British Theatre and Young People

British Theatre and Young People gathers together new and original studies on the issues, theories, practices and perceptions which characterise British theatre about, for, by, and with young people in the 21st century.

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Uur Ada is currently working as Assistant Professor Doctor at Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University in Türkiye. He holds a PhD degree and his dissertation is entitled Theatre in Education and the Analysis of Edward Bond's Big Brum Plays within the Context of Theatre in Education. His research areas are Contemporary British Theatre, Applied Theatre / Drama, In-Yer-Face Theatre and Theatre and Young People. His Recent book publications include Eitimde Tiyatro/ Theatre in Education (TiE) (2021) and Edward Bond: Bondian Drama and Young Audience (2023).

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British Theatre and Young People gathers together new and original studies on the issues, theories, practices and perceptions which characterise British theatre about, for, by, and with young people in the 21st century.

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Preface

Part 1. Socially Engaged Performances

1. 'Growing Sideways' in Mark Ravenhill's Play for Young People, Citizenship

2. Polly Stenham's That Face: A Portrait of Parentification and Dependency

3. 'Packing Boxes' by/for the Young: Precarity and Cruel Optimism in Wish List

4. It's Just the Persuading Bit: Children, Performance and Climate Action

5. The Cancellation of The Family Sex Show

Part 2. Adaptation and Appropriation

6. A Tale of Temptation and Redemption: Staging Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market for a Young Audience

7. ''We're Women. Not Children. Not Little Girls'': Zadie Smith's Theatrical Adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's The Wife of Bath

8. Dumbing Down or Playing Up? Directing Shakespeare for Young People

9. Bring British Youth Theatre Overseas: A Case Study on Route to China

Part 3. Local, National and International Voices

10. Imagining Beyond the Barbarism

11. Destinies: An Applied Theatre Co-creation with Vulnerable Groups Producing Inter-relational Communities of Practice

12. Youth Theatre of Sanctuary: Arts, Inclusion and Leadership Initiative A Case Study on the Impact that Collaborative, Live and Digital Theatre Practices has had on the Lives of People Seeking Sanctuary and the Communities They Live in

13. Theatrical Event in Your Own Playground: Use of Mobile Space to Enhance Theatre Productions Provision in Primary Schools