Applied Theatre: Aesthetics

Gareth White lectures in applied theatre and community performance at Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, UK. He is also a director, performer and facilitator, with a particular interest in processes and theories of participation and collaborative processes.

Introduction
Chapter 1 - Aesthetics and the Aesthetic (Gareth White)
Chapter 2 - Aesthetic Autonomy and Heteronomous Aesthetics (Gareth White)
Chapter 3 - Dancing With Difference: Moving Towards a New Aesthetics (Nicola Shaughnessy, University of Kent, UK)
Chapter 4 - Revolutionary Beauty Out of Homophobic Hate (Mojisola Adebayo, Queen Mary, University of London, UK)
Chapter 5 - Competing International Players and their Aesthetic Imperatives:The Future of Internationalised Applied Theatre Practice? (Kirsten Sadeghi-Yekta)
Chapter 6 - Aesthetic Play: Between Performance and Justice (Ananda Breed, University of East London, UK)
Chapter 7 - The Political Imagination and Contemporary Theatre for Youth (Anna Hickey-Moody, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK)
Chapter 8 - The Aesthetics of Becoming; Applied Theatre and the Quest for Cultural Certitude (Brian Heap, University of West Indies)
Epilogue (Gareth White)
Notes
Index