Theatre practitioner
Template:Short description Template:Use British English Oxford spelling Template:Use shortened footnotes A theatre practitioner is someone who creates theatrical performances and/or produces a theoretical discourse that informs their practical work.[1] A theatre practitioner may be a director, dramatist, actor, designer or a combination of these traditionally separate roles. Theatre practice describes the collective work that various theatre practitioners do.[2]
The term was not ordinarily applied to theatre-makers before the rise of modernism in the theatre. Instead, theatre praxis from Konstantin Stanislavski's development of his system is described through Vsevolod Meyerhold's biomechanics, Antonin Artaud's Theatre of cruelty, Bertolt Brecht's epic, and Jerzy Grotowski's poor theatre. Contemporary theatre practitioners include Augusto Boal with his Theatre of the Oppressed, Dario Fo's popular theatre, Eugenio Barba's theatre anthropology, Jacques Lecoq's physical theatre, Philippe Gaulier's 'le jeu' and theatre of pleasure, and Anne Bogart's viewpoints.[3][4]
References
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Footnotes
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- ^ Milling and Ley (2001, vi, 173) and Pavis (1998, 280). Template:Langx, Template:Langx, Template:Langx.
- ^ Pavis (1998, 392).
- ^ McCullough (1996, 15-36) and Milling and Ley (2001, vii, 175).
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Logan, Brian (2026-02-10). "Philippe Gaulier had a huge impact on theatre – but his 'embrace the ridiculous' lesson is one for us all". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2026-02-26.
Bibliography
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- Counsell, Colin. 1996. Signs of Performance: An Introduction to Twentieth-Century Theatre. London and New York: Routledge. Template:ISBN.
- McCullough, Christopher, ed. 1998. Theatre Praxis: Teaching Drama Through Practice. New Directions in Theatre Ser. London: Macmillan. Template:ISBN. New York: St Martin's P. Template:ISBN.
- McCullough, Christopher. 1996. Theatre and Europe (1957–1996). Intellect European Studies ser. Exeter: Intellect. Template:ISBN.
- Milling, Jane, and Graham Ley. 2001. Modern Theories of Performance: From Stanislavski to Boal. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York: Palgrave. Template:ISBN.
- Pavis, Patrice. 1998. Dictionary of the Theatre: Terms, Concepts, and Analysis. Trans. Christine Shantz. Toronto and Buffalo: U of Toronto P. Template:ISBN.
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