THEATRES OF LEARNING DISABILITY

This is the first scholarly book to focus exclusively on theatre and learning disability as theatre rather than advocacy or therap y. Matt Hargrave provocatively realigns many of the (hitherto unvoiced) assumptions that underpin such practices, and opens up a new set of critical questions. Stemming from a close engagement with the work of several very different theatre companies including M ind the Gap (UK)/ Back to Back (Australia) - and unique solo artists such as Jez Colborne, this book shifts the emphasis from questi ons of soc...[Read more]