Applied Puppetry

<b>Drawing on thirty years of making theatre with objects this field-defining book maps the terrain of applied puppetry.</b><br/><br/>Through a range of case studies both personal and practical Matt Smith offers a reflective and engaging study which provides makers thinkers and students alike with a toolkit for thinking about and making puppetry in community settings.<br/><br/>Through eight chapters Smith muses on the nature of creativity explores approaches to puppetry through ecology and considers how puppets and objects affect the act of making and - in turn - how they affect those who make use and experience them in performance.<br/><br/>Along the way <i>Applied Puppetry</i> offers practical exercises in theatre-making demonstrates the political power of puppetry beyond borders and interrogates the limitations and possibilities of puppetry and object theatre in local communities volatile contexts and difficult circumstances.