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Book SynopsisOff Nevsky Prospekt is the first study to be published in English of the exceptionally rich and diverse theatre studio movement which has flourished in St Petersburg during the 1980s and '90s.
Professor Markova charts the development of the theatre studios - from their beginnings as a reaction to the repressive atmosphere of the Soviet period and through the "theatre bacchanalia" of the Perestroika years. She then surveys today's vibrant scene, with analyses of key productions and interviews with many of the central figures, and describes how theatre studios have subverted the conventions of the past to create a new dialogue with the changing society from which their audience is drawn.
Table of ContentsIntroduction to the series List of Plates 1. Before we turn off Nevsky Prospekt (In lieu of an introduction) 2. Never lie to yourself 3. A stranger among my own people 4. Why is everything always so hard for us all? 5. A youth rehabilitation centre 6. An ecological niche 7. Theatre of dreams 8. Private life in the show genre 9. In search of the fire to make the omelette 10. Entry by love only 11. Derevo: the Tree and its roots 12. Diklon flickers on 13. What we have we don't measure, when we lose it we cry 14. Postscript Index
