Governing the theatrical event: policy, power, and the democratization of performance
Journal: Theatre Research International
This special issue advances an innovative rethinking of the Theatrical Event , as defined by the IFTR’s Theatrical Event Working Group. The issue proposes to approach the Theatrical Event as a site of governance, as a nexus where cultural policy, institutional power, and performative practice converge. Rather than treating theatre as an autonomous aesthetic domain, this issue foregrounds the regulatory, political, a…