ADSA
Issue 47

Issue 47

Sat, 1 Oct 2005
Printable version

Australasian Drama Studies

Issue 47 October 2005

Young People and Performance
Edited by Mary Ann Hunter and Geoffrey Milne
A special focus issue of Australasian Drama Studies

 

Table of Contents

  1. Issue 047 (Full Issue PDF)
  2. Young People and Performance in Australia and New Zealand MARY ANN HUNTER and GEOFFREY MILNE
  3. Acknowledging the Past: Youth Performing Arts in the 1970s MARGARET LEASK
  4. Melbourne to Manchester: Arena Theatre's Artform Evolution ROSEMARY MYERS
  5. Pecking at Your Head: The Flight and Fall of 'Magpie' ROSEMARY NURSEY-BRAY
  6. White Crocodile, Black Skirt: Theatre for Young People and Cultural Memory HELEN STRUBE
  7. Welcome to Lallyland: Introducing the plays of Lally Katz as Magical Feminism RICCI-JANE ADAMS
  8. Shalakazap! - Empowerment in Young People's Theatre, Aotearoa/New Zealand: An Interview with Jenny Wake of Calico Theatre LISA WARRINGTON
  9. Universality and Specificity, Making Drama From Personal Myth and Point of View JOHN DAVIES
  10. Promoting Agency or 'Stepping-Stones R Us'? Recent Melbourne Youth Theatre GEOFFREY MILNE
  11. Of Peacebuilding and Performance: Contact Inc's 'Third Space' of Intercultural Collaboration MARY ANN HUNTER

Reviews

MEREDITH ROGERS, Upstaged: Australian Women Dramatists in the Limelight at Last by Michelle Arrow

DAVID WATT, The Space Between: The Art of Puppetry and Visual Theatre in Australia by Peter J. Wilson and Geoffrey Milne

ALISON RICHARDS, Innovation in Australian Arts, Media and Design: Fresh Challenges for the Tertiary Sector ed. Rod Wissler et al

VERONICA KELLY, Writing and rewriting: National Theatre Histories ed. S.E. Wilmer

RACHEL FENSHAM, Virtual Theatres: An Introduction by Gabriella Giannachi

PENNY GAY, The Cambridge Companion to Victorian and Edwardian Theatre ed. Kerry Powell

PETER ECKERSALL, Eugenio Barba by Jane Turner and The Intercultural Performance Handbook by John Martin


Issue 047 (Full Issue PDF)  
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Young People and Performance in Australia and New Zealand MARY ANN HUNTER and GEOFFREY MILNE  
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Acknowledging the Past: Youth Performing Arts in the 1970s MARGARET LEASK  
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Melbourne to Manchester: Arena Theatre's Artform Evolution ROSEMARY MYERS  
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Pecking at Your Head: The Flight and Fall of 'Magpie' ROSEMARY NURSEY-BRAY  
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White Crocodile, Black Skirt: Theatre for Young People and Cultural Memory HELEN STRUBE  
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Welcome to Lallyland: Introducing the plays of Lally Katz as Magical Feminism RICCI-JANE ADAMS  
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Shalakazap! - Empowerment in Young People's Theatre, Aotearoa/New Zealand: An Interview with Jenny Wake of Calico Theatre LISA WARRINGTON  
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Universality and Specificity, Making Drama From Personal Myth and Point of View JOHN DAVIES  
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Promoting Agency or 'Stepping-Stones R Us'? Recent Melbourne Youth Theatre GEOFFREY MILNE  
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Of Peacebuilding and Performance: Contact Inc's 'Third Space' of Intercultural Collaboration MARY ANN HUNTER  
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