British Theatre Companies

This series of three volumes provides a groundbreaking study of the work of many of the most innovative and important British theatre companies from 1965 to 2014. Each volume provides a survey of the political and cultural context an extensive survey of the variety of theatre companies from the period and detailed case studies of six of the most important companies. Volume Three 1995-2014 charts the expansion of the sector in the era of Lottery funding and traces the resistant influences of earlier movements in the emergence of new companies and an independent theatre ecology that seeks to reconfigure the mainstream.<br/> <br/><br/>Leading academics provide case studies of six of the most important companies including: <br/>* Mind the Gap by Dave Calvert (University of Huddersfield UK)<br/>* Blast Theory by Maria Chatzichristodoulou (University of Hull UK)<br/>* Suspect Culture by Clare Wallace (Charles University Prague Czech Republic)<br/>* Punchdrunk by Josephine Machon (Middlesex University UK)<br/>* Kneehigh by Duska Radosavljevic (University of Kent UK)<br/>* Stans Cafe by Marissia Fragkou (Canterbury Christ Church University UK)