Fluid stages, morphing theatre spaces, ambulant spectators, and occasionally disappearing performers: these are some of the key ingredients of nomadic theatre. They are also theatre's response to life in the 21st century, which is increasingly marked by the mobility of people, information, technologies and services. While examining how contemporary theatre exposes and queries this mobile turn in society, Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink introduces the concept of nomadic theatre as a vital tool for analyzing how movement and mobility affect and implicate the theatre, how this makes way for local operations and lived spaces, and how physical movements are stepping stones for theorizing mobility at large. Now available in paperback, this book focuses on ambulatory performances and performative installations, asking how they stage movement and in turn mobilize the stage. By analyzing the work of leading European artists such as Rimini Protokoll, Dries Verhoeven, Ontroerend Goed, and Signa, Nomadic Theatre demonstrates that mobile performances radically rethink the conditions of the stage and alter our understanding of spectatorship. Nomadic Theatre instigates connections across disciplinary fields and feeds dramaturgical analysis with insights derived from media theory, urban philosophy, cartography, architecture, and game studies. It illustrates how theatre, as a material form of thought, creatively and critically engages with mobile existence both on the stage and in society.

This study introduces the concept of 'nomadic theatre' as a tool for analysing ambulatory, mobile performances and performative installations. It includes detailed analysis of contemporary performance practices by leading European artists.

About the Author
Dr Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink is a Lecturer and Researcher in Theatre and Performance Studies at Utrecht University, Netherlands.

Reviews
This book makes a valuable early addition to Methuen's new series: Thinking Through Theatre. * Contemporary Theatre Review *



Book Information
ISBN 9781350175082
Author Dr Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink
Format Paperback
Page Count 224
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 290g