Theatre Research in Practice
This course is a joint project of the MA Theatre Studies and the Faculteit Theater of the HKU. It starts from a collaborative exploration of recent developments in European theatre focusing on prominent makers, artistic characteristics, and dramaturgical strategies. After that, we will concentrate on the work of one particular maker and look at his work for its identifying features, and for how it can be contextualized within in the European field.

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Students study provided materials and will also participate in collecting other materials. They prepare presentations and conduct research assignments, which will include preparing interviews with several `trend watchers’ from the field (festival curators, journalists, dramaturges, programmers). Participating in this course will also involve visiting several theatre performances.

Who are currently the major players in the European theatre? Who is emerging? What are typical artistic strategies, new dramaturgical developments, important issues and urgent questions? How do these developments relate to developments in other arts and in society in general? What is the position of theatre within this wider context? What is the position of Dutch and Flemish theatre within the wider international context? During this course we will address these questions in a collaborative research project in which, along with the students, several representatives from the field as well as various researchers will participate. We will begin with the Festival Internationale Keuze (Rotterdam) as a concrete and practical example of such a perspective on the state of the art in contemporary theatre, working towards a focus on one particular maker from the European field.