| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 287 pages) : illustrations (black and white) |
| Contents |
Cover; Rehearsing for Life; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables, Figures and Boxes; Acknowledgements; 1: Theatre and Life: Theatre at the intersection of art, politics and international development; Theatre and power in Nepal; Aarohan Theatre Group and the growth of theatre in Nepal; Field methods; Ethnographic challenges; Conclusion; Endnotes; 2: Spacing Out to Speak Up: Resistance, protest and the emergence of street theatre; Counterfeit worlds; Cultural activism in Nepal; The Rana period (1846-1951); The Panchayat time (1960-90) |
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Into the streets: Theatre for political changeTheatre with a mission; Artists in the 1990 revolution; Conclusion; Endnotes; 3: The Streets Become the Stage: Performance, protest and theatre in a time of political crisis; The performance of autocracy; Silencing; The Shah 'theatre state'; The performance of dissent; Jana Andolan II contentious performances; The space of resistance: Closed streets and an open stage; May 2005 -- Ramesh in concert; August 2005 -- Shrawan Mukarung poetry reading; November 2005 -- Arjun Parajuli and Sisnupani Parivar programme |
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The space of action: Loktantrik natak, or theatre for democracyNew Baneshwor -- January 2006; Gurukul -- April 2006; Loktantrik natak -- August 2006; SCENE ONE; SCENE TWO; SCENE THREE; SCENE FOUR; Doing theatre from the heart; Conclusion; Endnotes; 4: Kachahari Natak: Fragments of an aesthetics of theatre for social change; Theatre in development: A background; Kachahari natak; Nepalizing forum theatre; Mainstreaming kachahari natak; Searching for a format: An 'urban forum'; Issue-based kachahari: 'Child labour'; The topic: Devising the frame; The set: Choosing a location; The frame performed |
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CharacterizationActors and directors; The audience; The post-performance discussions and follow-up; Workshop-based kachahari: 'Construction workers' rights'; Conclusion; Endnotes; 5: Activism not Development Work: Explorations in Tharu kachahari natak; The kamlari practice; SWAN and the Kamlari Liberation Movement; Why theatre in an activist movement?; Activism not development work; The Kamlaris' real dramas in both Kathmandu and Dang; Conclusions; Endnotes; 6: A Cultural Army for a Cultural Revolution: Maoist cultural programmes and revolutionary theatre; Revolutionary aesthetics |
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Revolutionary performanceRevolutionary performances as popular culture; Revolutionary artists; Revolution as life; Conclusion; Endnotes; 7: The Ordinariness of the Special: Towards the professionalization of theatre work; From stigma to glamour: Routes to Gurukul; Shared dreams: The foundation of Gurukul; Tradition and modernity in the theatre; Institutionalizing the theatre group; New trajectories; Conclusion; Endnotes; 8: Conclusions; The emergent aesthetics of theatre for social change; Endnotes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This work presents an account of what it means to perform theatre and live by theatre, grounded in ethnographic research |
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This work examines the production and performance of theatrical activities aimed at bringing about social change in both development and political intervention in Nepal. If everyday social problems can be both represented and challenged through drama-based performances, then what differentiates street theatre performed in planned developments from street theatre performed within social and political movements? This multi-sited ethnography attempts to answer this question by following the works of Aarohan Theatre - a Kathmandu-based professional company, performing both loktantrik natak (theatre for democracy) in the context of the 2005–06 popular movement, and kachahari natak (forum theatre) for development projects. The analysis then extends to the forum theatre produced by one of Aarohan's partner groups, the Kamlari Natak Samuha - a Tharu grassroots activist organization based in Deukhuri Valley (West Nepal) campaigning against indentured child labour |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-280) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Theater and society -- Nepal
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Theater -- Political aspects -- Nepal
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Theater and society
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Theater -- Political aspects
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Nepal
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781108641036 |
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1108641032 |
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9781108235853 |
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1108235859 |
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