Teks Karnaval terdiri dari tiga karya dramatis terkait, yang semuanya memiliki titik tolak dari konsep karnaval ahli teori Rusia Mikhail Bakhtin, sebuah gaya sastra yang dirancang untuk menumbangkan asumsi dominan melalui kekacauan dan humor. Memanfaatkan teori pertunjukan pasca-Brechtian secara kreatif, teks-teks ini mengaburkan perbedaan antara penonton dan penampil dalam eksplorasi yang mena…
Carnival Texts comprises three related dramatic works, all of which have as their point of departure Russian theorist Mikhail Bakhtin’s concept of carnival, a literary style designed to subvert dominant assumptions through chaos and humour. Making creative use of post-Brechtian performance theory, these texts blur the distinction between spectator and performer in a fascinating exploration of…
Disability studies have long been the domain of medical and pedagogical academics. However, in recent years, the subject has outgrown its clinical origins. In Freaks of History, James MacDonald presents two dramatic explorations of disability within the wider themes of sexuality, gender, foreignness, and the Other. Originally directed by Martin Harvey and performed by undergraduate students at …