India’s Postdramatic: Conversations with Theatre-Makers and a Critique
By: Sengupta, Ashis
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Publisher: Mumbai Marg Publications 2019Edition: Vol.70(3), March.Description: 46-63p.Subject(s): ARCHITECTURE GENERAL (AR-GEN)Online resources: Click here
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MargSummary: This conversation piece unpacks the term “postdramatic theatre” that was coined by Hans-Thies Lehmann to describe radical avant-garde movements in European theatre in the 1960s and ’70s. Used in the Indian context, the term pertains to a set of hybrid practices that have emerged in Indian theatre in the last two decades—more presence than representation, the absence of a unified plot or characters, real-time action, and a democratization of performance language where materials and media are given as much if not more importance than text and acting. These are reflected in the works of the following theatre practitioners interviewed here—Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, Anuradha Kapur, Anamika Haksar, Maya Krishna Rao, Zuleikha Chaudhari, Amitesh Grover, Abhilash Pillai and Deepan Sivaraman.
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This conversation piece unpacks the term “postdramatic theatre” that was coined by Hans-Thies Lehmann to describe radical avant-garde movements in European theatre in the 1960s and ’70s. Used in the Indian context, the term pertains to a set of hybrid practices that have emerged in Indian theatre in the last two decades—more presence than representation, the absence of a unified plot or characters, real-time action, and a democratization of performance language where materials and media are given as much if not more importance than text and acting. These are reflected in the works of the following theatre practitioners interviewed here—Neelam Mansingh Chowdhry, Anuradha Kapur, Anamika Haksar, Maya Krishna Rao, Zuleikha Chaudhari, Amitesh Grover, Abhilash Pillai and Deepan Sivaraman.
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