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This book explores how theatre engages with contemporary scientific themes in the twenty-first century. It looks at how and why different forms of performance, from the Broadway musical to experimental and educational theatres, tackles a wide range of scientific themes, including artificial intelligence, genetics and climate change. -- .

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Preface: about this book
1 Science in performance: convergence, emergence, divergence
2 Laughing at science in the theatre: Gob Squad, a funny robot and dancing scientists
3 Speculative theatricality: dystopian performatives and vertigo aesthetics in popular theatre
4 Theatre, education and the politics of life itself: Theatre of Debate
5 Commoning sense: translating globalised knowledge in performance
6 Performing cosmopolitics

Science in performance

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/18/2020 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719099205, 978-0719099205
      ISBN10: 071909920X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book explores how theatre engages with contemporary scientific themes in the twenty-first century. It looks at how and why different forms of performance, from the Broadway musical to experimental and educational theatres, tackles a wide range of scientific themes, including artificial intelligence, genetics and climate change. -- .

      Table of Contents

      Preface: about this book
      1 Science in performance: convergence, emergence, divergence
      2 Laughing at science in the theatre: Gob Squad, a funny robot and dancing scientists
      3 Speculative theatricality: dystopian performatives and vertigo aesthetics in popular theatre
      4 Theatre, education and the politics of life itself: Theatre of Debate
      5 Commoning sense: translating globalised knowledge in performance
      6 Performing cosmopolitics

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