The Rebellious Mirror,Before and after 1984:Community-based theatre in Aotearoa

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dc.contributor.authorMaunder, Paul Allan
dc.date.accessioned2011-08-26T02:44:41Z
dc.date.available2011-08-26T02:44:41Z
dc.date.issued2010en
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I outline the contribution Community-based theatre has made to New Zealand theatre. This involves a defining of theatre production as a material practice. Community-based theatre was a tendency from the 1930s, a promise of the left theatre movement and, I argue, was being searched for as a form of practice by the avant-garde, experimental practitioners of the 1970s. At the same time, early Māori theatre began as a Community-based practice before moving into the mainstream. With the arrival of neo-liberalism to Aotearoa in 1984, community groups and Community-based theatre could become official providers within the political system. This led to a flowering of practices, which I describe, together with the tensions that arise from being a part of that system. However, neo-liberalism introduced managerial practices into state contracting and patronage policy, which effectively denied this flowering the sustenance deserved. At the same time, these policies commodified mainstream theatre production. In conclusion, I argue that in the current situation of global crisis, Community-based theatre practice has a continuing role to play in giving voice to the multitude and by being a practice of the Common.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/5381
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.26021/4523
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Canterbury. Theatre and Film Studiesen
dc.relation.isreferencedbyNZCUen
dc.rightsCopyright Paul Allan Maunderen
dc.rights.urihttps://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/thesesen
dc.subjectcommunity theatreen
dc.subjectCommunity-based theatreen
dc.subjectNew Zealand theatre historyen
dc.subjectMaori Theatre historyen
dc.subjectAmamusen
dc.subjectTheatre Actionen
dc.subjectTown and Country Playersen
dc.subjectTe Ika a Mauien
dc.subjectMaranga Maien
dc.subjectTaki Ruaen
dc.subjectTheatre of the Eighth Dayen
dc.subjectCommunity Artsen
dc.subjectPopular Theatreen
dc.subjectNeo-liberalismen
dc.subjectCreative Industriesen
dc.subjectTe Rakau Hua O Te Wao Tapuen
dc.subjectPou Mahi a Iwi-Cultural Work Centreen
dc.subjectTokelau Theatreen
dc.subjectMassive Theatre Companyen
dc.subjectA Different Lighten
dc.subjectTalking Houseen
dc.subjectThe Travelling Tuataraen
dc.subjectEkoen
dc.subjectQueen Elizabeth 11 Arts Council of NZen
dc.subjectCreative NZen
dc.subjectarts funding policyen
dc.subjectJerzy Grotowsken
dc.subjectAugusto Boalen
dc.subjectJim Moriartyen
dc.subjectPaul Maunderen
dc.subjectBrian Potikien
dc.subjectJill Walkeren
dc.subjectRowley Habiben
dc.subjectSam Scotten
dc.subjectTony McCaffreyen
dc.subjectElizabeth O'Connoren
dc.subjectSimon O'Connoren
dc.subjectDavid O'Donnellen
dc.subjectHeather Timmsen
dc.subjectJustine Simei-Bartonen
dc.subjectClare Adamsen
dc.subjectNCEA dramaen
dc.subjectpostmarxismen
dc.subjectMurray Edmonden
dc.subjectPeter Falkenbergen
dc.subjectFree Theatreen
dc.titleThe Rebellious Mirror,Before and after 1984:Community-based theatre in Aotearoaen
dc.typeTheses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.disciplineDrama
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Canterburyen
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen
uc.bibnumber1657995
uc.collegeFaculty of Artsen
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