Radical Street Performance

<p><em>Radical Street Performance</em> is the first volume to collect together the fascinating array of writings by activists directors performers critics scholars and journalists who have documented street theatre around the world.<br> More than thirty essays explore the myriad forms this most public of performances can take:<br> * agit-prop<br> * invisible theatre<br> * demonstrations and rallies<br> * direct action<br> * puppetry<br> * parades and pageants<br> * performance art<br> * guerrilla theatre<br> * circuses<br> These essays look at performaces in Europe Africa China India and both the Americas. They describe engagement with issues as diverse as abortion colonialism the environment and homophobia to name only a few. Introduced by editor Jan Cohen-Cruz the essays are organized into thematic sections: Agitating; Witnessing; Involving; Imagining; and Popularizing.<br><em>Radical Street Performance</em> is an inspiring testimony to this international performance phenomenon and an invaluable record of a form of theatre which continues to flourish in a televisual age.</p>