An Idea for a Theatre Ecology

Methods, Theories, Histories and Practices

Carl Lavery

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Manchester University Press
02 September 2025

Theatre Studies; Theatre direction & production; Applied ecology

An Idea for a Theatre Ecology is the first book in the discipline of Theatre and Performance Studies to provide a rigorous and coherent theory of the ecology that is immanent to the theatrical medium. Over six clearly written chapters, the book provides a genealogy, outlines a method, provides a lexicon and demonstrates an alternative practice of ecoperformance analysis grounded in the figure of the archipelago. Focusing on Antonin Artaud's theatre of cruelty, the book argues that theatre has no need to provide ecological messages nor to transform itself into a platform for the narration of ecological stories. Instead, more is to be gained, environmentally and politically, by concentrating on the power of images, gestures and voices to create corporeal affects and sensations that implicate the spectators in a terrestrial event.

By: Carl Lavery
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 548g
ISBN: 9781526188922
ISBN 10: 1526188929
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 02 September 2025
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Introduction: an idea for a theatre ecology 1 Contexts (questioning methods) 2 Theory (theatricalising ecology) 3 Model (a lexicon for theatre ecology) 4 Concept (ecologising theatre) 5 History (Artaud’s cruel ecology) 6 Analysis (becoming archipelagic) Afterlude: double cut/frozen wave Index -- .

Carl Lavery is Professor of Theatre and Performance at the University of Glasgow