Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace

<p><em>Aotearoa New Zealand in the Global Theatre Marketplace</em> offers a case study of how the theatre of Aotearoa has toured, represented and marketed itself on the global stage. How has New Zealand work attempted to stand out, differentiate itself, and get seen by audiences internationally?</p><p>This book examines the journeys of a dynamic range of culturally and theatrically innovative works created by Aotearoa New Zealand theatre makers that have toured and been performed across time, place and theatrical space: from Moana Oceania to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, from a Māori Shakespeare adaptation to an immersive zombie theatre experience. </p><p>Drawing on postcolonialism, transnationalism, cosmopolitanism and globality to understand how Aotearoa New Zealand has imagined and conceived of itself through drama, the author investigates how these representations might be read and received by audiences around the world, variously reinforcing and complicating conceptions of New Zealand national identity. Developing concepts of theatrical mobility, portability and the market, this study engages with the whole theatrical enterprise as a play travels from concept and scripting through to funding, marketing, performance and the critical response by reviewers and commentators. </p><p>This book will be of global interest to academics, producers and theatre artists as a significant resource for the theory and practice of theatre touring and cross-cultural performance and reception.</p> <p>List of illustrations</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Introduction<br><br>Chapter 1: National Travels in an International World: Overseas Performances 1940–1990<br><br>Chapter 2: A Kiwi <em>Hedda Gabler</em>: Downstage on the Festival Stage<br><br>Chapter 3: Performing Mana: Taking Māori Theatre to the Globe </p><p>Chapter 4: <i>Skin Tight</i>’s World Flight: The Production of New Zealand Plays by International Companies <br><br>Chapter 5: Beyond Biculturalism: Touring Pasifika and Transnational Theatre <br><br>Chapter 6: Exporting Culture: Indian Ink Theatre Company<br><br>Chapter 7: Selling the Nation at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe<br><br>Chapter 8: Making Meaning: Responses to Aotearoa New Zealand at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019<br><br>Chapter 9: Cultural Apocalypse: <i>The Generation of Z: Apocalypse</i> in London<br><br>Conclusion: Departure, Arrival, Return<br><br>Appendix: Aotearoa New Zealand Theatre Productions Performed Overseas</p>