Staging the Post-Avant-Garde

The Authors: Gabriella Giannachi (1964) is Lecturer in Theatre Studies at the University of Lancaster. She has published On Directing (1999). Her forthcoming publications include Performing Nature and Virtual Theatres.
Nick Kaye (1961) is Professor and Chair in Drama at the University of Manchester. His publications are wide ranging and include Postmodernism and Performance (1994), Art into Theatre (1996) and Site-Specific Art: Performance, Place and Documentation (2000).

Contents: Experimental performance - European theatre - Post-avant-garde - Italian experimental performance - Theatre and performance art - Theatre and dance - Multi-media theatre - Theatre and new media - Federico Tiezzi: Carrozzone/Magazzini Criminali - Mario Martone: Nobili di Rosa/Falso Movimento - Giorgio Barberio Corsetti: Gaia Scienza/Compagnia Teatrale di Barberio Corsetti - Romeo Castellucci: Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio - Contemporary experimental theatre.

«Studies like this, which give a sense of the scenography, the physical feel of the production, the acting, the formative ideas, and thus of the totality of the performance are invaluable. Experimental theatre is more central to Italian theatre, with its performer-centred tradition, than to the theatre of other countries, so those who take a serious interest in contemporary Italian drama will be indebted to Giannachi and Kaye for their excellent work.» (Joseph Farrell, Italian Studies)