Main description:

An in-depth account of making theatre that involves people with intellectual disabilities, based on 18 years of experience.

Written for a growing market of theatre-makers, company leaders and performers making contemporary theatre with an inclusive attitude.

Distinct from other books in this area by virtue of being an insider account from a highly experienced practitioner, drawing on the voices of his company as a whole.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Giving and Taking Voice. 1, Part 2. Setting the Scene: The Shadow Whose Prey the Hunter Becomes 2. Community Theatre and Myths of Community 3. Dramatic Theatre and the Temporality of Learning Disabled Theatre 4. Intertextuality and Intermediality: Performing Responses to the Disabling of the City 5. Learning Disabled Performance Research: Ecologies, Histories, Philosophies 6. From the Theatre to the After Party