May 2025
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 216


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